# The University Match (cricket)

The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club.
Until 2001, when first-class cricket was reorganised, the University Match was a three-day first-class fixture, played at Lord's. Subsequently, it was replaced with a one-day University Match played at Lord's and a four-day first-class fixture played alternately at Fenner's and The Parks. The 2021 one-day match was the last to be played at Lord's and, from 2022, the one-day University Match has been played at Arundel Castle. One-off twenty-over matches for men and women were arranged at Lord's in 2022. In February 2022, the MCC announced that, from 2023, the twenty-over fixtures would no longer be held at Lord's. Following opposition from a section of its membership, the club decided that the twenty-over matches would continue to be held at Lord's in 2023 to allow time for further consultation. In March 2023, it was announced that the twenty-over fixture would continue to be played at Lord's until at least 2027, following which there would be a review and a possible vote in 2028 on whether the matches should remain at Lord's.
These twenty-over matches are not to be confused with the 'University Matches' for which colours are awarded. Cambridge award a blue for both the one-day and four-day games and Oxford award a blue for the four-day game only. Blues are not awarded for the twenty-over match. At the same time, Oxford players have also played in the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Oxford UCCE, also including Oxford Brookes University, now superseded by the Oxford MCCU), and Cambridge players in the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Cambridge UCCE, including Anglia Ruskin University and now the Cambridge MCCU). However, only those at Oxford and Cambridge Universities are eligible to play in the University Match(es).
The four-day match lost its first-class status after the 2020 fixture.

## History

The match was first played in 1827, at Lord's, at the instigation of Charles Wordsworth who was also responsible for founding the Boat Race in 1829. The next two University matches were in 1829 and 1836. From 1838 it has been played annually, except for the war years of 1915–1918 and 1940–45. (From 1941 to 1945, a one-day fixture was played at Lord's, but these matches are not counted in the official records.) Lord's was to become its permanent venue from 1851 to 2000, but five of the early matches were played in the vicinity of Oxford.
It was traditionally an annual three-day first-class fixture. From the 1830s until 1939, it was among the most important fixtures of the season, attracting large crowds and widespread press coverage. It was still a major social, as well as sporting, event as recently as just after World War II . According to The Cricketer (1954), the 1954 match attracted over 13,000 paying spectators as well as MCC members.
In terms of the clubs concerned, the University Match was the oldest first-class fixture still being played in 2020, its final year with first-class status. Matches between county teams prior to formation of the current county clubs have a longer history, with the oldest known county fixture between Kent and Surrey, which dates back to 1709 at least.
Despite never matriculating, Tom Wills was allowed to play for Cambridge in the 1856 match. He went on to found Australian rules football and coach the first Australian cricket team to tour England.
Some of the most dramatic matches in the long history of the fixture occurred in the 1870s. The first of these was 'Cobden's Match' in 1870. F. C. Cobden took the last three Oxford wickets in consecutive balls to give Cambridge victory by 2 runs. The following year S. E. Butler took 10–38 in the Cambridge first innings (the only instance of a bowler taking all ten), followed by five more wickets in the second innings. In 1873 Oxford won by only three wickets. The 1875 match was almost as close an affair as that in 1870. Needing 175 to win, Cambridge were 161–7 at one point, but were all out for 168 to lose by six runs.
Another notable match was in 1923, which became known as the "Thunderstorm match". Oxford had run up a good score, and a torrential storm for much of the night rendered the pitch almost unplayable, so that Cambridge were quickly dismissed in two innings.
William Yardley of Cambridge has the distinction of scoring the first two hundreds made in the series: 100 in 1870 in Cobden's Match and 130 in 1872.
Robin Marlar's bowling figures for Cambridge are worth noting:
* 1951: 5–41 and 1–64
* 1952: 7–104 and 2–25
* 1953: 5–94 and 7–49
Players who became (or in a few instances were already) famous to have appeared in the match include: Alfred Lyttelton (Cantab. 1876–9), Allan Steel (Cantab. 1878–81), Stanley Jackson (Cantab. 1890–3), C. B. Fry (Ox. 1892–5), K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Cantab. 1893), Pelham Warner (Ox. 1895–6), Gilbert Jessop (Cantab. 1896–9), R. E. Foster (Ox. 1897–1900), Bernard Bosanquet (Ox. 1898–1900), Percy Chapman (Cantab. 1920–2), Douglas Jardine (Ox. 1920–1, 1923), Gubby Allen (Cantab. 1922–3), K. S. Duleepsinhji (Cantab. 1925–8), Nawab of Pataudi snr (Ox. 1929–31), Ken Farnes (Cantab. 1931–3), Martin Donnelly (Ox. 1946–7), Abdul Kardar (Ox. 1947–9), Peter May (Cantab. 1950–2), David Sheppard (Cantab. 1950–2), Colin Cowdrey (Ox. 1952–4), M. J. K. Smith (Ox. 1954–6), Ted Dexter (Cantab. 1956–8), Nawab of Pataudi jnr (Ox. 1960–1, 1963), Tony Lewis Cantab 1960–62), Mike Brearley (Cantab. 1961–4), Majid Khan (Cantab. 1971–3), Imran Khan (Ox. 1973–5) and Mike Atherton (Cantab. 1987, 1989). It can be seen that the majority were batsmen rather than bowlers and that the 1890s and 1950s to early 1960s were particularly fertile periods. At the time of writing, the most recent Oxbridge international cricketers are Ed Smith (Cantab. 1996–7) in Tests, and James Dalrymple (Ox. 2001–3) in limited-overs internationals.
From 2001 the match has been replaced by two fixtures each year: a one-day match played at Lord's and a four-day fixture (first-class up to and including 2020) played in alternate years at Fenner's in Cambridge and The Parks in Oxford. Blues are awarded to those appearing in either match for Cambridge players but only to Oxford players who appear in the four-day game. Unless otherwise stated, statistics quoted in this article are for the first-class fixtures only.
In 2008, for the first time a Twenty20 fixture was also played.
The 2020 four-day match was delayed until September because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Records
### Results

Up to and including 2020, 176 first-class matches were scheduled. Cambridge won 61, Oxford won 58, 56 were drawn and one match (in 1988) was abandoned without a ball being bowled. From 2021, whilst no longer first-class, the four-day University Match has been played under first-class conditions and has been won once by Cambridge with 2 draws.
The one-day University Match has been scheduled on 22 occasions. Cambridge won 8, Oxford won 12 and three have been abandoned.
List of university matches :
| 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, 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 Stephen Rippingall took 10 wickets in the match for Cambridge |
| 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; Oxford's Arthur Teape took 6–19 in the Cambridge first-innings |
| 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 not out for Oxford |
| 44 | 1 July 1878 | Lord's | Cambridge | 238 runs | AG Steel 8–62 & 5–11 for Cambridge; 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 |
| 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 | C B 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 |
| 66 | 5 July 1900 | Lord's | Drawn | | Oxford made 503 (430–8 on Day 1); with RE Foster scoring 171 Cambridge replied with 392 |
| 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 Marsham making 100 not out |
| 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* |
| 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 |
| 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 Gilligan 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 |
| 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 | "Thunderstorm match" completed in two days after torrential rain all night after Oxford's innings; 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | G Goonesena 211 for Cambridge |
| 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 | | Nawab of Pataudi 131 for Oxford; AR Lewis 95 for Cambridge |
| 117 | 15 July 1961 | Lord's | Drawn | | |
| 118 | 11 July 1962 | Lord's | Drawn | | AR Lewis 103* |
| 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 | | David Toft 145 for Oxford |
| 124 | 6 July 1968 | Lord's | Drawn | | |
| 125 | 12 July 1969 | Lord's | Drawn | | |
| 126 | 11 July 1970 | Lord's | Drawn | | Majid Khan 200 for Cambridge |
| 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 | | GJ Toogood 149 and 8–52 (ten wickets in the match) |
| 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 | | AC Ridley 155 and WS Kendall 145 for Oxford |
| 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 | MK Floyd 128 not out for Oxford |
| 157 | 26 June 2002 | Oxford | Drawn | | Cambridge 604, to date Cambridge's highest team score in the series A Shankar 143 and JSD Moffat 169 for Cambridge JWM Dalrymple 137 for Oxford |
| 158 | 26 June 2003 | Cambridge | Oxford | innings and 71 runs | JWM Dalrymple 236 not out and 5–49 (1st inns) and MK Munday 5–83 (2nd inns) for Oxford; SJ Marshall 126 not out for Cambridge completed in three days |
| 159 | 28 June 2004 | Oxford | Oxford | innings and 77 runs | JJ Sayers 147, DR Fox 104 and PJ McMahon 99 for Oxford completed in three days |
| 160 | 28 June 2005 | Cambridge | Oxford | innings and 213 runs | Oxford 610-5dec.; S Oberoi 247 for Oxford, to date the highest individual score in the series; Oberoi and DR Fox (184) put on 408 for the third wicket, the highest partnership in the fixture |
| 161 | 3 July 2006 | Oxford | Oxford | 9 wickets | S Oberoi 115 and MK Munday 6–77 & 5–66 for Oxford |
| 162 | 30 June 2007 | Cambridge | Drawn | | |
| 163 | 1 July 2008 | Oxford | Drawn | | AS Ansari 193 & 80 not out and 4–50 (1st inns) and NMH Whittington 83 (1st inns) for Cambridge EJ Morse 6–102 (1st inns) and N Kruger 172 for Oxford |
| 164 | 7 July 2009 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 10 wickets | AS Ansari 132 (1st inns) and RMR Braithwaite 8–130 for Cambridge N Kruger 98 (2nd inns) and R Sharma 5–96 for Oxford |
| 165 | 6 July 2010 | Oxford | Oxford | innings and 28 runs | DA King 189 (1st inns), SS Agarwal 117 (1st inns) & 5–78 (2nd inns), AS Sharma 189* (1st inns), DC Pascoe 5–38 (1st inns) and AJD Scott 8–147 (both inns) for Oxford PH Hughes 74 & 87, A Ashok 93 (2nd inns) for Cambridge |
| 166 | 5 July 2011 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 56 runs | PM Best 6–86 (2nd inns), ADJ Kennedy 5 dismissals (2nd innings) for Cambridge R Sharma 114 (2nd inns) for Oxford |
| 167 | 24 June 2012 | Oxford | Drawn | | |
| 168 | 2 July 2013 | Cambridge | Oxford | innings and 186 runs | SS Agarwal 313* (1st inns), TJ Williams 5–34 (1st inns) and 8–69 (match), SVS Mylavarapu 5–23 (1st inns) and 8–110 (match) for Oxford PH Hughes 92 (2nd inns), TC Elliott 101 (2nd inns) for Cambridge completed in three days |
| 169 | 30 June 2014 | Oxford | Drawn | | NJ Ferraby 107 and 69 for Oxford, AD Sears 5–73 (1st inns) for Cambridge |
| 170 | 30 June 2015 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 5 wickets | MST Hughes 116 (2nd inns) for Oxford AD Blofield 105 (1st inns), RJ Crichard 5–62 (1st inns), AR Patel 5–88 (2nd inns) for Cambridge completed in three days |
| 171 | 5 July 2016 | Oxford | Oxford | 103 runs | MST Hughes 116 (1st inns), DA Escott 125 (2nd inns) & 6–71 (2nd inns), J Marsden 5–41 (1st inns) & 8–92 (match) for Oxford AR Patel 5–86 (1st inns) for Cambridge |
| 172 | 4 July 2017 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 216 runs | RJ Crichard 5–74 (1st inns) & 6–68 (2nd inns) for Cambridge |
| 173 | 2 July 2018 | Oxford | Oxford | 9 wickets | MA Naylor 202 (1st inns), DA Escott 175 (1st inns), THS Pettman 5–41 (1st inns) & 8–113 (match) for Oxford |
| 174 | 2 July 2019 | Cambridge | Oxford | 8 wickets | GT Hargrave 146 (1st inns), THS Pettman 5–19 (2nd inns) & 8–80 (match) for Oxford |
| 175 | 3 September 2020 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 249 runs | PD Daneel 125 (2nd inns), JC Vitali 6–34 (1st inns) & 10–92 (match) for Cambridge The final first-class University Match was delayed by two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 176 | 7 July 2021 | Teddington CC | Drawn | | |
| 177 | 5 July 2022 | Oxford | Drawn | | GT Hargrave 322* (1st inns), Joshua Royan 102 (1st inns) for Oxford NP Taylor 126 (1st inns) for Cambridge |
| 178 | 4 July 2023 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 176 runs | S R Sardana 4-37 and 6-84 match 10-121 (Cambridge) |
| 179 | 3 July 2024 | Oxford | Oxford | innings and 6 runs | T Brown 104* (1st inns), J Clarke 5-67 (2nd inns) |

### Highest and lowest scores by each side

* 604 Cambridge University v Oxford University, The Parks, 2002
* 611-5d Oxford University v Cambridge University, The Parks, 2010
* 39 Cambridge University v Oxford University, Lord's, 1858
* 32 Oxford University v Cambridge University, Lord's, 1878

### Individual triple centuries

* 313* Sam Agarwal, Oxford, Fenner's, 2013 (also the highest first-class innings for Oxford University)

### Individual double centuries

* 247 Salil Oberoi, Oxford, Fenner's, 2005
* 238* Nawab of Pataudi senior, Oxford, Lord's, 1931
* 236* Jamie Dalrymple, Oxford, Fenner's, 2003
* 211 G Goonesena, Cambridge, Lord's, 1957
* 202 Matthew Naylor, Oxford, The Parks, 2018
* 201* M. J. K. Smith, Oxford, Lord's, 1954
* 201 Alan Ratcliffe, Cambridge, Lord's, 1931
* 200 Majid Khan, Cambridge, Lord's, 1970

### Century on first-class debut

* 185* AS Sharma, Oxford, The Parks, 2010
* 172 N Kruger, Oxford, The Parks, 2008
* 146 GT Hargrave, Oxford, Fenner's, 2019
* 125 DA Escott, Oxford, The Parks, 2016
* 116 MST Hughes, Oxford, Fenner's, 2015
* 112 Anand Ashok, Cambridge, Fenner's, 2009

### Best innings bowling

* 10–38 SE Butler, Oxford, Lord's, 1871
* 9-? GB Lee, Oxford, Lord's, 1839
* 8–44 GE Jeffery, Cambridge, Lord's, 1873
* 8–52 GJ Toogood, Oxford, Lord's, 1985
* 8–62 AG Steel, Cambridge, Lord's, 1878
* 8–66 RHB Bettington, Oxford, Lord's, 1923
* 8–68 EM Kenney, Oxford, Lord's, 1868
* 8–99 PR Le Couteur, Oxford, Lord's, 1911
* 8–161 JC Hartley, Oxford, Lord's, 1896
* 8-? GE Yonge, Oxford, Lord's, 1845

### Best match bowling

* 15–95 SE Butler, Oxford, Lord's, 1871
* 14–119 EM Kenney, Oxford, Lord's, 1868
* 13–73 AG Steel, Cambridge, Lord's, 1878

### Hat-tricks

* FC Cobden, Cambridge, Lord's, 1870
* AG Steel, Cambridge, Lord's, 1879
* PH Morton, Cambridge, Lord's, 1880
* JF Ireland, Cambridge, Lord's, 1911
* RGH Lowe, Cambridge, Lord's, 1926

### Match double (100 runs & 10 wickets)

* PR Le Couteur, Oxford, Lord's, 1910: 160 and 11–66
* GJ Toogood, Oxford, Lord's, 1985: 149 and 10–93