First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v YORKSHIRE Played at The Parks, Oxford, May 7, 8, 9, 1952. Match drawn. YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Blake b Jowett 65 2 F.A.Lowson b Coutts 23 3 J.V.Wilson c Whitcombe b Coutts 154 4 H.Halliday not out 126 5 E.I.Lester lbw b Coutts 0 6 D.B.Close c Wiley b Jowett 4 7 J.H.Wardle c Cowdrey b Penny 5 8 *†D.V.Brennan b Coxon 17 9 E.Leadbeater c Wiley b Coxon 8 10 J.M.Cownley not out 0 11 G.H.Padgett Extras b 2, lb 5 7 —— (8 wickets, declared) 409 FoW (1): 1-40, 2-156, 3-305, 4-305, 5-319, 6-330, 7-375, 8-409 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 B.Boobbyer b Cownley 11 2 W.G.A.Wiley c Brennan b Close 14 3 A.L.Dowding c Lowson b Close 17 4 M.C.Cowdrey c Leadbeater b Close 0 5 *P.D.S.Blake c Wardle b Close 5 6 †P.J.Whitcombe b Wardle 34 7 T.S.Penny c Leadbeater b Wardle 9 8 I.D.F.Coutts st Brennan b Leadbeater 0 9 D.C.P.R.Jowett c Leadbeater b Close 25 10 A.J.Coxon run out 1 11 C.M.Grainge not out 4 Extras lb 9, nb 2 11 —— 131 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-31, 3-31, 4-41, 5-62, 6-80, 7-83, 8-119, 9-125, 10-131 Oxford University Bowling O M R W Grainge 21 4 82 0 Coxon 14 3 47 2 Coutts 29 9 92 3 Jowett 19 2 60 2 Penny 14 1 61 1 Cowdrey 17 4 60 0 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W Padgett 6 3 5 0 Cownley 11 2 16 1 Close 22.4 8 40 5 Wardle 24 8 29 2 Leadbeater 7 0 30 1 Umpires: D.Hendren and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 409-8 (Halliday 126*, Cownley 0*); 2nd day: No play. J.V.Wilson’s 154 took 225 minutes and included 21 fours and 3 sixes. 137