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University Matches, 1938 
Oxford University v Free Foresters 
The Parks, Oxford 
4,6,7 June 1938 (3-day match) 
Result: Free Foresters won by 5 wickets 
Toss: Oxford University 
Umpires: N Harris and E Rushbridge
 
Close of Play:
  Day 1: Oxford University 288, Free Foresters 24/0
        (Kingsley 14*, Wilkinson 9*).
 Day 2: Free Foresters 208, Oxford University 97, Free Foresters 4/0
        (Kingsley 3*, Scott 1*)
Oxford University 1st innings
*EJH Dixon            lbw                b Meyer                0
JM Lomas              c Griffith         b Meyer              124
JKG Webb              st Griffith        b Meyer                0
EDR Eagar                                b Meyer                2
GRJ de Soysa          c Meyer            b Bettington          39
PMW Whitehouse        c Magill           b Marriott            45
+RE Luyt              st Griffith        b Meyer               17
DE Young                                 b Marriott            25
G Evans               lbw                b Marriott            11
EK Scott              not out                                  22
WJ Pershke            lbw                b Marriott             0
Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
Total                 (all out, 109.4 overs)                  288
FoW: 1-?, 2-4, 3-15, 4-88, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-288.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Meyer                       26      8     63      5
Magill                      15      3     63      0
Marriott                    36.4   11     61      4
Dyson                       16      3     37      0
Bettington                  10      1     42      1
Scott                        6      1     19      0
Free Foresters 1st innings
PGT Kingsley                             b Evans               18
*WAC Wilkinson        c Eagar            b Pershke             64
AL Hosie              lbw                b Young                7
HT Bartlett                              b Evans               76
+SC Griffith          c Evans            b Pershke              1
RJO Meyer                                b Whitehouse          26
RH Bettington         c Lomas            b Whitehouse           7
RSG Scott             c Luyt             b Young                1
MPD Magill            not out                                   0
JH Dyson                                 b Young                1
CS Marriott           lbw                b Young                2
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 1)                         5
Total                 (all out, 88.5 overs)                   208
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-208.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pershke                     36     10     79      2
Evans                       25     10     50      2
Young                       14.5    5     38      4
Scott                        6      1     21      0
Whitehouse                   7      1     15      2
Oxford University 2nd innings
JM Lomas                             c & b Meyer                4
JKG Webb                                 b Meyer                5
GRJ de Soysa                             b Marriott            15
EDR Eagar             c Meyer            b Marriott            29
DE Young                                 b Meyer                8
PMW Whitehouse        not out                                  15
+RE Luyt              c Meyer            b Marriott             1
G Evans               c Bettington       b Marriott            10
EK Scott              lbw                b Meyer                2
WJ Pershke            st Griffith        b Marriott             4
*EJH Dixon            absent hurt                               -
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 47.4 overs)                    97
FoW:  1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-97.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Meyer                       24     12     44      4
Marriott                    18.4    6     40      5
Scott                        5      1      9      0
Free Foresters 2nd innings (target: 178 runs)
PGT Kingsley          c Luyt             b Whitehouse          29
RSG Scott             c Lomas            b Whitehouse          99
*WAC Wilkinson        c Lomas            b Whitehouse           8
AL Hosie              c Lomas            b Whitehouse           9
HT Bartlett           c Pershke          b Whitehouse           0
+SC Griffith          not out                                  26
RH Bettington         not out                                   5
Extras                (b 1, nb 3)                               4
Total                 (5 wickets, 54.3 overs)                 180
DNB: RJO Meyer, MPD Magill, JH Dyson, CS Marriott.
FoW:  1-49, 2-?, 3-106, 4-106, 5-162.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pershke                     11      1     44      0
Evans                       14      3     35      0
Young                        8      1     35      0
Scott                        5      0     29      0
Whitehouse                  16.3    6     33      5
 
 
-  Dixon fractured a bone in his foot when he was lbw to the fifth
    ball of the match. Whitehouse took over as captain.
 -  Lomas 124, ten 4's in of 225 minutes. He was awarded his blue.
 -  Bartlett batted with a runner in the second innings, having
    pulled a muscle.
 -  Rain interfered on the third day, play commencing at 3.00pm.
   
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