First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 7, 9, 10, 1951. Oxford University won by 21 runs. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 *M.B.Hofmeyr lbw b Warr 40 run out 19 2 B.Boobbyer c May b Marlar 17 c and b Subba Row 80 3 †P.J.Whitcombe c Subba Row b Marlar 10 c Subba Row b Wait 5 4 D.B.Carr c Popplewell b Marlar 34 c Subba Row b Marlar 50 5 P.D.S.Blake c Subba Row b Marlar 24 c Cockett b Subba Row 1 6 C.E.Winn c Warr b Stevenson 6 st Popplewell b Subba Row 0 7 D.J.Lewis c Hayward b Warr 19 c Popplewell b Subba Row 0 8 R.V.Divecha b Warr 0 c Sheppard b Warr 14 9 W.M.Mitchell c May b Warr 9 not out 17 10 A.D.Jose b Marlar 1 c Marlar b Subba Row 0 11 J.N.Bartlett not out 4 c Popplewell b Warr 0 Extras b 11, lb 2, w 1 14 b 14, lb 2, w 5, nb 1 22 —— —— 178 208 FoW (1): 1-46, 2-68, 3-72, 4-136, 5-143, 6-143, 7-149, 8-161, 9-162, 10-178 FoW (2): 1-45, 2-53, 3-134, 4-153, 5-153, 6-153, 7-172, 8-172, 9-204, 10-208 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 D.S.Sheppard c Whitcombe b Divecha 23 c Boobbyer b Divecha 42 2 K.P.A.Mathews lbw b Mitchell 25 lbw b Divecha 15 3 W.I.D.Hayward lbw b Jose 9 (9) c Whitcombe b Divecha 35 4 P.B.H.May c sub (A.L.Dowding) b Divecha 30 (3) c Whitcombe b Bartlett 33 5 J.A.Cockett b Jose 0 (4) c Carr b Divecha 0 6 R.Subba Row not out 37 (7) b Bartlett 4 7 M.H.Stevenson c Jose b Mitchell 0 (5) c Carr b Divecha 7 8 †O.B.Popplewell run out 10 b Divecha 1 9 *J.J.Warr lbw b Jose 5 (6) b Divecha 28 10 R.G.Marlar b Jose 0 c Whitcombe b Bartlett 17 11 O.J.Wait run out 2 not out 0 Extras b 22, lb 5 27 b 8, lb 6, w 1 15 —— —— 168 197 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-48, 3-70, 4-70, 5-111, 6-113, 7-148, 8-164, 9-164, 10-168 FoW (2): 1-44, 2-63, 3-65, 4-75, 5-127, 6-137, 7-141, 8-156, 9-197, 10-197 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Warr 21 13 31 4 29 9 45 2 Wait 14 2 26 0 19 5 32 1 Hayward 9 1 28 0 (5) 12 3 16 0 Marlar 26 11 41 5 (3) 26 8 64 1 Subba Row 14 5 31 0 (6) 9.1 2 21 5 Stevenson 5 2 7 1 (4) 6 3 8 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Jose 16.4 4 46 4 5 0 17 0 Divecha 23 10 36 2 43.2 19 62 7 Mitchell 17 5 45 2 (4) 16 5 42 0 Carr 3 2 2 0 (5) 6 0 14 0 Bartlett 11 7 12 0 (3) 34 16 47 3 Umpires: F.Chester and D.Davies. Toss: Oxford University Close of Play: 1st day: Cambridge University (1) 60-2 (Hayward 2*, May 6*); 2nd day: Oxford University (2) 159-6 (Boobbyer 61*, Divecha 21*). 301