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UNIVERSITY CRICKET.
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ANNUAL LIST OF MATCHES PLAYED BY THE M.C.C. DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.

Date Matches Won Lost Drawn
1871 37 17 8 12
1872 44 21 10 13
1873 46 17 13 16
1874 50 19 18 13
1875 48 21 7 20
1876 60 23 16 21
1877 65 27 11 27
1878 77 33 18 26
1879 84 43 7 34
1880 95 42 17 36
1881 117 55 11 51
1882 123 47 24 52
1883 130 49 17 64
1884 121 59 34 28
1885 136 72 30 34
1886 128 76 26 26
1887 141 85 29 27
1888 147 75 23 49
1889 152 99 29 24
1890 160 84 40 36



UNIVERSITY CRICKET.

It will be very naturally asked, what do I know about University Cricket ? Not very much, I admit; for I never was in residence at either Cambridge or Oxford. But I know something about University players, and I have made a point of watching the doings of both elevens with more than common interest; for well I know it is from them the Gentlemen must expect to improve in bowling strength to enable them to ccntend

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