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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 12th, 13th, 14th May 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Cambridge University: 11; Cambridge University Next XVI: 16 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | ED Barratt, Houseley |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Cambridge University Next XVI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FCC Rowe | b Ford | 19 | |||||
| GB Studd | b Steel | 4 | |||||
| CW Foley | b Steel | 2 | |||||
| GL King | c Pigg b Wood | 21 | |||||
| CJR Scudamore | b Steel | 28 | |||||
| FE Lacey | c Whitfeld b Wood | 6 | |||||
| C Hardinge | c Lyttelton b Wood | 2 | |||||
| JR Napier | c Jones b Wood | 18 | |||||
| TCA Barrett | b Wood | 19 | |||||
| EM Robinson | st Lyttelton b Wood | 13 | |||||
| GA Stocks | run out | 3 | |||||
| CP Wilson | st Lyttelton b Wood | 0 | |||||
| HP Boulton | not out | 25 | |||||
| AF Ostrehan | c Steel b Wood | 7 | |||||
| AF Acton | c Steel b Wood | 0 | |||||
| FD Gaddum | b Steel | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-179 (107 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steel | 42 | ? | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morton | 22 | ? | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ford | 7 | ? | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wood | 36 | ? | 53 | 9 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+A Lyttelton | b Boulton | 4 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | b Gaddum | 6 | |||||
| AG Steel | b Boulton | 48 | |||||
| RS Jones | c and b Gaddum | 31 | |||||
| IFW Bligh | b Boulton | 0 | |||||
| LK Jarvis | b Boulton | 0 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | b Acton | 61 | |||||
| C Pigg | c Lacey b Gaddum | 0 | |||||
| OP Lancashire | c Napier b Acton | 13 | |||||
| PH Morton | b Ostrehan | 16 | |||||
| H Wood | not out | 44 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (8 b, 7 lb, 5 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 193.3 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-151, 10-243 (193.3 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University Next XVI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gaddum | 62 | ? | 51 | 3 | 3 | - | |
| Lacey | 14 | ? | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boulton | 46 | ? | 44 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Napier | 8 | ? | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stocks | 9 | ? | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Wilson | 12 | ? | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrett | 3 | ? | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Acton | 21.3 | ? | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ostrehan | 18 | ? | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University Next XVI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FCC Rowe | c Morton b Steel | 8 | |||||
| GB Studd | b Wood | 34 | |||||
| CW Foley | c Lyttelton b Steel | 2 | |||||
| GL King | b Steel | 4 | |||||
| CJR Scudamore | lbw b Steel | 8 | |||||
| FE Lacey | c Morton b Wood | 0 | |||||
| C Hardinge | run out | 6 | |||||
| JR Napier | c Ford b Wood | 0 | |||||
| TCA Barrett | b Wood | 13 | |||||
| EM Robinson | b Steel | 1 | |||||
| GA Stocks | c Ford b Wood | 3 | |||||
| CP Wilson | not out | 19 | |||||
| HP Boulton | not out | 14 | |||||
| AF Ostrehan | did not bat | ||||||
| AF Acton | did not bat | ||||||
| FD Gaddum | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (11 wickets) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-? | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steel | ? | ? | ? | 5 | - | - | |
| Wood | ? | ? | ? | 5 | - | - | |
Notes
--> H Wood scored 4 fives in the Cambridge University first innings
Our thanks to Arthur Haygarth for collecting the information and to Roger Heavens for providing this scorecard which was first published in Arthur Haygarth's Cricket Scores and Biographies Volume 16. Copies of the book can be obtained from http://booksoncricket.net . Additions or corrections to this scorecard would be gratefully received.
Morton had only recently recovered from a broken arm.
Unfinished owing to the wet.
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