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UNIVERSITY CRICKET.
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innings; but it has been done thirteen times since. They are as follow:

Mr. K. J. Key (Oxford) 143 in 1886
Mr. W. Yardley (Cambridge) 130 in 1872
Mr. H. J. Mordaunt (Cambridge) 127 in 1889
Mr. G. B. Studd (Cambridge) 120 in 1882
Mr. F. H. Buckland (Oxford) *117 in 1877
Mr. W. H. Game (Oxford) 109 in 1876
Mr. W. H. Patterson (Oxford) *107 in 1881
Mr. W. Rashleigh (Oxford) 107 in 1886
Mr. W. S. Patterson (Cambridge) *105 in 1876
Mr. E. Crawley (Cambridge) *103 in 1887
Mr. C. W. Wright (Cambridge) 102 in 1883
Mr. H. W. Bainbridge (Cambridge) 101 in 1885
Mr. W. Yardley (Cambridge) 100 in 1870
Lord George Scott (Oxford) 100 in 1887

Eight of them go to the credit of Cambridge, six to Oxford.

The highest innings yet made in these matches have been—

Cambridge, 388 in 1872 ; 302 in 1876 ; and 300 in 1889
Oxford, 313 in 1887 ; 306 in 1881 ; and 304 in 1886

The Cambridge Eleven of 1878, under the captaincy of the Hon. E. Lyttelton, is considered to have, been the strongest that ever played, and almost up to the form of an English representative eleven. Their defeat of the first Australian Eleven by an innings and 72 runs was the heaviest inflicted upon that team during the whole tour.


OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE CONTESTS.

1827. Played at Lord's, 4th June ... Drawn.
1829. Played at Oxford, 8th June... Oxford won by 115 runs.
1836. Played at Lord's, 23rd June... Oxford won by 121 runs.
1838. Played at Lord's, 6th July ... Oxford won by 98 runs.
1839. Played at Lord's, 17th June... Cambridge won by an innings and 125 runs.