The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-28 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE V. OXFORD.

The victory achieved yesterday by the Cantabs in win-
ning the double game gave much interest to the succeed-
ing single game, which was fixed to be played this after-
noon at the same time and place as that of yesterday, viz.,
Prince's Club, Racquet Court, Hans-place, Chelsea. At
about half-past one the members began to arrive, and at
the hour sot for the commencement of the match there
was a very good attendance, the betting being in favour
of Oxford.

The champions selected on the occasion to represent
the two Universities were Mr. Knight Bruce, Trinity
Hall, Cambridge; and Mr. Maitland, Christ Church,
Oxford; and the game to be played was the best out of
five.

In the first game Mr Maitland (Oxford) went in with
such spirit that ho got 11 aces merely from his service,
Mr. Knight Bruce (Cambridge) not having made a score
at all. He however went in and got 6 also from service;
his opponent, however, got in and made 1, but 2 wens
made by the Cambridge man and one dead wood, making
the score—Oxford 12, Cambridge 9. The Oxford man
made 3, and the other 1, Mr. Bruce, hitting the ball foul,
gave the first game to Oxford.
Second Game.—Although Oxford had the hand in Mr.
Bruce put him out and made 5. Mr. Maitland again took
the court, and made 1, but could not hold his position, as
Mr. Bruce ran his score up to 13. Oxford then went in, and
sent his score up to 8, but Mr. Bruce cleverly made the
other 2, and thus won the game.

Third Game.—Cambridge got 2, Oxford 5. Cambridge
then made 2 more, and Oxford 3, making the game—Ox-
ford, 8 ; Cambridge, 5. Mr. Knight Bruce then made 3,
and Mr. Maitland 2, but by some nice playing Mr. Knight
Bruce got the advantage, and ran up his score to 12, when
Mr. Maitland got 2, making the game 12 all. After some
smart play the court was left with the Cambridge man,
who made 3 right off, and won tho game ; the score
standing 2 games to Cambridge, and 1 to Oxford.

Fourth Game.—Cambridge made 6 and Oxford obtained
4, but losing the court Knight Bruce added 2. Mr. Mait-
land made 1 off his service, but his physical power
seemed to show evidence of fatigue in the sharp play
that followed. Mr. Bruce ran up his total to 14, but the
vociferous cheers of the Oxford division seemed to rally
Mr. Maitland, to make a desperate effort to recover the
game, which seemed to bo destined for Cambridge. Ho
made 8 aces in succession by the most brilliant play, each
man striving his utmost. The hands hi changed several
times, but at last Mr. Bruce " dropped" one right across
the court into the left-hand corner, which Mr. Maitland
could not reach, and thus won the game and match, the
score standing Cambridge 3 to Oxford 1.

The scores of each game were as follows :-
Ist game. Oxford won 15 to 10.
2d game. Cambridge won 15 to 8.
3d game. Cambridge won 15 to 12.
4th game. Cambridge won 15 to 13.

Mr. Dobbs was the referee for Cambridge, and Mr.
Wheeler fulfilled the same office for Oxford. The game
was called by Henry Fairs, better known as Punch, with
remarkable correctness.

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