James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

136 RESULTS OF PAST UN IVERS ITY HATCHES— Contimted, 1858. Oxford won in ono inn ings and 33 runs. 1859. Cambridge won by 23 runs. 1800. Cambridge won by 3 w ickets . 18t>l. Cambridge won b y 133 runs. 18^2. Cambridge won by 8 wickots. 186 J. Oxford won by 8 wickets. 1864. Oxford won b y 4 w ickets. 18G5. Oxford won b y 114 runs. » 1866. Oxford won b y 13 runs. 1807. Cambridge won b y 6 wickets. 1868. Cambridge won by 168 runs. 1869. Cambridge won b y 58 runs. 1870. Cambridge won by 2 runs. 1871. Oxford won by 8 w ickets. : 1872. Cambridge won b y an innings 16Gruns. j c ^6 18^3. Oxford won b y 3 wiokebs. 1874. Oxford won in onp inning* and 9 > TU11S» •| « 1875. Oxford won by 6 runs. 1876. Cambridge won by 9 wickets. 1677. Oxford won b y 1ft wickets. 1878. Cambridge won by 23s runs. 1879. Cambridge won by 9 wickote. 1880. Cambridge won b y 115 runs. 1881. Oxford won b y 135 runs. 1382. Cambridge won by 7 wickets. 1883. Cambridge won b y 7 wickets. 1884. Oxford won b y 7 wickets. The reunite of the other matches played were as fo l low s :—1827. Unfinished, owin s to wet, Oxford, 258, Cambridge, 92. 1844. Unfinished, ow ing to wet. Oxford, 96 and 67 (with 6 wickets to f a l l ) ; Cambridge, first inn ings, 69. From this table it will he seen that Cambridge has won 25 and Oxford 23 matches. . j • r f l 1 • • l « • • • 4 * 1 A % I fe tcb ts* ; O X F O R D . • ' • J 1 • M R. M. C. KEMP may he warmly congratulated upon the success that attended Oxford cricket in 1884. The Dark Dlues’ record of eight matches. played and seven won has, perhaps, only been surpassed in University cricket by the achievements of the great Cambridge eleven of 1878. The victory over the Australians would in itself have been enough to make the season remarkable. The Oxonians played consistently good cricket on all occasions, and proved themselves a first-class team. Mr. Kemp was fortunate in having so many good freshmen at command, and ha'd little difficulty in selecting his eleven, but it is no more than the truth to say that the side owed very much to his excellent judgment and unfailing nerve. The batting of the team was extremely good, no fewer than six batsmen having an average of over 20 runs an innings, and the howling, without being of exceptional quality, was above the average, Mr. Wliithyproving especially valuable. May 15.—Oxford University v. Australians.—(Nee Australian Renew.) 1st Inns. 2nd Inns . Total. May 19, Oxford University 212 234 446 Oxford. Gentlemen of England 140 337 477 Gentlemen of England won by 31 runs. The only defeat suffered by Oxford last season, and rather a surprising one, considering that the University had an advantage of 72 runs on the first innings. When the Gentlemen went in for the second time, how­ ever, the Oxford bowling was far below its ordinary standard, Air. AY hitby in particular being quite out of form. Oxford* had 266 runs to