First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, July 5, 7, 8, 1952. Match drawn. OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 B.Boobbyer lbw b Marlar 29 lbw b McCarthy 1 2 J.E.Bush b Marlar 62 c Alexander b McCarthy 9 3 W.G.A.Wiley b Warr 5 st Alexander b Marlar 7 4 M.C.Cowdrey b Marlar 55 st Alexander b Kenny 7 5 A.L.Dowding b Kenny 19 b McCarthy 52 6 *P.D.S.Blake run out 20 c Alexander b Warr 2 7 †P.J.Whitcombe c Sheppard b Marlar 0 c Alexander b McCarthy 12 8 W.M.Mitchell c and b Marlar 48 c McCarthy b Kenny 25 9 A.J.Coxon c and b Marlar 13 not out 43 10 I.D.F.Coutts not out 5 b Marlar 6 11 D.C.P.R.Jowett b Marlar 1 not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 4, w 1 15 b 12, lb 3 15 —— —— 272 (9 wickets) 179 FoW (1): 1-48, 2-61, 3-145, 4-176, 5-176, 6-180, 7-238, 8-261, 9-266, 10-272 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-17, 3-19, 4-47, 5-50, 6-86, 7-127, 8-135, 9-174 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *D.S.Sheppard lbw b Jowett 127 2 M.H.Bushby b Jowett 19 3 P.B.H.May c Dowding b Jowett 10 4 G.G.Tordoff run out 10 5 M.H.Stevenson b Coutts 25 6 R.Subba Row c Mitchell b Jowett 94 7 †F.C.M.Alexander b Jowett 7 8 J.J.Warr b Jowett 19 9 R.G.Marlar not out 48 10 C.N.McCarthy not out 20 11 C.J.M.Kenny Extras b 20, lb 9 29 —— (8 wickets, declared) 408 FoW (1): 1-42, 2-62, 3-88, 4-130, 5-249, 6-281, 7-315, 8-368 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W McCarthy 32 9 57 0 23 7 38 4 Warr 26 13 35 1 20 5 45 1 Kenny 17 3 40 1 (4) 17 4 43 2 Marlar 49.2 20 104 7 (3) 16 7 25 2 Subba Row 13 7 20 0 5 0 13 0 Tordoff 1 0 1 0 Oxford University Bowling O M R W Coutts 24 6 58 1 Coxon 13 2 32 0 Mitchell 38 10 112 0 Jowett 52 13 133 6 Cowdrey 16 5 44 0 Umpires: K.McCanlis and A.Skelding. Toss: Oxford University Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 233-6 (Blake 15*, Mitchell 36*); 2nd day: Cambridge University (1) 286-6 (Subba Row 62*, Warr 4*). D.S.Sheppard’s 127 took 264 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 288