f23740	Oxford University v Leicestershire
	University Match 1961
Venue	The University Parks, Oxford on 3rd, 5th, 6th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Oxford University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Oxford University won by 35 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 33/0 (Bird 20*, Wharton 9*)
Close of play day 2	Oxford University (2) 115/7 (Drybrough 19*, Neate 12*)

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Worsley	c Wharton b Savage	26
DB Pithey	lbw b Savage	14
AA Baig	c and b Savage	41
*Nawab of Pataudi	b Savage	55
CD Drybrough	lbw b Savage	12
FW Neate	b Savage	78
MFJ Checksfield	b Boshier	6
MA Baig	c Wharton b Birkenshaw	9
+RHC Waters	c Pratt b Savage	0
RF Eliot	b Birkenshaw	30
EW Anderson	not out	13
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-44, 3-137, 4-138, 5-167, 6-180, 7-211, 8-216, 9-270, 10-302 (105.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	21	6	52	1	-	-
Pratt	19	3	67	0	-	-
Savage	42	15	87	7	-	-
Birkenshaw	23.1	5	78	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bird	c Waters b Drybrough	34
A Wharton	not out	134
PA Munden	b Pithey	16
S Jayasinghe	c Worsley b Anderson	40
LR Gardner	c Neate b Eliot	37
*W Watson	not out	20
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-101, 3-158, 4-257

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	21	4	68	1	-	-
Eliot	24	4	70	1	-	-
Pithey	35	19	77	1	-	-
Drybrough	33	16	66	1	-	-

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Oxford University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Worsley	run out	3
DB Pithey	b Boshier	8
AA Baig	b Savage	15
*Nawab of Pataudi	c Wharton b Pratt	29
MFJ Checksfield	lbw b Savage	0
MA Baig	c Watson b Birkenshaw	11
+RHC Waters	b Savage	0
CD Drybrough	c Pratt b Savage	20
FW Neate	c Watson b Boshier	25
RF Eliot	not out	5
EW Anderson	b Boshier	0
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-56, 4-56, 5-56, 6-60, 7-92, 8-116, 9-134, 10-134 (49.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	12.1	4	20	3	-	-
Pratt	9	2	30	1	-	-
Savage	19	10	44	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	9	2	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bird	lbw b Pithey	10
A Wharton	c Waters b Drybrough	9
PA Munden	b Drybrough	1
S Jayasinghe	c Pataudi b Drybrough	1
J Birkenshaw	c Waters b Pithey	20
LR Gardner	c Waters b Drybrough	12
*W Watson	b Drybrough	27
RL Pratt	c and b Pithey	5
+R Julian	b Drybrough	2
JS Savage	not out	2
BS Boshier	b Drybrough	2
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-25, 4-49, 5-51, 6-86, 7-91, 8-100, 9-101, 10-105 (61.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	4	2	6	0	-	-
Eliot	5	3	5	0	-	-
Pithey	27	12	45	3	-	-
Drybrough	25.3	12	35	7	-	-

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Notes
--> RF Eliot made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MFJ Checksfield made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FW Neate (1) equalled his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> A Wharton (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> LR Gardner (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> J Birkenshaw made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> MFJ Checksfield made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> MA Baig made his debut for Oxford University in First-Class matches
--> MA Baig made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CD Drybrough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 5-55)

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