interest to give a list of those who have represented England in the test matches at home:—
| Oxford | Cambridge |
| Lord Harris (Eton). | A. P. Lucas (Uppingham). |
| Sir T. C. O'Brien. | A. G. Steel (Marlborough). |
| E. F. S. Tylecote (Clifton). | A. Lyttelton (Eton). |
| C. B. Fry (Repton). | C. T. Studd (Eton). |
| L. C. H. Palairet (Repton). | G. E. MacGregor (Uppingham). |
| F. S. Jackson (Harrow). | |
| K. S. Ranjitsinhji. | |
| G. L. Jessop. | |
| A. O. Jones (Bedford). | |
| Batting — 25 inn., 404 runs, 16.4 average. | 69 inn., 2316 runs, 33.39 average. |
| Bowling — 18 runs, 0 wicket. | 1265 runs, 36 wickets, 35.5 average. |
And further, one of the writers, who is in the habit of perpetrating statistics, has made out that against Australians in this country, in eleven-a-side matches, Oxonians (past and present) have scored 10,439 runs in 527 completed innings, averaging 19.426 per innings; and Cantabs (past and present) have scored 17,834 runs in 924 completed innings, averaging 19.276 per innings. The Oxford bowlers have claimed 270 Colonial wickets at a cost of 6202 runs, thus costing 22.282 runs apiece; but the Cambridge bowlers, though they captured 392 wickets, did so at an expense of 43.36 runs apiece, the aggregate being 16,892.
Passing from figures to matches, it may be as well to sketch the programme of each University season. Directly term commences, usually in April, when
