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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.
   
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