List of University Matches
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This is a list of all first-class University matches played between Oxford and Cambridge since the first encounter in 1827. For more details, see The University Match (cricket). Note that there is no general consensus as to when first-class cricket actually began.
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| No. | Date | Venue | Winners | Winning margin | Notes |
| 1 | 4 June 1827 | Lord's | Drawn | 2-day match; no play on final day | |
| 2 | 5 June 1829 | Magdalen Ground, Cowley Marsh, Oxford | Oxford | 115 runs | 2-day match |
| 3 | 23 June 1836 | Lord's | Oxford | 121 runs | 2-day match |
| 4 | 6 July 1838 | Lord's | Oxford | 98 runs | 2-day match |
| 5 | 17 June 1839 | Lord's | Cambridge | innings and 125 runs | 2-day match; GB Lee took 9 of the 10 Cambridge wickets; the Oxford bowlers conceded 46 wides; Oxford batted one man short in both innings. |
| 6 | 8 July 1840 | Lord's | Cambridge | 63 runs | 2-day match |
| 7 | 14 July 1841 | Lord's | Cambridge | 8 runs | |
| 8 | 9 June 1842 | Lord's | Cambridge | 162 runs | 2-day match |
| 9 | 8 June 1843 | Bullingdon Green, Oxford | Cambridge | 54 runs | 2-day match; originally scheduled for Magdalen Ground |
| 10 | 4 July 1844 | Lord's | Drawn | 2-day match | |
| 11 | 12 June 1845 | Lord's | Cambridge | 6 wickets | 2-day match |
| 12 | 11 June 1846 | Magdalen Ground, Cowley Marsh, Oxford | Oxford | 3 wickets | 2-day match |
| 13 | 17 June 1847 | Lord's | Cambridge | 138 runs | 2-day match |
| 14 | 15 June 1848 | Magdalen Ground, Cowley Marsh, Oxford | Oxford | 23 runs | 2-day match |
| 15 | 21 June 1849 | Lord's | Cambridge | 3 wickets | 2-day match |
| 16 | 6 June 1850 | Magdalen Ground, Cowley Marsh, Oxford | Oxford | 127 runs | |
| 17 | 3 July 1851 | Lord's | Cambridge | innings and 4 runs | 2-day match |
| 18 | 8 July 1852 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 77 runs | 2-day match; Cambridge only had 10 men |
| 19 | 15 June 1853 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 19 runs | 2-day match |
| 20 | 3 July 1854 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 8 runs | 2-day match |
| 21 | 21 June 1855 | Lord's | Oxford | 3 wickets | |
| 22 | 16 June 1856 | Lord's | Cambridge | 3 wickets | completed in two days |
| 23 | 25 June 1857 | Lord's | Oxford | 81 runs | |
| 24 | 21 June 1858 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 38 runs | completed in two days; Cambridge all out for 39, their lowest total in the series |
| 25 | 23 June 1859 | Lord's | Cambridge | 28 runs | completed in two days |
| 26 | 25 June 1860 | Lord's | Cambridge | 3 wickets | completed in two days |
| 27 | 17 June 1861 | Lord's | Cambridge | 133 runs | |
| 28 | 23 June 1862 | Lord's | Cambridge | 8 wickets | completed in two days |
| 29 | 22 June 1863 | Lord's | Oxford | 8 wickets | completed in two days |
| 30 | 13 June 1864 | Lord's | Oxford | 4 wickets | completed in two days |
| 31 | 26 June 1865 | Lord's | Oxford | 114 runs | completed in two days |
| 32 | 18 June 1866 | Lord's | Oxford | 12 runs | completed in two days |
| 33 | 1 July 1867 | Lord's | Cambridge | 5 wickets | completed in two days |
| 34 | 22 June 1868 | Lord's | Cambridge | 168 runs | |
| 35 | 21 June 1869 | Lord's | Cambridge | 58 runs | completed in two days |
| 36 | 27 June 1870 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Cambridge | innings and 166 runs | completed in two days; W Yardley scored 130 for Cambridge |
| 39 | 23 June 1873 | Lord's | Oxford | 3 wickets | completed in two days |
| 40 | 29 June 1874 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 92 runs | completed in two days |
| 41 | 28 June 1875 | Lord's | Oxford | 6 runs | |
| 42 | 26 June 1876 | Lord's | Cambridge | 9 wickets | WS Patterson scored 105* for Cambridge |
| 43 | 25 June 1877 | Lord's | Oxford | 10 wickets | completed in two days; FM Buckland scored 117* for Oxford |
| 44 | 1 July 1878 | Lord's | Cambridge | 238 runs | 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 | Cambridge | 9 wickets | AG Steel completed hat-trick for Cambridge |
| 46 | 28 June 1880 | Lord's | Cambridge | 115 runs | completed in two days; PH Morton completed hat-trick in Oxford's 1st innings |
| 47 | 27 June 1881 | Lord's | Oxford | 135 runs | WH Patterson carried his bat in scoring 107* for Oxford in their 2nd innings |
| 48 | 26 June 1882 | Lord's | 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 | Cambridge | 7 wickets | CW Wright 102 for Cambridge |
| 50 | 30 June 1884 | Lord's | Oxford | 7 wickets | completed in two days |
| 51 | 29 June 1885 | Lord's | Cambridge | 7 wickets | C Toppin 7-51 and HW Bainbridge 101, both for Cambridge |
| 52 | 5 July 1886 | Lord's | 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 | Oxford | 7 wickets | Lord GW Scott scored 100 for Oxford. E Crawley scored 103* for Cambridge |
| 54 | 2 July 1888 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Cambridge | 7 wickets | Oxford 42 and 108; Cambridge 97 and 54-3 |
| 57 | 29 June 1891 | Lord's | 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 | Oxford | 5 wickets | MR Jardine 140 and VT Hill 114 for Oxford; following on, Cambridge made 388 (EC Streatfeild 116) |
| 59 | 3 July 1893 | Lord's | Cambridge | 266 runs | completed in two days; Oxford 64 all out in their second innings |
| 60 | 2 July 1894 | Lord's | Oxford | 8 wickets | CB Fry 100* for Oxford |
| 61 | 4 July 1895 | Lord's | Cambridge | 134 runs | HK Foster 121 out of 196 in Oxford 2nd innings |
| 62 | 2 July 1896 | Lord's | 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 | Cambridge | 179 runs | GL Jessop 6-65 for Cambridge; PHE Cunliffe 6-101 for Oxford |
| 64 | 30 June 1898 | Lord's | Oxford | 9 wickets | CEM Wilson 115 for Cambridge; A Eccles 109 for Oxford |
| 65 | 3 July 1899 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Oxford | 268 runs | JE Raphael 130, WHB Evans 7-52 and 4-34 for Oxford |
| 70 | 30 June 1904 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Cambridge | 94 runs | RA Yound 150 for Cambridge; NR Udal 7-133 for Oxford |
| 73 | 4 July 1907 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Drawn | rain affected; HA Gilbert 6-52 for Oxford |
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| 76 | 4 July 1910 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Cambridge | 3 wickets | in a match that was close throughout, the scores were tied on 1st innings |
| 79 | 7 July 1913 | Lord's | Cambridge | 4 wickets | BGV Melle took 6-70 in the Cambridge 1st innings |
| 80 | 6 July 1914 | Lord's | Oxford | 194 runs | Cambridge all out 73 in their 2nd innings |
| 81 | 7 July 1919 | Lord's | Oxford | 45 runs | M Howell 170 for Oxford; AER Gillgan 6-52 in Oxford 2nd innings; FCG Naumann 6-81 in Cambridge 2nd innings |
| 82 | 5 July 1920 | Lord's | 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 | Cambridge | innings and 24 runs | H Ashton 118 for Cambridge; CS Marriott 5-44 in Oxford 1st innings |
| 84 | 10 July 1922 | Lord's | 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 | Oxford | innings and 227 runs | completed in two days; 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 |
| 86 | 7 July 1924 | Lord's | Cambridge | 9 wickets | HJ Enthoven 104 in Cambridge 1st innings; PA Wright 6-49 in Oxford 2nd innings |
| 87 | 6 July 1925 | Lord's | Drawn | HJ Enthoven 129 in Cambridge 1st innings | |
| 88 | 5 July 1926 | Lord's | Cambridge | 34 runs | RGH Lowe completed hat-trick for Cambridge, finishing with 5-22 |
| 89 | 4 July 1927 | Lord's | Cambridge | 116 runs | AK Judd 124 in Cambridge 2nd innings; ERT Holmes 113 in Oxford 2nd innings |
| 90 | 9 July 1928 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Drawn | DR Wilcox 157 and A Ratcliffe 124 in Cambridge 1st innings; BW Hone 167 in Oxford 1st innings |
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| 95 | 10 July 1933 | Lord's | Drawn | a low-scoring affair, but poor weather prevented any chance of a result | |
| 96 | 9 July 1934 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | 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 | Oxford | 7 wickets | NWD Yardley 101 in Cambridge 1st innings; JN Grover 121 in Oxford 1st innings |
| 100 | 2 July 1938 | Lord's | 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 |
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| 101 | 1 July 1939 | Lord's | 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 | Oxford | 6 wickets | Martin Donnelly 142 in Oxford 1st innings |
| 103 | 5 July 1947 | Lord's | 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 | 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 | Cambridge | 7 wickets | Oxford followed on |
| 106 | 8 July 1950 | Lord's | Drawn | much of the 2nd day lost to rain | |
| 107 | 7 July 1951 | Lord's | 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 | 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 |
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| 109 | 4 July 1953 | Lord's | 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 | 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 |
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| 111 | 2 July 1955 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 112 | 7 July 1956 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 113 | 6 July 1957 | Lord's | Cambridge | innings and 186 runs | |
| 114 | 12 July 1958 | Lord's | Cambridge | 99 runs | |
| 115 | 11 July 1959 | Lord's | Oxford | 85 runs | |
| 116 | 6 July 1960 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 117 | 15 July 1961 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 118 | 11 July 1962 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 119 | 13 July 1963 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 120 | 8 July 1964 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 121 | 7 July 1965 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 122 | 9 July 1966 | Lord's | Oxford | innings and 9 runs | |
| 123 | 8 July 1967 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 124 | 6 July 1968 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 125 | 12 July 1969 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 126 | 11 July 1970 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 127 | 10 July 1971 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 128 | 1 July 1972 | Lord's | Cambridge | innings and 25 runs | |
| 129 | 7 July 1973 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 130 | 6 July 1974 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 131 | 5 July 1975 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 132 | 30 June 1976 | Lord's | Oxford | 10 wickets | |
| 133 | 29 June 1977 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 134 | 28 June 1978 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 135 | 4 July 1979 | Lord's | Cambridge | innings and 52 runs | |
| 136 | 28 June 1980 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 137 | 20 June 1981 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 138 | 26 June 1982 | Lord's | Cambridge | 7 wickets | |
| 139 | 29 June 1983 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 140 | 4 July 1984 | Lord's | Oxford | 5 wickets | |
| 141 | 3 July 1985 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 142 | 2 July 1986 | Lord's | Cambridge | 5 wickets | |
| 143 | 1 July 1987 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| (144a) | 2 July 1988 | Lord's | Abandoned | ||
| 144 | 5 July 1989 | Lord's | Drawn | no play on final day | |
| 145 | 4 July 1990 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 146 | 2 July 1991 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 147 | 30 June 1992 | Lord's | Cambridge | 7 wickets | |
| 148 | 30 June 1993 | Lord's | Oxford | 9 wickets | |
| 149 | 29 June 1994 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 150 | 5 July 1995 | Lord's | Oxford | 9 wickets | |
| 151 | 2 July 1996 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 152 | 2 July 1997 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 153 | 1 July 1998 | Lord's | Cambridge | 91 runs | |
| 154 | 25 June 1999 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 155 | 11 July 2000 | Lord's | Drawn | ||
| 156 | 30 June 2001 | Cambridge | Oxford | 3 wickets | |
| 157 | 26 June 2002 | Oxford | Drawn | ||
| 158 | 26 June 2003 | Cambridge | Oxford | innings and 71 runs | completed in three days |
| 159 | 28 June 2004 | Oxford | Oxford | innings and 77 runs | completed in three days |
| 160 | 28 June 2005 | Cambridge | Oxford | innings and 213 runs | |
| 161 | 3 July 2006 | Oxford | Oxford | 9 wickets | |
| 162 | 30 June 2007 | Cambridge | Drawn | ||
