First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at The Parks, Oxford, June 9, 11, 12, 1951. Leicestershire won by an innings and 57 runs. LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.Lester b Divecha 76 2 V.S.Munden c Carr b Divecha 0 3 M.Tompkin lbw b Divecha 5 4 M.A.J.Sargent st Campbell b Hart 52 5 G.A.Smithson c Hart b Carr 20 6 V.E.Jackson b Mitchell 25 7 †J.Firth lbw b Divecha 26 8 P.F.Saunders b Carr 11 9 K.D.Smith c Hart b Mitchell 63 10 J.M.Josephs not out 25 11 J.Sperry c Winn b Mitchell 9 Extras b 14, lb 5, w 3, nb 4 26 —— 338 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-13, 3-138, 4-142, 5-186, 6-192, 7-213, 8-255, 9-322, 10-338 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 *M.B.Hofmeyr b Jackson 54 c Firth b Smith 2 2 B.Boobbyer c Firth b Lester 31 lbw b Jackson 6 3 A.K.Armitage b Jackson 0 (4) c and b Lester 16 4 D.B.Carr b Jackson 6 (3) c Firth b Jackson 10 5 A.L.Dowding c Smith b Lester 14 c Tompkin b Lester 1 6 C.E.Winn b Jackson 0 b Lester 8 7 R.V.Divecha c Sargent b Lester 17 c Firth b Lester 20 8 †I.P.Campbell b Jackson 4 not out 60 9 W.M.Mitchell b Lester 0 c Jackson b Lester 0 10 M.D.Hart b Jackson 0 st Firth b Lester 0 11 J.G.Crisp not out 0 c Munden b Jackson 12 Extras b 4, lb 9 13 b 5, lb 2 7 —— —— 139 142 FoW (1): 1-56, 2-59, 3-81, 4-114, 5-114, 6-127, 7-139, 8-139, 9-139, 10-139 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-13, 3-20, 4-21, 5-31, 6-54, 7-107, 8-107, 9-107, 10-142 Oxford University Bowling O M R W Divecha 34 10 64 4 Crisp 10 2 26 0 Mitchell 34.5 14 77 3 Hart 14 2 45 1 Carr 30 5 100 2 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 6 2 13 0 4 1 4 0 Smith 4 1 7 0 3 1 3 1 Jackson 20 7 44 6 21.5 5 59 3 Lester 18.3 3 62 4 21 7 69 6 Umpires: D.Hendren and G.S.Mobey. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 231-7 (Firth 17*, Smith 7*); 2nd day: Oxford University (2) 107-6 (Divecha 20*, Campbell 37*). 227