First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

M.C.C. v OXFORD UNIVERSITY Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 25, 26, 27, 1952. M.C.C. won by 140 runs. M.C.C. 1 M.A.Crouch c Whitcombe b Jowett 42 c Cowdrey b Coutts 81 2 H.Halliday c Boobbyer b Mitchell 20 c and b Coutts 77 3 J.V.Wilson c Coutts b Mitchell 84 c Bush b Jowett 26 4 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c Boobbyer b Jowett 35 lbw b Jowett 0 5 T.N.Pearce b Coutts 27 not out 15 6 N.W.D.Yardley c Wiley b Jowett 93 not out 3 7 †B.A.Barnett not out 32 8 E.Leadbeater c Blake b Jowett 15 9 J.N.Bartlett not out 19 10 T.A.Hall 11 G.D.Morton Extras b 11, lb 8, nb 3 22 b 9, lb 4 13 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 389 (4 wickets, declared) 215 FoW (1): 1-48, 2-80, 3-174, 4-201, 5-285, 6-331, 7-354 FoW (2): 1-157, 2-176, 3-176, 4-197 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 B.Boobbyer c Sutcliffe b Hall 34 lbw b Bartlett 72 2 J.E.Bush c Crouch b Hall 0 lbw b Hall 3 3 W.G.A.Wiley st Barnett b Leadbeater 83 c Barnett b Hall 2 4 M.C.Cowdrey c Bartlett b Hall 0 c Barnett b Hall 0 5 A.L.Dowding c Barnett b Hall 58 c Morton b Leadbeater 23 6 *P.D.S.Blake lbw b Leadbeater 32 b Halliday 16 7 †P.J.Whitcombe lbw b Bartlett 34 c Crouch b Leadbeater 5 8 D.C.P.R.Jowett c Crouch b Leadbeater 3 c Wilson b Leadbeater 3 9 W.M.Mitchell c Yardley b Leadbeater 26 not out 1 10 A.J.Coxon b Leadbeater 5 b Leadbeater 0 11 I.D.F.Coutts not out 16 b Halliday 1 Extras b 19, lb 6, w 6, nb 3 34 b 1, lb 4, w 6, nb 2 13 —— —— 325 139 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-73, 3-77, 4-157, 5-208, 6-262, 7-272, 8-278, 9-292, 10-325 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-32, 3-48, 4-107, 5-117, 6-134, 7-134, 8-138, 9-138, 10-139 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 22 2 78 0 13 3 35 0 Coutts 16 1 49 1 16 2 52 2 Blake 1 0 7 0 Mitchell 28 4 118 2 (5) 4 0 24 0 Jowett 34 8 115 4 (4) 16 2 60 2 Cowdrey (3) 7 0 31 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Hall 23 3 70 4 9 2 17 3 Morton 12 4 30 0 4 1 19 0 Leadbeater 34.1 5 119 5 18 4 55 4 Halliday 4 0 11 0 (5) 5 1 13 2 Bartlett 26 12 54 1 (4) 10 1 22 1 Yardley 5 0 7 0 Umpires: E.G.Canning and A.J.B.Fowler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 55-1 (Boobbyer 27*, Wiley 12*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 106-0 (Crouch 48*, Halliday 51*). 257