First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v FREE FORESTERS Played at The Parks, Oxford, June 2, 4, 5, 1951. Oxford University won by eight wickets. FREE FORESTERS 1 A.M.Ivey c Wreghitt b Mitchell 10 b Coxon 0 2 R.H.Maudsley c Wreghitt b Coxon 16 b Penny 26 3 M.C.Cowdrey c Marshall b Wreghitt 143 (8) b Penny 39 4 N.C.F.Bloy c Hart b Penny 63 (9) b Penny 0 5 D.F.Mendl b Wreghitt 20 (3) c Penny b Hart 4 6 E.R.T.Holmes c de Villiers b Penny 0 (5) c Wreghitt b Mitchell 162 7 H.T.Bartlett c Shearwood b Penny 9 (4) c Blake b Coxon 43 8 †A.G.Powell c Hart b Wreghitt 15 (6) c Marshall b Penny 15 9 T.C.Longfield c Dowding b Mitchell 24 (7) c and b Mitchell 5 10 R.H.Wollocombe st Shearwood b Mitchell 0 not out 38 11 D.Henderson not out 4 c Mitchell b Coxon 4 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 3 13 b 4, lb 4, w 4, nb 7 19 —— —— 317 355 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-221, 3-245, 4-255, 5-255, 6-273, 7-285, 8-290, 9-302, 10-317 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-11, 3-85, 4-89, 5-123, 6-130, 7-215, 8-215, 9-258, 10-355 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 *P.D.S.Blake c Henderson b Wollocombe 77 c Ivey b Longfield 117 2 J.C.Marshall lbw b Henderson 0 b Cowdrey 52 3 A.K.Armitage c Powell b Ivey 115 not out 57 4 A.L.Dowding not out 103 not out 35 5 P.H.Wreghitt b Cowdrey 1 6 J.O.de Villiers run out 81 7 W.M.Mitchell not out 2 8 †K.A.Shearwood 9 M.D.Hart 10 A.J.Coxon 11 T.S.Penny Extras b 10, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 16 b 12, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 17 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 395 (2 wickets) 278 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-158, 3-227, 4-230, 5-386 FoW (2): 1-162, 2-213 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Hart 11 2 61 0 (2) 13 1 52 1 Coxon 10 1 33 1 (1) 15 3 63 3 Penny 30 8 74 3 (4) 27 5 75 4 Mitchell 16.3 1 72 3 (3) 33 9 105 2 Wreghitt 14 1 64 3 7 1 41 0 Free Foresters Bowling O M R W O M R W Henderson 20 2 62 1 15 2 65 0 Longfield 20 3 67 0 12 2 42 1 Wollocombe 18 2 92 1 (4) 9 0 58 0 Bloy 3 0 29 0 Cowdrey 25 5 79 1 (6) 9.2 1 41 1 Ivey 7 4 7 1 (5) 2 0 25 0 Maudsley 4 1 17 0 (3) 11 1 30 0 Holmes 6 0 26 0 Umpires: D.Hendren and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 149-1 (Blake 72*, Armitage 73*); 2nd day: Free Foresters (2) 155-6 (Holmes 32*, Cowdrey 13*). M.C.Cowdrey’s 143 took 140 minutes. E.R.T.Holmes’s 162 included 22 fours and 3 sixes. A.M.Ivey retired hurt in the Free Foresters first innings (team had lost 1 wicket) and later returned. 209