CHALLENGED to score 242 to win, Oxford University were sent spinning to defeat as Matt Rawnsley took 6-44 to steer Worcestershire to victory by 115 runs in the Parks yesterday.

The students had earlier declared at their overnight 162-8, before the county rattled up 93-0.

Oxford's left-arm seamer David Mather broke a finger on Monday and will not play again for a month.

WORCESTERSHIRE

1st Innings 310-3 dec.

2nd Innings

W P Weston not outM-I32KV Solanki not outM-I59

Extras (w 2)...2KTotal (0 wkts, dec, 31 overs)...93KBowling: Khan 12-1-48-0, Garland 8-2-23-0, Byrne 7-3-15-0, Lightfoot 4-2-7-0.

OXFORD UNIV

1st Innings 162-8 dec.

2nd Innings

D Lockhart lbw b RawnsleyM-I22KJ Parker b LampittM-I16KN Pirihi c Lampitt b RawnsleyM-I13KB Byrne c Solanki b RawnsleyM-I4KC Lightfoot st Pipe b RawnsleyM-I22KJ Claughton c sub b RawnsleyM-I12KJ Fulton c Ellis b HickM-I15KR Garland c Pipe b HickM-I7KJ Barnes not outM-I5KS Khan c Hafeez b HickM-I0KD Mather b RawnsleyM-I0KExtras (b 1, 1b 1, nb 8)...10KTotal (all out)...126KFall: 1-23, 2-58, 3-62, 4-66, 5-91, 6-108, 7-121, 8-121, 9-121.

Bowling: Sheriyar 5-2-14-0, Chapman 6-2-18-0, Lampitt 6-2-16-1, Rawnsley 23-9-44-6, Hick 15-8-25-3.

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.