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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 22nd, 24th May 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Cambridge University won by an innings and 78 runs |
| Scorer | WW Smith (Cambridge University) |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 57/5 (W Barnes 5*, AS Barnes 6*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+A Lyttelton | b Mycroft | 0 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | b Mycroft | 34 | |||||
| AG Steel | c Wyld b Mycroft | 52 | |||||
| DQ Steel | b Mycroft | 0 | |||||
| RS Jones | hit wkt b Flowers | 41 | |||||
| IFW Bligh | c Shaw b W Barnes | 40 | |||||
| LK Jarvis | b Flowers | 7 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | b Mycroft | 14 | |||||
| OP Lancashire | b W Barnes | 11 | |||||
| PH Morton | not out | 8 | |||||
| H Wood | b Mycroft | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 156 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-88, 3-90, 4-90, 5-167, 6-175, 7-186, 8-204, 9-204, 10-231 (156 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 49 | 28 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mycroft | 42 | 22 | 58 | 6 | - | - | |
| W Barnes | 30 | 7 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Flowers | 20 | 9 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 15 | 5 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *C Booth | b AG Steel | 10 | |||||
| GG Hearne | c sub b AG Steel | 14 | |||||
| +F Wyld | b AG Steel | 4 | |||||
| EJC Studd | b AG Steel | 10 | |||||
| W Flowers | b Wood | 7 | |||||
| W Barnes | not out | 21 | |||||
| AS Barnes | c and b AG Steel | 16 | |||||
| GB Studd | b Morton | 5 | |||||
| W Hearn | c Bligh b Morton | 0 | |||||
| A Shaw | c Whitfeld b Morton | 7 | |||||
| W Mycroft | st Lyttelton b Morton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.1 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-26, 3-35, 4-44, 5-48, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-95 (70.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AG Steel | 35 | 15 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Morton | 31.1 | 12 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wood | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *C Booth | b AG Steel | 2 | |||||
| W Barnes | c and b Morton | 8 | |||||
| +F Wyld | b Morton | 2 | |||||
| EJC Studd | b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| GG Hearne | b Morton | 0 | |||||
| W Flowers | c Lancashire b AG Steel | 7 | |||||
| AS Barnes | c Whitfeld b Morton | 7 | |||||
| GB Studd | run out | 12 | |||||
| W Hearn | b Wood | 5 | |||||
| A Shaw | c Lancashire b Morton | 10 | |||||
| W Mycroft | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.3 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-10, 3-10, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-27, 8-31, 9-51, 10-58 (46.3 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AG Steel | 12 | 7 | 13 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morton | 23 | 11 | 23 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wood | 11.3 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GB Studd made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AS Barnes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
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