f5092	Oxford University v Australians
	Australia in England 1899
Venue	Christ Church Ground, Oxford on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Richards, A Shaw
Close of play day 1	Oxford University (1) 36/1 (Bateman-Champain 20*, Collins 9*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 110/2 (Hill 14*, Gregory 11*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Iredale	b Bosanquet	77
J Worrall	c Stocks b Bosanquet	3
C Hill	c Martyn b Bosanquet	11
SE Gregory	c Martyn b Knox	6
MA Noble	c Martyn b Stocks	86
*J Darling	c Pilkington b Knox	35
VT Trumper	b Stocks	25
FJ Laver	b Bosanquet	37
H Trumble	not out	11
WP Howell	b Bosanquet	3
+AE Johns	c Martyn b Bosanquet	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-43, 3-60, 4-153, 5-220, 6-224, 7-287, 8-297, 9-303, 10-303 (116.3 ov)

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stocks	37	6	105	2	-	-
Bosanquet	40.3	7	83	6	-	-
Knox	28	3	80	2	-	-
Humphrys	11	4	26	0	-	-

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Oxford University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FH Bateman-Champain	c Trumper b Worrall	120
HC Pilkington	run out	4
LP Collins	c Darling b Noble	39
RE Foster	b Laver	80
AM Hollins	c Trumble b Noble	0
A Eccles	b Laver	22
+H Martyn	c Iredale b Laver	2
BJT Bosanquet	b Noble	51
FP Knox	not out	12
FH Humphrys	b Noble	0
FW Stocks	c Howell b Noble	2
Extras	(7 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 133.1 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-106, 3-190, 4-190, 5-246, 6-262, 7-277, 8-339, 9-339, 10-341 (133.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howell	32	11	68	0	-	-
Trumble	33	12	71	0	-	-
Laver	24	11	50	3	-	-
Noble	22.1	6	70	5	-	-
Worrall	18	0	59	1	-	-
Trumper	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Iredale	b Humphrys	31
J Worrall	c Bosanquet b Stocks	53
C Hill	b Bosanquet	24
SE Gregory	b Stocks	36
*J Darling	not out	106
MA Noble	not out	100
VT Trumper	did not bat
FJ Laver	did not bat
H Trumble	did not bat
WP Howell	did not bat
+AE Johns	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 114 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-90, 3-141, 4-151

Oxford University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stocks	31	9	77	2	-	-
Bosanquet	27	4	72	1	-	-
Knox	14	1	59	0	-	-
Humphrys	17	5	47	1	-	-
Hollins	12	1	48	0	-	-
Bateman-Champain	4	2	10	0	-	-
Foster	5	1	20	0	-	-
Eccles	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Oxford University (1) ?/?
--> FH Humphrys made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Hill (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> FH Bateman-Champain (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in First-Class matches
--> J Darling (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19

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Champain batted for 150 minutes and hit 11 fours in his innings of 120, the first century of the tour against the Australians. Darling and Noble put on an undefeated 209 in 170 minutes for the fifth wicket. Darling hit 16 fours in his 106* and Noble 12 fours in his 100*