University Matches, 1938
Cambridge University v Free Foresters
Fenner's Ground, Cambridge
11,13,14 June 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Free Foresters
Umpires: W Wainwright and JJ Hills
Close of Play:
Day 1: Free Foresters 636/7 (Meyer 76*, Block 85*)
Day 2: Free Foresters 636/7d, Cambridge University 422/4
(PA Gibb 144*, Studd 33*)
Free Foresters 1st innings
GB Cuthbertson c Thompson b Wild 17
WH Webster lbw b RC Gibb 87
Rev ET Killick c RC Gibb b Hewan 124
BH Valentine c Banister b Rees-Davies 111
JH Pawle b Rees-Davies 76
HJ Enthoven lbw b Rees-Davies 0
FR Brown c PA Gibb b RC Gibb 36
RJO Meyer not out 76
SA Block not out 85
Extras (b 9, lb 13, w 1, nb 1) 24
Total (7 wickets dec, 102 overs) 636
DNB: MJC Allom, +MH Anderson.
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?.
Bowling O M R W
Rees-Davies 28 1 175 3
RC Gibb 22 2 85 2
Wild 19 0 121 1
Hewan 21 3 150 1
Banister 12 0 81 0
Cambridge University 1st innings
+PA Gibb c Meyer b Brown 204
BD Carris lbw b Enthoven 22
JR Thompson b Allom 191
JDA Langley c Block b Brown 4
FG Mann lbw b Allom 10
*PM Studd lbw b Meyer 34
GE Hewan b Enthoven 10
JV Wild b Meyer 28
RC Gibb lbw b Meyer 0
SMA Banister not out 4
WR Rees-Davies b Brown 0
Extras (b 11, lb 3, w 6, nb 6) 26
Total (all out, 168.3 overs) 533
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-95, 4-360, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-533.
Bowling O M R W
Allom 32 9 82 2
Meyer 53 9 161 3
Enthoven 33 3 80 2
Brown 37.3 6 142 3
Valentine 13 1 42 0
Free Foresters 2nd innings
GB Cuthbertson b Carris 2
WH Webster b Carris 6
Rev ET Killick not out 53
BH Valentine b Hewan 6
JH Pawle b Carris 52
MJC Allom c Wild b RC Gibb 32
+MH Anderson b Carris 60
HJ Enthoven not out 5
Extras (b 5, w 2) 7
Total (6 wickets, 39 overs) 223
DNB: FR Brown, RJO Meyer, SA Block.
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?.
Bowling O M R W
Rees-Davies 3 0 35 0
RC Gibb 7 2 30 1
Hewan 5 0 22 1
Banister 3 1 10 0
Carris 17 0 77 4
Mann 4 0 42 0
- Free Foresters scored 636 on the first day, hitting eight 6's and
eighty 4's. It was the fourth highest number of runs scored in one
day's play in England and only nine short of the record number in
England of 645 by Surrey in 1909.
- Rev ET Killick 124 in even time, twenty-one 4's.
- Valentine 111 in 100 minutes, three 6's, thirteen 4's.
- PA Gibb retired hurt on ?* from ?/? to 95/3
- PA Gibb's 204 in 380 minutes, twenty-three 4's.
- Thompson's maiden first-class century, 191 in nearly 300, twenty-seven
4's.
|