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The Oxford v Cambridge University Match — Cricket's Oldest Fixture Takes Shape, 1840s
Oxford University vs Cambridge University
1843-06-15
The annual cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge universities, first played in 1827, became a fixed feature of the Lord's calendar through the 1840s and was rapidly elevated into one of cricket's premier social occasions. For the amateur upper classes who governed cricket through the MCC, the University Match was the annual proof that the game belonged to education and breeding — a counterweight to the professional All-England Eleven's dominance of the popular market.
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