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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Cambridge University won by 334 runs |
| Umpires | J Burns, RP Carpenter |
| Close of play day 1 | CI Thornton's XI (1) 76/5 (Lilley 2*, Hirst 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Cambridge University (2) 385/5 (Druce 227*, Bray 6*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CJ Burnup | b Hirst | 27 | |||||
| EA Kidman | c Jackson b Hill | 23 | |||||
| HH Marriott | c Lilley b Hearne | 22 | |||||
| *NF Druce | b Hirst | 1 | |||||
| JH Stogdon | c Hirst b Jackson | 40 | |||||
| GL Jessop | c and b Hearne | 18 | |||||
| +EH Bray | c Woodcock b Hirst | 12 | |||||
| HHB Hawkins | b Hearne | 0 | |||||
| HW de Zoete | c Jackson b Hirst | 4 | |||||
| EB Shine | not out | 10 | |||||
| AE Fernie | c Vernon b Hill | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86 overs) | 169 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-59, 3-70, 4-104, 5-131, 6-147, 7-147, 8-?, 9-164, 10-169 (86 ov) | |||||||
| CI Thornton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hirst | 33 | 15 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Woodcock | 13 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 21 | 10 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hill | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 9 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| CI Thornton's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FS Jackson | c Fernie b Jessop | 28 | |||||
| CE de Trafford | b de Zoete | 10 | |||||
| A Hearne | c Marriott b Fernie | 15 | |||||
| GJV Weigall | b Jessop | 6 | |||||
| AJL Hill | b Shine | 4 | |||||
| +AFA Lilley | not out | 37 | |||||
| GH Hirst | c Druce b Jessop | 12 | |||||
| JHJ Hornsby | c Jessop b de Zoete | 9 | |||||
| GF Vernon | b Jessop | 0 | |||||
| *CI Thornton | b de Zoete | 1 | |||||
| A Woodcock | b Shine | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-42, 3-56, 4-63, 5-67, 6-?, 7-94, 8-94, 9-110, 10-132 (60 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jessop | 26 | 10 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| de Zoete | 19 | 4 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shine | 11 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fernie | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CJ Burnup | b Hirst | 5 | |||||
| EA Kidman | b Hirst | 2 | |||||
| HH Marriott | c Lilley b Woodcock | 73 | |||||
| *NF Druce | not out | 227 | |||||
| JH Stogdon | b Hearne | 31 | |||||
| GL Jessop | b Jackson | 37 | |||||
| +EH Bray | not out | 6 | |||||
| HHB Hawkins | did not bat | ||||||
| HW de Zoete | did not bat | ||||||
| EB Shine | did not bat | ||||||
| AE Fernie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 105 overs) | 385 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-13, 3-188, 4-299, 5-345 | |||||||
| CI Thornton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hirst | 36 | 7 | 115 | 2 | - | - | |
| Woodcock | 13 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 26 | 5 | 121 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 14 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 12 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hornsby | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| CI Thornton's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FS Jackson | b Jessop | 4 | |||||
| AJL Hill | c Stogdon b Fernie | 26 | |||||
| +AFA Lilley | c Hawkins b Jessop | 6 | |||||
| *CI Thornton | b Shine | 1 | |||||
| GJV Weigall | c Druce b Shine | 0 | |||||
| GH Hirst | c Jessop b Shine | 10 | |||||
| A Hearne | b Hawkins | 7 | |||||
| CE de Trafford | c Druce b Shine | 0 | |||||
| GF Vernon | c Jessop b Fernie | 1 | |||||
| JHJ Hornsby | not out | 19 | |||||
| A Woodcock | b Hawkins | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.1 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-?, 3-21, 4-21, 5-54, 6-54, 7-54, 8-55, 9-66, 10-88 (37.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jessop | 11 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shine | 12 | 5 | 20 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fernie | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 6.1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EA Kidman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HW de Zoete made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AE Fernie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EA Kidman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CI Thornton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JH Stogdon (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> GH Hirst (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> NF Druce (2) passed his previous highest score of 199 in First-Class matches
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