The University Match (cricket)
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The University Match in a cricket
ing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club
and Cambridge University Cricket Club
. Since 2001, in most of their fixtures Oxford have appeared as the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Oxford UCCE, incorporating Oxford Brookes University
), and Cambridge have appeared as the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Cambridge UCCE, incorporating Anglia Ruskin University
), but this does not apply to the University Match(es).
The match was first played in 1827 at the instigation of Charles Wordsworth
who was also responsible for founding the Boat Race in 1829. It was traditionally an annual three day first-class
fixture, normally held at Lord's. From the 1830s until 1939, it was among the most important fixtures of the season, attracting large crowds and widespread press coverage. It was still a major social, as well as sporting, event as recently as just after World War II
. According to The Cricketer
(1954), the 1954 match attracted over 13,000 paying spectators as well as MCC members.
In terms of the clubs concerned, the University Match dating from 1827
is the oldest first-class fixture still being played. However, it should be noted that fixtures involving certain county teams prior to formation of the current county clubs do have a much longer history. The oldest known county fixture is Kent
v Surrey
, which dates back to 1709 at least. The oldest county club is Sussex CCC, founded in 1839.
The next two University matches were in 1829 and 1836. From 1838 it has been played annually, except for the war years of 1915-1918 and 1940-45. (From 1941-45, a one-day fixture was played at Lord's, but these matches are not counted in the official records.) The first match was played at Lord's, but it was only in 1851 that Lord's became the permanent venue, five of the early matches having been played in the vicinity of Oxford.
Some of the most dramatic matches in the long history of the fixture occurred in the 1870s. The first of these was 'Cobden's Match' in 1870. F. C. Cobden
took the last three Oxford wickets in consecutive balls to give Cambridge victory by 2 runs. The following year S. E. Butler
took 10-38 in the Cambridge first innings (the only instance of a bowler taking all ten), followed by five more wickets in the second innings. In 1873 Oxford won by only three wickets. The 1875 match was almost as close an affair as that in 1870. Needing 175 to win, Cambridge were 161-7 at one point, but were all out for 168 to lose by six runs.
Another notable match was in 1923, which became known as the "Thunderstorm match". Oxford had run up a good score, and a torrential storm for much of the night rendered the pitch almost unplayable, so that Cambridge were quickly dismissed in two innings.
William Yardley
of Cambridge has the distinction of scoring the first two hundreds made in the series: 100 in 1870 in Cobden's Match and 130 in 1872.
Robin Marlar
's bowling figures for Cambridge are worth noting:
Players who became (or in a few instances were already) famous to have appeared in the match include: Alfred Lyttelton
(Cantab. 1876-9), Allan Steel (Cantab. 1878-81), Stanley Jackson
(Cantab. 1890-3), C. B. Fry (Ox. 1892-5), K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Cantab. 1893), Pelham Warner (Ox. 1895-6), Gilbert Jessop
(Cantab. 1896-9), R. E. Foster
(Ox. 1897-1900), Bernard Bosanquet
(Ox. 1898-1900), Percy Chapman
(Cantab. 1920-2), Douglas Jardine
(Ox. 1920-1, 1923), Gubby Allen
(Cantab. 1922-3), K. S. Duleepsinhji (Cantab. 1925-8), Nawab of Pataudi snr
(Ox. 1929-31), Ken Farnes
(Cantab. 1931-3), Martin Donnelly
(Ox. 1946-7), Abdul Kardar
(Ox. 1947-9), Peter May (Cantab. 1950-2), David Sheppard
(Cantab. 1950-2), Colin Cowdrey
(Ox. 1952-4), M. J. K. Smith (Ox. 1954-6), Ted Dexter
(Cantab. 1956-8), Nawab of Pataudi jnr
(Ox. 1960-1, 1963), Mike Brearley
(Cantab. 1961-4), Majid Khan (Cantab. 1971-3), Imran Khan
(Ox. 1973-5) and Mike Atherton
(Cantab. 1987, 1989). It can be seen that the majority were batsmen rather than bowlers and that the 1890s and 1950s to early 1960s were particularly fertile periods. At the time of writing, the most recent Oxbridge international cricketers are Ed Smith
(Cantab. 1996-7) in Tests, and James Dalrymple
(Ox. 2001-3) in limited-overs internationals.
From 2001 the match has been replaced by two fixtures each year: a one-day match played at Lord's and a four-day first-class fixture played in alternate years at Fenner's
in Cambridge and The Parks in Oxford. Blues
are awarded to those appearing in either match for Cambridge players but only to Oxford players who appear in the first-class four-day game. Unless otherwise stated, statistics quoted in this article are for the first-class fixtures only.
In 2008, for the first time a Twenty20
fixture was also played.
Cambridge all out for 39, their lowest total in the series
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|25
|23 June 1859
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|28 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|26
|25 June 1860
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|3 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|27
|17 June 1861
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|133 runs
|
|-
|28
|23 June 1862
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|8 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|29
|22 June 1863
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|30
|13 June 1864
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|4 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|31
|26 June 1865
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|114 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|32
|18 June 1866
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|12 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|33
|1 July 1867
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|34
|22 June 1868
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|168 runs
|
|-
|35
|21 June 1869
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|58 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|36
|27 June 1870
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 runs
|completed in two days;
"Cobden's Match" - F.C. Cobden
took the last 3 Oxford wickets in consecutive balls to win the match;
W Yardley
scored 100 for Cambridge, the first hundred made in the series
|-
|37
|26 June 1871
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|completed in two days;
S.E. Butler
took all ten wickets in Cambridge first innings and 15 in the match
|-
|38
|24 June 1872
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 166 runs
|completed in two days;
W Yardley scored 130 for Cambridge
|-
|39
|23 June 1873
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|3 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|40
|29 June 1874
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 92 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|41
|28 June 1875
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|6 runs
|
|-
|42
|26 June 1876
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|WS Patterson scored 105* for Cambridge
|-
|43
|25 June 1877
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|10 wickets
|completed in two days;
FM Buckland scored 117 not out for Oxford
|-
|44
|1 July 1878
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|238 runs
|AG Steel 8-62 & 5-11 for Cambridge;
completed in two days;
Oxford all out 32 in their 2nd innings, the lowest total in the series by either side.
|-
|45
|30 June 1879
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|AG Steel completed hat-trick for Cambridge
|-
|46
|28 June 1880
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|115 runs
|completed in two days;
PH Morton completed hat-trick in Oxford's 1st innings
|-
|47
|27 June 1881
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|135 runs
|WH Patterson carried his bat in scoring 107* for Oxford in their 2nd innings
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|48
|26 June 1882
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|GB Studd 120 for Cambridge;
CT Studd took 7-54 and 2-48 and scored 0 and 69;
but JEK Studd achieved nothing of note
|-
|49
|25 June 1883
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|CW Wright 102 for Cambridge
|-
|50
|30 June 1884
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|51
|29 June 1885
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|C Toppin 7-51 and HW Bainbridge 101, both for Cambridge
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|52
|5 July 1886
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|133 runs
|KJ Key and W Rashleigh put on 243 for the first wicket in Oxford's 2nd innings, scoring 143 and 107 respectively;
no-one else reached double figures and the innings ended at 304;
in these pre-declaration days this collapse could have been deliberate
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|53
|4 July 1887
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|Lord GW Scott scored 100 for Oxford. E Crawley scored 103* for Cambridge
|-
|54
|2 July 1888
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|no play on 1st and 4th(!) day of match;
AHJ Cochrane
6-62 for Oxford
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|55
|1 July 1889
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 105 runs
|completed in two days;
SMJ Woods 6-42 and 5-40,
HJ Morduant 127, both for Cambridge
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|56
|30 June 1890
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|Oxford 42 and 108;
Cambridge 97 and 54-3
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|57
|29 June 1891
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 wickets
|completed in two days;
after making Oxford follow on,Cambridge struggled to 93-8 to win
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|58
|30 June 1892
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|5 wickets
|MR Jardine
140 and VT Hill 114 for Oxford;
following on, Cambridge made 388 (EC Streatfeild 116)
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|59
|3 July 1893
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|266 runs
|completed in two days;
Oxford 64 all out in their second innings
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|60
|2 July 1894
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|C B Fry
100* for Oxford
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|61
|4 July 1895
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|134 runs
|HK Foster 121 out of 196 in Oxford 2nd innings
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|62
|2 July 1896
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|4 wickets
|JC Hartley 8-161 for Oxford;GO Smith 132 in Oxford second innings;
Oxford won despite a deficit of 117 on the first innings, scoring 330-6 in their second;
WG Grace jnr made a "pair" for Cambridge
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|63
|5 July 1897
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|179 runs
|GL Jessop 6-65 for Cambridge;
PHE Cunliffe 6-101 for Oxford
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|64
|30 June 1898
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|CEM Wilson 115 for Cambridge;
A Eccles 109 for Oxford
|-
|65
|3 July 1899
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|BJT Bosanquet 7-89 for Oxford;
Cambridge were set 299 to win in 160 minutes but fell 70 short with 4 wickets down;
Jessop's 46 took only 30 minutes
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|66
|5 July 1900
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Oxford made 503 (430-8 on Day 1);
with RE Foster scoring 171
Cambridge replied with 392
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|67
|4 July 1901
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|ER Wilson 118 for Cambridge;
Oxford slumped to 82-6 in their second innings,
but recovered to 177-7 to save the match
thanks to their opener CHB Maarsham making 100 not out
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|68
|3 July 1902
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|Cambridge reached 274-5 in their 2nd innings thanks to SH Day's 117 not out;
in Oxford's 1st innings, they collapsed from 118 when the 1st wicket fell to 206 all out,
with EM Dowson and ER Wilson each taking 5 wickets
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|69
|2 July 1903
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|268 runs
|JE Raphael 130,
WHB Evans 7-52 and 4-34 for Oxford
|-
|70
|30 June 1904
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|JF Marsh 172* as opener in Cambridge 2nd innings out of 390-8d;
Oxford were 128-6 in their 2nd innings,
but recovered to 221-6 to save the game,
thanks to WHB Evans' 86*
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|71
|6 July 1905
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|40 runs
|Cambridge 101 behind on 1st innings;
LG Colbeck 107 in Cambridge 2nd innings;
Oxford 123 all out in their 2nd inngs,
with AF Morcom taking 6-41
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|72
|5 July 1906
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|94 runs
|RA Yound 150 for Cambridge;
NR Udal 7-133 for Oxford
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|73
|4 July 1907
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|HA Gilbert took 6-36 in Cambridge's 1st innings of 108 (in reply to 141);
Oxford managed only 112 in their 2nd innings
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|74
|6 July 1908
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|2 wickets
|E Olivier 6-68 in Oxford's 1st innings;
in Oxford's 2nd innings they were 125-7 but recovered to 183-8 to win,
though Olivier took 4 more wickets
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|75
|5 July 1909
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|rain affected;
HA Gilbert 6-52 for Oxford
|-
|76
|4 July 1910
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 126 runs
|completed in two days;
PR le Couteur 160, 6-20 and 5-46 for Oxford
|-
|77
|3 July 1911
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|74 runs
|JF Ireland completed hat-trick in Oxford's 1st innings,
finishing with 5-25;
in the Oxford 2nd innings a middle-order collapse put them in danger of defeat,
but they recovered through 84 by H Brougham;
PR le Couteur took 8-99 in Cambridge's 2nd innings
(and 11 wickets in the match)
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|78
|8 July 1912
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|3 wickets
|in a match that was close throughout,
the scores were tied on 1st innings
|-
|79
|7 July 1913
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|4 wickets
|BGV Melle took 6-70 in the Cambridge 1st innings
|-
|80
|6 July 1914
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|194 runs
|Cambridge all out 73 in their 2nd innings
|-
|81
|7 July 1919
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|45 runs
|M Howell 170 for Oxford;
AER Gilligan
6-52 in Oxford 2nd innings;
FCG Naumann 6-81 in Cambridge 2nd innings
|-
|82
|5 July 1920
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|no play on first day; play extended by one day,
but the weather was so bad that there was not even a result on 1st innings
CS Marriott 7-69 in Oxford 1st innings
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|83
|4 July 1921
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 24 runs
|H Ashton 118 for Cambridge;
CS Marriott 5-44 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|84
|10 July 1922
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 100 runs
|APF Chapman
102* for Cambridge;
GOB Allen
5-60 and 4-18 for Cambridge
|-
|85
|9 July 1923
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 227 runs
|"Thunderstorm match" completed in two days after torrential rain all night after Oxford's innings;
CH Taylor 109 for Oxford;
Cambridge 59 all out in their 1st innings,GTA Stevens
taking 6-20;
RHB Bettington took 3-19 and 8-66
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|86
|7 July 1924
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|HJ Enthoven
104 in Cambridge 1st innings;
PA Wright 6-49 in Oxford 2nd innings
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|87
|6 July 1925
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|HJ Enthoven
129 in Cambridge 1st innings
|-
|88
|5 July 1926
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|34 runs
|RGH Lowe completed hat-trick for Cambridge, finishing with 5-22
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|89
|4 July 1927
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|116 runs
|AK Judd 124 in Cambridge 2nd innings;
ERT Holmes 113 in Oxford 2nd innings
|-
|90
|9 July 1928
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|CKH Hill-Wood
6-79 in Cambridge 1st innings;
RWV Robins 101* in Cambridge 2nd innings
Oxford survived with 9 wickets down in their 2nd innings
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|91
|8 July 1929
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|JT Morgan 149 in Cambridge 1st innings;
Nawab of Pataudi snr 106 in Oxford 1st innings and 84 in the 2nd
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|92
|7 July 1930
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|205 runs
|IAR Peebles 7-75 in Cambridge 1st innings and 6-162 in the 2nd,
in which ET Killick made 136
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|93
|7 July 1931
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|Cambridge made 385 (A Ratcliffe 201, RSG Scott 6-64);
Oxford replied with 453-8d (Nawab of Pataudi snr 238*);
Cambridge collapsed to 122 all out in their 2nd innings (EM Wellings 5-25)
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|94
|4 July 1932
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|DR Wilcox 157 and A Ratcliffe 124 in Cambridge 1st innings;
BW Hone 167 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|95
|10 July 1933
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|a low-scoring affair, but poor weather prevented any chance of a result
|-
|96
|9 July 1934
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|DCH Townsend 193 and FGH Chalk 108 in Oxford 1st innings;
JGW Davies, the 7th bowler tried, took 5-43,
the last 5 wickets falling while the score advanced from 406 to 415;
AW Allen scored 115 in the Cambridge 1st innings
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|97
|8 July 1935
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|195 runs
|JH Cameron took 7-73 in the Oxford 1st innings;
Oxford 109 all out in their 2nd innings
|-
|98
|6 July 1936
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|8 wickets
|Oxford followed on but narrowly avoided an innings defeat;
JM Brocklebank took 4-47 and 6-92 for Cambridge
|-
|99
|5 July 1937
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|NWD Yardley 101 in Cambridge 1st innings;
JN Grover 121 in Oxford 1st innings
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|100
|2 July 1938
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|GE Hewan 6-91 in Oxford 1st innings;
PA Gibb 122 in Cambridge 1st innings;
rain on the third day delayed play until 4pm;
Oxford finished the match only 18 runs on with 4 wickets left
|-
|101
|1 July 1939
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|45 runs
|Cambridge were 156 behind on 1st innings but were not asked to follow on;
Cambridge, set 430 to win by Oxford's declaration, managed 384 after being 249-8,
thanks to PJ Dickinson (100) and J Webster (60)
|-
|102
|6 July 1946
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|6 wickets
|Martin Donnelly 142 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|103
|5 July 1947
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|HA Pawson 135 in Oxford 1st innings;
Cambridge forced to follow on, but comfortably saved the game
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|104
|3 July 1948
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 8 runs
|PA Whitcombe 7-51 in Cambridge 1st innings;
HE Webb 145* for Oxford;
CB van Ryneveld 7-57 in Cambridge 2nd innings
|-
|105
|2 July 1949
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|Oxford followed on
|-
|106
|8 July 1950
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|much of the 2nd day lost to rain
|-
|107
|7 July 1951
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|21 runs
|a low-scoring game;
Cambridge reached 197-8 in their second innings, needing 22 more runs to win,
but both the last two wickets fell at that score;
RV Divecha took 7-62
|-
|108
|5 July 1952
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Robin Marlar
7-104 in Oxford 1st innings;
David Sheppard
made 127 for Cambridge, and they led by 136 on 1st innings;
at 135-8 Oxford looked likely to lose,
but they hung on for the draw at 179-9
|-
|109
|4 July 1953
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 wickets
|Colin Cowdrey
116 in Oxford 1st innings, who led by 121;
however Robin Marlar
took 7-49 in their 2nd innings (following 5-94 in their 1st),
and Cambridge scored 238-8 to win, thanks to DRW Silk's 116*
|-
|110
|3 July 1954
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|MJK Smith 201* for Oxford;
DRW Silk 118 for Cambridge;
in their 2nd innings Cambridge had 8 wickets down at the game's end,
HB Birrell taking 5-20
|-
|111
|2 July 1955
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|112
|7 July 1956
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|113
|6 July 1957
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 186 runs
|G Goonesena
211 for Cambridge
|-
|114
|12 July 1958
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|99 runs
|
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|115
|11 July 1959
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|85 runs
|
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|116
|6 July 1960
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|117
|15 July 1961
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|118
|11 July 1962
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|119
|13 July 1963
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|120
|8 July 1964
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|121
|7 July 1965
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|122
|9 July 1966
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 9 runs
|
|-
|123
|8 July 1967
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|124
|6 July 1968
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|125
|12 July 1969
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|126
|11 July 1970
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Majid Khan 200 for Cambridge
|-
|127
|10 July 1971
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|128
|1 July 1972
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 25 runs
|
|-
|129
|7 July 1973
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|130
|6 July 1974
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|131
|5 July 1975
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|132
|30 June 1976
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|10 wickets
|
|-
|133
|29 June 1977
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|134
|28 June 1978
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|135
|4 July 1979
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 52 runs
|
|-
|136
|28 June 1980
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|137
|20 June 1981
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|138
|26 June 1982
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
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|-
|139
|29 June 1983
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|
|-
|140
|4 July 1984
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|5 wickets
|
|-
|141
|3 July 1985
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|GJ Toogood 149 and 8-52 (ten wickets in the match)
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|142
|2 July 1986
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
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|143
|1 July 1987
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|(144a)
|2 July 1988
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#666666"|Abandoned
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|144
|5 July 1989
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|no play on final day
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|145
|4 July 1990
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|146
|2 July 1991
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
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|
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|147
|30 June 1992
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|
|-
|148
|30 June 1993
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
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|-
|149
|29 June 1994
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
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|150
|5 July 1995
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|
|-
|151
|2 July 1996
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|AC Ridley 155 and WS Kendall 145 for Oxford
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|152
|2 July 1997
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|153
|1 July 1998
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|91 runs
|
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|154
|25 June 1999
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
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|155
|11 July 2000
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|156
|30 June 2001
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|3 wickets
|
|-
|157
|26 June 2002
|Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Cambridge 604, to date Cambridge's highest team score in the series
A Shankar 143 and JSD Moffat 169 for Cambridge
JWM Dalrymple
137 for Oxford
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|158
|26 June 2003
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 71 runs
|JWM Dalrymple
236 not out and 5-49 (1st inns) and MK Munday
5-83 (2nd inns) for Oxford;
SJ Marshall 126 not out for Cambridge
completed in three days
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|159
|28 June 2004
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 77 runs
|JJ Sayers
147, DR Fox 104 and PJ McMahon 99 for Oxford
completed in three days
|-
|160
|28 June 2005
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 213 runs
|Oxford 610-5dec, ;
S Oberoi
247 for Oxford, to date the highest individual score in the series;
Oberoi and DR Fox (184) put on 408 for the third wicket, the highest partnership in the fixture
|-
|161
|3 July 2006
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|S Oberoi
115 and MK Munday
6-77 & 5-66 for Oxford
|-
|162
|30 June 2007
|Cambridge
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|163
|1 July 2008
|Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|AS Ansari 193 & 80 not out and 4-50 (1st inns) and NMH Whittington 83 (1st inns) for Cambridge
EJ Morse 6-102 (1st inns) and N Kruger 172 for Oxford
|-
|164
|7 July 2009
|Cambridge
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|10 wickets
|AS Ansari 132 (1st inns) and RMR Braithwaite 8-130 for Cambridge
N Kruger 98 (2nd inns) and R Sharma 5-96 for Oxford
|-
|165
|6 July 2010
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|An innings and 28 runs
|DA King 189 (1st inns), SS Agarwal 117 (1st inns) & 5-78 (2nd inns), AS Sharma 189* (1st inns), DC Pascoe 5-38 (1st inns) and AJD Scott 8-147 (both inns) for Oxford
PH Hughes 74 & 87, A Ashok 93 (2nd inns) for Cambridge
|-
|166
|5 July 2011
|Cambridge
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|56 runs
|PM Best 6-86 (2nd inns), ADJ Kennedy 5 dismissals (2nd inngs) for Cambridge
R Sharma 114 (2nd inns) for Oxford
|}
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. Since 2001, in most of their fixtures Oxford have appeared as the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Oxford UCCE, incorporating Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
), and Cambridge have appeared as the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Cambridge UCCE, incorporating Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University is one of the largest universities in Eastern England, United Kingdom, with a total student population of around 30,000.-History:...
), but this does not apply to the University Match(es).
History
See also: History of English amateur cricket#University cricket from 1827 to 1863The match was first played in 1827 at the instigation of Charles Wordsworth
Charles Wordsworth
The Reverend Charles Wordsworth, M.A. was bishop of Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in Scotland. He was a classical scholar, and taught at a public schools in England and Scotland...
who was also responsible for founding the Boat Race in 1829. It was traditionally an annual three day first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
fixture, normally held at Lord's. From the 1830s until 1939, it was among the most important fixtures of the season, attracting large crowds and widespread press coverage. It was still a major social, as well as sporting, event as recently as just after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. According to The Cricketer
The Cricketer
The Cricketer was an English cricket magazine published between 1921 and 2003 when it was merged with Wisden Cricket Monthly and relaunched as The Wisden Cricketer....
(1954), the 1954 match attracted over 13,000 paying spectators as well as MCC members.
In terms of the clubs concerned, the University Match dating from 1827
1827 English cricket season
The roundarm controversy came to a head before the 1827 English cricket season and MCC agreed to the staging of three trial matches between Sussex and All-England. Roundarm's supporters made the grandiose claim that their campaign was a march of intellect...
is the oldest first-class fixture still being played. However, it should be noted that fixtures involving certain county teams prior to formation of the current county clubs do have a much longer history. The oldest known county fixture is Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
v Surrey
Surrey county cricket teams
Surrey county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. The first definite mention of cricket anywhere in the world is dated c.1550 in Guildford.-17th century:...
, which dates back to 1709 at least. The oldest county club is Sussex CCC, founded in 1839.
The next two University matches were in 1829 and 1836. From 1838 it has been played annually, except for the war years of 1915-1918 and 1940-45. (From 1941-45, a one-day fixture was played at Lord's, but these matches are not counted in the official records.) The first match was played at Lord's, but it was only in 1851 that Lord's became the permanent venue, five of the early matches having been played in the vicinity of Oxford.
Some of the most dramatic matches in the long history of the fixture occurred in the 1870s. The first of these was 'Cobden's Match' in 1870. F. C. Cobden
Frank Cobden
Frank Carroll Cobden was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and the MCC. In the University Match of 1870 he famously took a hat-trick comprising the last three Oxford University batsmen when Oxford required only three more runs to win...
took the last three Oxford wickets in consecutive balls to give Cambridge victory by 2 runs. The following year S. E. Butler
Samuel Butler (cricketer)
Samuel Evan Butler was an English cricketer...
took 10-38 in the Cambridge first innings (the only instance of a bowler taking all ten), followed by five more wickets in the second innings. In 1873 Oxford won by only three wickets. The 1875 match was almost as close an affair as that in 1870. Needing 175 to win, Cambridge were 161-7 at one point, but were all out for 168 to lose by six runs.
Another notable match was in 1923, which became known as the "Thunderstorm match". Oxford had run up a good score, and a torrential storm for much of the night rendered the pitch almost unplayable, so that Cambridge were quickly dismissed in two innings.
William Yardley
William Yardley (cricketer)
William Yardley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent from 1868 to 1878 and for Cambridge University from 1869 to 1872. In the early 1870s, only WG Grace was reckoned his superior amongst amateur batsmen...
of Cambridge has the distinction of scoring the first two hundreds made in the series: 100 in 1870 in Cobden's Match and 130 in 1872.
Robin Marlar
Robin Marlar
Robin Geoffrey Marlar is an English cricketer and cricket journalist. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge....
's bowling figures for Cambridge are worth noting:
- 1951: 5-41 and 1-64
- 1952: 7-104 and 2-25
- 1953: 5-94 and 7-49
Players who became (or in a few instances were already) famous to have appeared in the match include: Alfred Lyttelton
Alfred Lyttelton
Alfred Lyttelton QC was a British politician and sportsman who excelled at both football and cricket. During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports: cricket , football , athletics , rackets and real tennis , displaying an ability that made him...
(Cantab. 1876-9), Allan Steel (Cantab. 1878-81), Stanley Jackson
Stanley Jackson
Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ , known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...
(Cantab. 1890-3), C. B. Fry (Ox. 1892-5), K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Cantab. 1893), Pelham Warner (Ox. 1895-6), Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Jessop
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known, he was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898.Relations...
(Cantab. 1896-9), R. E. Foster
Tip Foster
Reginald Erskine Foster, nicknamed Tip Foster, commonly designated R. E. Foster in sporting literature was an English cricketer and football player...
(Ox. 1897-1900), Bernard Bosanquet
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)
Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly, a delivery designed to deceive the batsman. When bowled, it appears to be a leg break, but after pitching the ball turns in the opposite direction to that which is expected, behaving as an off break instead...
(Ox. 1898-1900), Percy Chapman
Percy Chapman
Arthur Percy Frank Chapman was an English cricketer who captained England to a then English-record-equalling seven consecutive Test match wins, a record that was not surpassed until Michael Vaughan's team won eight in a row in 2004...
(Cantab. 1920-2), Douglas Jardine
Douglas Jardine
Douglas Robert Jardine was an English cricketer and captain of the England cricket team from 1931 to 1933–34.When describing cricket seasons, the convention used is that a single year represents an English cricket season, while two years represent a southern hemisphere cricket season because it...
(Ox. 1920-1, 1923), Gubby Allen
Gubby Allen
Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...
(Cantab. 1922-3), K. S. Duleepsinhji (Cantab. 1925-8), Nawab of Pataudi snr
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Iftikhar Ali Khan , sometimes I.A.K. Pataudi was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and captain of the Indian cricket team. He was one of few cricketers to have played for two countries, having also played for the English Test side...
(Ox. 1929-31), Ken Farnes
Ken Farnes
Kenneth Farnes was an English cricketer. He played in 15 Tests from 1934 to 1939.Farnes was born in Leytonstone, Essex, and was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park. He made his first-class debut for Essex in 1930, aged only 19. He took 5-36 in his second county match against Kent...
(Cantab. 1931-3), Martin Donnelly
Martin Donnelly (cricketer)
Martin Paterson Donnelly was a New Zealand Test cricketer and England Rugby Union player.Born in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, Donnelly's twin brother Maurice died in the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. His sporting talent emerged quickly and Donnelly became known for his batting and fielding skills, as...
(Ox. 1946-7), Abdul Kardar
Abdul Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar or Abdul Kardar was an international cricketer, who is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan; the other two being Amir Elahi and Gul Mohammad...
(Ox. 1947-9), Peter May (Cantab. 1950-2), David Sheppard
David Sheppard
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was the high-profile Bishop of Liverpool in the Church of England who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth...
(Cantab. 1950-2), Colin Cowdrey
Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976...
(Ox. 1952-4), M. J. K. Smith (Ox. 1954-6), Ted Dexter
Ted Dexter
Edward Ralph Dexter CBE is a former English cricketer...
(Cantab. 1956-8), Nawab of Pataudi jnr
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
Mansoor Ali Khan or Mansur Ali Khan , sometimes M.A.K. Pataudi , nicknamed Tiger Pataudi, was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team...
(Ox. 1960-1, 1963), Mike Brearley
Mike Brearley
John Michael Brearley OBE is a former cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. He was the President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2007–08.-Early life:...
(Cantab. 1961-4), Majid Khan (Cantab. 1971-3), Imran Khan
Imran Khan
Imran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...
(Ox. 1973-5) and Mike Atherton
Mike Atherton
Michael Andrew Atherton OBE is a broadcaster, journalist and retired England international cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England,and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the captaincy of England at the age of 25 and led the side in a record 54 Test matches...
(Cantab. 1987, 1989). It can be seen that the majority were batsmen rather than bowlers and that the 1890s and 1950s to early 1960s were particularly fertile periods. At the time of writing, the most recent Oxbridge international cricketers are Ed Smith
Ed Smith (cricketer)
Edward Thomas Smith is an English author and journalist, and former professional cricketer.-Background:He is the son of the novelist Jonathan Smith...
(Cantab. 1996-7) in Tests, and James Dalrymple
Jamie Dalrymple
James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....
(Ox. 2001-3) in limited-overs internationals.
From 2001 the match has been replaced by two fixtures each year: a one-day match played at Lord's and a four-day first-class fixture played in alternate years at Fenner's
Fenner's
Fenner's is the University of Cambridge's cricket ground.-History:Fenner's has hosted first-class cricket since 1848, and many of the world's great players have graced the wicket. The ground was established on land leased for the purpose by Francis Fenner, after whom the ground is named.Playing for...
in Cambridge and The Parks in Oxford. Blues
University Sporting Blue
A Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
are awarded to those appearing in either match for Cambridge players but only to Oxford players who appear in the first-class four-day game. Unless otherwise stated, statistics quoted in this article are for the first-class fixtures only.
In 2008, for the first time a Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
fixture was also played.
Results
Up to and including 2011, 168 matches have been played. Cambridge have won 58, Oxford have won 54, 54 have been drawn and one match (in 1988) was abandoned.Cambridge all out for 39, their lowest total in the series
|-
|25
|23 June 1859
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|28 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|26
|25 June 1860
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|3 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|27
|17 June 1861
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|133 runs
|
|-
|28
|23 June 1862
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|8 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|29
|22 June 1863
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|30
|13 June 1864
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|4 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|31
|26 June 1865
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|114 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|32
|18 June 1866
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|12 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|33
|1 July 1867
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|34
|22 June 1868
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|168 runs
|
|-
|35
|21 June 1869
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|58 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|36
|27 June 1870
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 runs
|completed in two days;
"Cobden's Match" - F.C. Cobden
Frank Cobden
Frank Carroll Cobden was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and the MCC. In the University Match of 1870 he famously took a hat-trick comprising the last three Oxford University batsmen when Oxford required only three more runs to win...
took the last 3 Oxford wickets in consecutive balls to win the match;
W Yardley
William Yardley (cricketer)
William Yardley was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent from 1868 to 1878 and for Cambridge University from 1869 to 1872. In the early 1870s, only WG Grace was reckoned his superior amongst amateur batsmen...
scored 100 for Cambridge, the first hundred made in the series
|-
|37
|26 June 1871
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|completed in two days;
S.E. Butler
Samuel Butler (cricketer)
Samuel Evan Butler was an English cricketer...
took all ten wickets in Cambridge first innings and 15 in the match
|-
|38
|24 June 1872
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 166 runs
|completed in two days;
W Yardley scored 130 for Cambridge
|-
|39
|23 June 1873
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|3 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|40
|29 June 1874
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 92 runs
|completed in two days
|-
|41
|28 June 1875
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|6 runs
|
|-
|42
|26 June 1876
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|WS Patterson scored 105* for Cambridge
|-
|43
|25 June 1877
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|10 wickets
|completed in two days;
FM Buckland scored 117 not out for Oxford
|-
|44
|1 July 1878
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|238 runs
|AG Steel 8-62 & 5-11 for Cambridge;
completed in two days;
Oxford all out 32 in their 2nd innings, the lowest total in the series by either side.
|-
|45
|30 June 1879
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|AG Steel completed hat-trick for Cambridge
|-
|46
|28 June 1880
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|115 runs
|completed in two days;
PH Morton completed hat-trick in Oxford's 1st innings
|-
|47
|27 June 1881
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|135 runs
|WH Patterson carried his bat in scoring 107* for Oxford in their 2nd innings
|-
|48
|26 June 1882
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|GB Studd 120 for Cambridge;
CT Studd took 7-54 and 2-48 and scored 0 and 69;
but JEK Studd achieved nothing of note
|-
|49
|25 June 1883
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|CW Wright 102 for Cambridge
|-
|50
|30 June 1884
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|completed in two days
|-
|51
|29 June 1885
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|C Toppin 7-51 and HW Bainbridge 101, both for Cambridge
|-
|52
|5 July 1886
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|133 runs
|KJ Key and W Rashleigh put on 243 for the first wicket in Oxford's 2nd innings, scoring 143 and 107 respectively;
no-one else reached double figures and the innings ended at 304;
in these pre-declaration days this collapse could have been deliberate
|-
|53
|4 July 1887
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|Lord GW Scott scored 100 for Oxford. E Crawley scored 103* for Cambridge
|-
|54
|2 July 1888
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|no play on 1st and 4th(!) day of match;
AHJ Cochrane
Alfred Cochrane
Alfred Henry John Cochrane, was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1884 and 1886, and for Oxford University between 1885 and 1888. He subsequently made his name as a writer on sporting subjects and of light verse.Cochrane was the second son of Rev...
6-62 for Oxford
|-
|55
|1 July 1889
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 105 runs
|completed in two days;
SMJ Woods 6-42 and 5-40,
HJ Morduant 127, both for Cambridge
|-
|56
|30 June 1890
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|Oxford 42 and 108;
Cambridge 97 and 54-3
|-
|57
|29 June 1891
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 wickets
|completed in two days;
after making Oxford follow on,Cambridge struggled to 93-8 to win
|-
|58
|30 June 1892
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|5 wickets
|MR Jardine
Malcolm Jardine
Malcolm Robert Jardine was an English first-class cricketer who played 46 matches, mainly for Oxford University. Although his first-class record was not impressive, he scored 140 in the University Match of 1892 using an unorthodox batting method...
140 and VT Hill 114 for Oxford;
following on, Cambridge made 388 (EC Streatfeild 116)
|-
|59
|3 July 1893
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|266 runs
|completed in two days;
Oxford 64 all out in their second innings
|-
|60
|2 July 1894
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|C B Fry
C B Fry
Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer...
100* for Oxford
|-
|61
|4 July 1895
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|134 runs
|HK Foster 121 out of 196 in Oxford 2nd innings
|-
|62
|2 July 1896
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|4 wickets
|JC Hartley 8-161 for Oxford;GO Smith 132 in Oxford second innings;
Oxford won despite a deficit of 117 on the first innings, scoring 330-6 in their second;
WG Grace jnr made a "pair" for Cambridge
|-
|63
|5 July 1897
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|179 runs
|GL Jessop 6-65 for Cambridge;
PHE Cunliffe 6-101 for Oxford
|-
|64
|30 June 1898
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|CEM Wilson 115 for Cambridge;
A Eccles 109 for Oxford
|-
|65
|3 July 1899
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|BJT Bosanquet 7-89 for Oxford;
Cambridge were set 299 to win in 160 minutes but fell 70 short with 4 wickets down;
Jessop's 46 took only 30 minutes
|-
|66
|5 July 1900
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Oxford made 503 (430-8 on Day 1);
with RE Foster scoring 171
Cambridge replied with 392
|-
|67
|4 July 1901
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|ER Wilson 118 for Cambridge;
Oxford slumped to 82-6 in their second innings,
but recovered to 177-7 to save the match
thanks to their opener CHB Maarsham making 100 not out
|-
|68
|3 July 1902
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|Cambridge reached 274-5 in their 2nd innings thanks to SH Day's 117 not out;
in Oxford's 1st innings, they collapsed from 118 when the 1st wicket fell to 206 all out,
with EM Dowson and ER Wilson each taking 5 wickets
|-
|69
|2 July 1903
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|268 runs
|JE Raphael 130,
WHB Evans 7-52 and 4-34 for Oxford
|-
|70
|30 June 1904
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|JF Marsh 172* as opener in Cambridge 2nd innings out of 390-8d;
Oxford were 128-6 in their 2nd innings,
but recovered to 221-6 to save the game,
thanks to WHB Evans' 86*
|-
|71
|6 July 1905
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|40 runs
|Cambridge 101 behind on 1st innings;
LG Colbeck 107 in Cambridge 2nd innings;
Oxford 123 all out in their 2nd inngs,
with AF Morcom taking 6-41
|-
|72
|5 July 1906
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|94 runs
|RA Yound 150 for Cambridge;
NR Udal 7-133 for Oxford
|-
|73
|4 July 1907
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|HA Gilbert took 6-36 in Cambridge's 1st innings of 108 (in reply to 141);
Oxford managed only 112 in their 2nd innings
|-
|74
|6 July 1908
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|2 wickets
|E Olivier 6-68 in Oxford's 1st innings;
in Oxford's 2nd innings they were 125-7 but recovered to 183-8 to win,
though Olivier took 4 more wickets
|-
|75
|5 July 1909
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|rain affected;
HA Gilbert 6-52 for Oxford
|-
|76
|4 July 1910
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 126 runs
|completed in two days;
PR le Couteur 160, 6-20 and 5-46 for Oxford
|-
|77
|3 July 1911
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|74 runs
|JF Ireland completed hat-trick in Oxford's 1st innings,
finishing with 5-25;
in the Oxford 2nd innings a middle-order collapse put them in danger of defeat,
but they recovered through 84 by H Brougham;
PR le Couteur took 8-99 in Cambridge's 2nd innings
(and 11 wickets in the match)
|-
|78
|8 July 1912
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|3 wickets
|in a match that was close throughout,
the scores were tied on 1st innings
|-
|79
|7 July 1913
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|4 wickets
|BGV Melle took 6-70 in the Cambridge 1st innings
|-
|80
|6 July 1914
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|194 runs
|Cambridge all out 73 in their 2nd innings
|-
|81
|7 July 1919
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|45 runs
|M Howell 170 for Oxford;
AER Gilligan
Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex, Surrey and England....
6-52 in Oxford 2nd innings;
FCG Naumann 6-81 in Cambridge 2nd innings
|-
|82
|5 July 1920
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|no play on first day; play extended by one day,
but the weather was so bad that there was not even a result on 1st innings
CS Marriott 7-69 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|83
|4 July 1921
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 24 runs
|H Ashton 118 for Cambridge;
CS Marriott 5-44 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|84
|10 July 1922
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 100 runs
|APF Chapman
Percy Chapman
Arthur Percy Frank Chapman was an English cricketer who captained England to a then English-record-equalling seven consecutive Test match wins, a record that was not surpassed until Michael Vaughan's team won eight in a row in 2004...
102* for Cambridge;
GOB Allen
Gubby Allen
Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...
5-60 and 4-18 for Cambridge
|-
|85
|9 July 1923
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 227 runs
|"Thunderstorm match" completed in two days after torrential rain all night after Oxford's innings;
CH Taylor 109 for Oxford;
Cambridge 59 all out in their 1st innings,GTA Stevens
Greville Stevens
Greville Thomas Scott Stevens was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex, Oxford University and England. He captained England in one Test match, which was lost to South Africa in 1927/8, when he stood in for Rony Stanyforth. Stevens was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1918.-External...
taking 6-20;
RHB Bettington took 3-19 and 8-66
|-
|86
|7 July 1924
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|9 wickets
|HJ Enthoven
Tommy Enthoven
Henry John Enthoven was an English cricketer.Tommy Enthoven was born in Cartagena, Spain and was educated at Cambridge University. He played in 123 first-class matches for Middlesex CCC, as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler between 1923 and 1936, scoring 4478 runs and taking 100...
104 in Cambridge 1st innings;
PA Wright 6-49 in Oxford 2nd innings
|-
|87
|6 July 1925
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|HJ Enthoven
Tommy Enthoven
Henry John Enthoven was an English cricketer.Tommy Enthoven was born in Cartagena, Spain and was educated at Cambridge University. He played in 123 first-class matches for Middlesex CCC, as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler between 1923 and 1936, scoring 4478 runs and taking 100...
129 in Cambridge 1st innings
|-
|88
|5 July 1926
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|34 runs
|RGH Lowe completed hat-trick for Cambridge, finishing with 5-22
|-
|89
|4 July 1927
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|116 runs
|AK Judd 124 in Cambridge 2nd innings;
ERT Holmes 113 in Oxford 2nd innings
|-
|90
|9 July 1928
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|CKH Hill-Wood
Charles Hill-Wood
Charles Kerrison Hill Hill-Wood was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Derbyshire....
6-79 in Cambridge 1st innings;
RWV Robins 101* in Cambridge 2nd innings
Oxford survived with 9 wickets down in their 2nd innings
|-
|91
|8 July 1929
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|JT Morgan 149 in Cambridge 1st innings;
Nawab of Pataudi snr 106 in Oxford 1st innings and 84 in the 2nd
|-
|92
|7 July 1930
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|205 runs
|IAR Peebles 7-75 in Cambridge 1st innings and 6-162 in the 2nd,
in which ET Killick made 136
|-
|93
|7 July 1931
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|8 wickets
|Cambridge made 385 (A Ratcliffe 201, RSG Scott 6-64);
Oxford replied with 453-8d (Nawab of Pataudi snr 238*);
Cambridge collapsed to 122 all out in their 2nd innings (EM Wellings 5-25)
|-
|94
|4 July 1932
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|DR Wilcox 157 and A Ratcliffe 124 in Cambridge 1st innings;
BW Hone 167 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|95
|10 July 1933
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|a low-scoring affair, but poor weather prevented any chance of a result
|-
|96
|9 July 1934
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|DCH Townsend 193 and FGH Chalk 108 in Oxford 1st innings;
JGW Davies, the 7th bowler tried, took 5-43,
the last 5 wickets falling while the score advanced from 406 to 415;
AW Allen scored 115 in the Cambridge 1st innings
|-
|97
|8 July 1935
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|195 runs
|JH Cameron took 7-73 in the Oxford 1st innings;
Oxford 109 all out in their 2nd innings
|-
|98
|6 July 1936
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|8 wickets
|Oxford followed on but narrowly avoided an innings defeat;
JM Brocklebank took 4-47 and 6-92 for Cambridge
|-
|99
|5 July 1937
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|7 wickets
|NWD Yardley 101 in Cambridge 1st innings;
JN Grover 121 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|100
|2 July 1938
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|GE Hewan 6-91 in Oxford 1st innings;
PA Gibb 122 in Cambridge 1st innings;
rain on the third day delayed play until 4pm;
Oxford finished the match only 18 runs on with 4 wickets left
|-
|101
|1 July 1939
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|45 runs
|Cambridge were 156 behind on 1st innings but were not asked to follow on;
Cambridge, set 430 to win by Oxford's declaration, managed 384 after being 249-8,
thanks to PJ Dickinson (100) and J Webster (60)
|-
|102
|6 July 1946
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|6 wickets
|Martin Donnelly 142 in Oxford 1st innings
|-
|103
|5 July 1947
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|HA Pawson 135 in Oxford 1st innings;
Cambridge forced to follow on, but comfortably saved the game
|-
|104
|3 July 1948
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 8 runs
|PA Whitcombe 7-51 in Cambridge 1st innings;
HE Webb 145* for Oxford;
CB van Ryneveld 7-57 in Cambridge 2nd innings
|-
|105
|2 July 1949
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|Oxford followed on
|-
|106
|8 July 1950
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|much of the 2nd day lost to rain
|-
|107
|7 July 1951
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|21 runs
|a low-scoring game;
Cambridge reached 197-8 in their second innings, needing 22 more runs to win,
but both the last two wickets fell at that score;
RV Divecha took 7-62
|-
|108
|5 July 1952
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Robin Marlar
Robin Marlar
Robin Geoffrey Marlar is an English cricketer and cricket journalist. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge....
7-104 in Oxford 1st innings;
David Sheppard
David Sheppard
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was the high-profile Bishop of Liverpool in the Church of England who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth...
made 127 for Cambridge, and they led by 136 on 1st innings;
at 135-8 Oxford looked likely to lose,
but they hung on for the draw at 179-9
|-
|109
|4 July 1953
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|2 wickets
|Colin Cowdrey
Colin Cowdrey
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976...
116 in Oxford 1st innings, who led by 121;
however Robin Marlar
Robin Marlar
Robin Geoffrey Marlar is an English cricketer and cricket journalist. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge....
took 7-49 in their 2nd innings (following 5-94 in their 1st),
and Cambridge scored 238-8 to win, thanks to DRW Silk's 116*
|-
|110
|3 July 1954
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|MJK Smith 201* for Oxford;
DRW Silk 118 for Cambridge;
in their 2nd innings Cambridge had 8 wickets down at the game's end,
HB Birrell taking 5-20
|-
|111
|2 July 1955
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|112
|7 July 1956
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|113
|6 July 1957
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 186 runs
|G Goonesena
Gamini Goonesena
Gamini Goonesena , born in Colombo, was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer prior to his country being granted Test status...
211 for Cambridge
|-
|114
|12 July 1958
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|99 runs
|
|-
|115
|11 July 1959
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|85 runs
|
|-
|116
|6 July 1960
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|117
|15 July 1961
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|118
|11 July 1962
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|119
|13 July 1963
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|120
|8 July 1964
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|121
|7 July 1965
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|122
|9 July 1966
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 9 runs
|
|-
|123
|8 July 1967
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|124
|6 July 1968
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|125
|12 July 1969
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|126
|11 July 1970
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Majid Khan 200 for Cambridge
|-
|127
|10 July 1971
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|128
|1 July 1972
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 25 runs
|
|-
|129
|7 July 1973
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|130
|6 July 1974
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|131
|5 July 1975
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|132
|30 June 1976
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|10 wickets
|
|-
|133
|29 June 1977
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|134
|28 June 1978
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|135
|4 July 1979
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|innings and 52 runs
|
|-
|136
|28 June 1980
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|137
|20 June 1981
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|138
|26 June 1982
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|
|-
|139
|29 June 1983
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|140
|4 July 1984
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|5 wickets
|
|-
|141
|3 July 1985
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|GJ Toogood 149 and 8-52 (ten wickets in the match)
|-
|142
|2 July 1986
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|5 wickets
|
|-
|143
|1 July 1987
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|-
|(144a)
|2 July 1988
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#666666"|Abandoned
|
|
|-
|144
|5 July 1989
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|no play on final day
|-
|145
|4 July 1990
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|146
|2 July 1991
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
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|-
|147
|30 June 1992
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|7 wickets
|
|-
|148
|30 June 1993
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|
|-
|149
|29 June 1994
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|150
|5 July 1995
|Lord's
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|
|-
|151
|2 July 1996
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|AC Ridley 155 and WS Kendall 145 for Oxford
|-
|152
|2 July 1997
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|153
|1 July 1998
|Lord's
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|91 runs
|
|-
|154
|25 June 1999
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|155
|11 July 2000
|Lord's
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|156
|30 June 2001
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|3 wickets
|
|-
|157
|26 June 2002
|Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|Cambridge 604, to date Cambridge's highest team score in the series
A Shankar 143 and JSD Moffat 169 for Cambridge
JWM Dalrymple
Jamie Dalrymple
James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....
137 for Oxford
|-
|158
|26 June 2003
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 71 runs
|JWM Dalrymple
Jamie Dalrymple
James William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....
236 not out and 5-49 (1st inns) and MK Munday
Michael Munday
For the Canadian volleyball player with the same name see Michael Munday Michael Kenneth Munday is an English cricketer who played for Somerset until 2010...
5-83 (2nd inns) for Oxford;
SJ Marshall 126 not out for Cambridge
completed in three days
|-
|159
|28 June 2004
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 77 runs
|JJ Sayers
Joe Sayers
Joe Sayers is an English first-class cricketer, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University and Yorkshire...
147, DR Fox 104 and PJ McMahon 99 for Oxford
completed in three days
|-
|160
|28 June 2005
|Cambridge
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|innings and 213 runs
|Oxford 610-5dec, ;
S Oberoi
Salil Oberoi
Salil Oberoi is an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford UCCE. He also represented Delhi having coming through their youth teams....
247 for Oxford, to date the highest individual score in the series;
Oberoi and DR Fox (184) put on 408 for the third wicket, the highest partnership in the fixture
|-
|161
|3 July 2006
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|9 wickets
|S Oberoi
Salil Oberoi
Salil Oberoi is an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford UCCE. He also represented Delhi having coming through their youth teams....
115 and MK Munday
Michael Munday
For the Canadian volleyball player with the same name see Michael Munday Michael Kenneth Munday is an English cricketer who played for Somerset until 2010...
6-77 & 5-66 for Oxford
|-
|162
|30 June 2007
|Cambridge
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|
|-
|163
|1 July 2008
|Oxford
|bgcolor="#FFEBAD"|Drawn
|
|AS Ansari 193 & 80 not out and 4-50 (1st inns) and NMH Whittington 83 (1st inns) for Cambridge
EJ Morse 6-102 (1st inns) and N Kruger 172 for Oxford
|-
|164
|7 July 2009
|Cambridge
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|10 wickets
|AS Ansari 132 (1st inns) and RMR Braithwaite 8-130 for Cambridge
N Kruger 98 (2nd inns) and R Sharma 5-96 for Oxford
|-
|165
|6 July 2010
|Oxford
|style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"|Oxford
|An innings and 28 runs
|DA King 189 (1st inns), SS Agarwal 117 (1st inns) & 5-78 (2nd inns), AS Sharma 189* (1st inns), DC Pascoe 5-38 (1st inns) and AJD Scott 8-147 (both inns) for Oxford
PH Hughes 74 & 87, A Ashok 93 (2nd inns) for Cambridge
|-
|166
|5 July 2011
|Cambridge
|style="background:#B7E1E4"|Cambridge
|56 runs
|PM Best 6-86 (2nd inns), ADJ Kennedy 5 dismissals (2nd inngs) for Cambridge
R Sharma 114 (2nd inns) for Oxford
|}
Highest and lowest scores by each side
- 604 Cambridge University v Oxford University, The Parks, 2002
- 611-5d Oxford University v Cambridge University, The Parks, 2010
- 39 Cambridge University v Oxford University, Lord's, 1858
- 32 Oxford University v Cambridge University, Lord's, 1878
Individual double centuries
- 247 Salil OberoiSalil OberoiSalil Oberoi is an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Oxford UCCE. He also represented Delhi having coming through their youth teams....
, Oxford, Fenner's, 2005 - 238* Nawab of Pataudi seniorIftikhar Ali Khan PataudiIftikhar Ali Khan , sometimes I.A.K. Pataudi was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and captain of the Indian cricket team. He was one of few cricketers to have played for two countries, having also played for the English Test side...
, Oxford, Lord's, 1931 - 236* JWM DalrympleJamie DalrympleJames William Murray "Jamie" Dalrymple is a Kenyan-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off-spin bowler....
, Oxford, Fenner's, 2003 - 211 G GoonesenaGamini GoonesenaGamini Goonesena , born in Colombo, was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer prior to his country being granted Test status...
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1957 - 201* M. J. K. Smith, Oxford, Lord's, 1954
- 201 A Ratcliffe, Cambridge, Lord's, 1931
- 200 Majid KhanMajid Khan (cricket player)Majid Jahangir Khan is a former cricketer, specialist batsman and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team and perhaps the most fearless opening Batsman produced by Pakistan. Khan's first-class career spanned from 1961 to 1985...
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1970
Century on first-class debut
- 185* AS Sharma, Oxford, The Parks, 2010
- 112 Anand Ashok, Cambridge, Fenner's, 2009
- 172 N KrugerNeil KrugerNeil Kruger is a first-class cricketer, who made his debut for Oxford University cricket team in 2008, scoring 172 in the Varsity Match. Since June 2011, he has also represented the Netherlands...
, Oxford, The Parks, 2008
Best innings bowling
- 10-38 SE ButlerSamuel Butler (cricketer)Samuel Evan Butler was an English cricketer...
, Oxford, Lord's, 1871 - 9-? GB Lee, Oxford, Lord's, 1839
- 8-44 GE Jeffery, Cambridge, Lord's, 1873
- 8-52 GJ Toogood, Oxford, Lord's, 1985
- 8-62 AG SteelAllan Gibson SteelAllan Gibson "AG" Steel was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by many in his day to be the equal of the legendary W G Grace....
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1878 - 8-66 RHB Bettington, Oxford, Lord's, 1923
- 8-68 EM Kenney, Oxford, Lord's, 1868
- 8-99 PR Le CouteurPhilip Le CouteurPhilip Ridgeway Le Couteur was an Australian academic, philosopher and headmaster.-Early life:Le Couteur was born at Kyneton, Victoria, the only son of George, a pharmaceutical chemist, and his wife Fanny. Both parents were Methodist and Australian born...
, Oxford, Lord's, 1911 - 8-161 JC Hartley, Oxford, Lord's, 1896
- 8-? GE Yonge, Oxford, Lord's, 1845
Best match bowling
- 15-95 SE ButlerSamuel Butler (cricketer)Samuel Evan Butler was an English cricketer...
, Oxford, Lord's, 1871 - 13-73 AG SteelAllan Gibson SteelAllan Gibson "AG" Steel was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by many in his day to be the equal of the legendary W G Grace....
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1878
Hat-tricks
- FC CobdenFrank CobdenFrank Carroll Cobden was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and the MCC. In the University Match of 1870 he famously took a hat-trick comprising the last three Oxford University batsmen when Oxford required only three more runs to win...
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1870 - AG SteelAllan Gibson SteelAllan Gibson "AG" Steel was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by many in his day to be the equal of the legendary W G Grace....
, Cambridge, Lord's, 1879 - PH Morton, Cambridge, Lord's, 1880
- JF Ireland, Cambridge, Lord's, 1911
- RGH Lowe, Cambridge, Lord's, 1926
Match double (100 runs & 10 wickets)
- PR Le CouteurPhilip Le CouteurPhilip Ridgeway Le Couteur was an Australian academic, philosopher and headmaster.-Early life:Le Couteur was born at Kyneton, Victoria, the only son of George, a pharmaceutical chemist, and his wife Fanny. Both parents were Methodist and Australian born...
, Oxford, Lord's, 1910: 160 and 11-66 - GJ Toogood, Oxford, Lord's, 1985: 149 and 10-93