UNIVERSITY CRICKET.
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ANNUAL LIST OF MATCHES PLAYED BY THE M.C.C. DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.
| Date | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn |
| 1871 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 |
| 1872 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| 1873 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 |
| 1874 | 50 | 19 | 18 | 13 |
| 1875 | 48 | 21 | 7 | 20 |
| 1876 | 60 | 23 | 16 | 21 |
| 1877 | 65 | 27 | 11 | 27 |
| 1878 | 77 | 33 | 18 | 26 |
| 1879 | 84 | 43 | 7 | 34 |
| 1880 | 95 | 42 | 17 | 36 |
| 1881 | 117 | 55 | 11 | 51 |
| 1882 | 123 | 47 | 24 | 52 |
| 1883 | 130 | 49 | 17 | 64 |
| 1884 | 121 | 59 | 34 | 28 |
| 1885 | 136 | 72 | 30 | 34 |
| 1886 | 128 | 76 | 26 | 26 |
| 1887 | 141 | 85 | 29 | 27 |
| 1888 | 147 | 75 | 23 | 49 |
| 1889 | 152 | 99 | 29 | 24 |
| 1890 | 160 | 84 | 40 | 36 |
UNIVERSITY CRICKET.
It will be very naturally asked, what do I know about University Cricket ? Not very much, I admit; for I never was in residence at either Cambridge or Oxford. But I know something about University players, and I have made a point of watching the doings of both elevens with more than common interest; for well I know it is from them the Gentlemen must expect to improve in bowling strength to enable them to ccntend
