England
1915-07-23
Edmund Wilson, a Cambridge Blue and amateur batsman who had played for Yorkshire before the war, was killed in action near Hooge in the Ypres salient in July 1915. He was 25.
England v Australia
1893-07-17
Francis Stanley Jackson, a 22-year-old Cambridge captain and Harrow product, made his Test debut for England against Australia at Lord's in July 1893. He scored 91 in his only innings and took 4 wickets, an introduction so commanding that he was retained for every home Ashes Test for the next twelve years and would, in 1905, captain England to the most one-sided Ashes series of the era.
Oxford University vs Cambridge University
1827-06-04
On 4 June 1827, on a wet single day at Lord's, Oxford and Cambridge played the first cricket match between the two universities — the oldest varsity sporting fixture in the world. The match arose from a personal challenge by Oxford's Charles Wordsworth, nephew of the poet, to his Cambridge counterpart Herbert Jenner. Oxford ran up 258 and bowled Cambridge out for 92, but rain prevented a finish and the match was drawn.