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Varsity and Eton-Harrow — The Schoolboy and University Cricket of the 1840s

Eton vs Harrow / Oxford vs Cambridge

1843-07-08

Through the 1840s the Eton-Harrow public school match and the Oxford-Cambridge varsity match were the two fixed amateur fixtures at Lord's each summer. They were the social events of the London season as much as cricket matches, drawing crowds of well-dressed spectators in carriages around the boundary; their amateur ethos was the moral counterweight to the professional cricket of the AEE.

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The First Oxford v Cambridge Cricket Match — Lord's, 4 June 1827

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.

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