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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st, 2nd July 1878 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Oxford University won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Cambridge University won by 238 runs |
| Umpires | J West, J Wheeler |
| Close of play day 1 | Oxford University (1) 127 all out |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AP Lucas | c Evans b Knight | 4 | |||||
| +A Lyttelton | c Kemp b Evans | 5 | |||||
| *E Lyttelton | b Evans | 53 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | b Evans | 22 | |||||
| DQ Steel | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| LK Jarvis | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| AG Steel | not out | 44 | |||||
| FW Kingston | c Evans b Knight | 4 | |||||
| IFW Bligh | c Wickham b Knight | 14 | |||||
| PH Morton | b Heath | 10 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | b Heath | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.1 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-24, 3-82, 4-82, 5-84, 6-93, 7-98, 8-142, 9-168, 10-168 (80.1 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 30 | 9 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Evans | 40 | 16 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Marriott | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Heath | 1.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxford University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AJ Webbe | c E Lyttelton b AG Steel | 11 | |||||
| HR Webbe | c Morton b AG Steel | 26 | |||||
| AH Heath | b AG Steel | 14 | |||||
| AD Greene | not out | 35 | |||||
| ET Hirst | c Lucas b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| AH Evans | st A Lyttelton b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| CWM Kemp | b AG Steel | 2 | |||||
| RL Knight | b Lucas | 3 | |||||
| +AP Wickham | b AG Steel | 1 | |||||
| JH Savory | b AG Steel | 19 | |||||
| GS Marriott | c E Lyttelton b Lucas | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.2 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-40, 3-61, 4-61, 5-65, 6-71, 7-74, 8-81, 9-111, 10-127 (130.2 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AG Steel | 61 | 34 | 62 | 8 | - | - | |
| Morton | 23 | 8 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lucas | 43.2 | 29 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ford | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AP Lucas | c Wickham b Knight | 74 | |||||
| +A Lyttelton | c Kemp b Evans | 64 | |||||
| *E Lyttelton | c Hirst b Evans | 10 | |||||
| H Whitfeld | b Evans | 5 | |||||
| AG Steel | b Evans | 9 | |||||
| DQ Steel | b Knight | 2 | |||||
| LK Jarvis | b Evans | 7 | |||||
| FW Kingston | c Kemp b Knight | 9 | |||||
| IFW Bligh | not out | 24 | |||||
| PH Morton | b Evans | 16 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | c Savory b Evans | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 120.3 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-117, 2-148, 3-150, 4-159, 5-166, 6-168, 7-182, 8-183, 9-217, 10-229 (120.3 ov) | |||||||
| Oxford University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knight | 40 | 12 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Evans | 50.3 | 22 | 86 | 7 | - | - | |
| Marriott | 13 | 5 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Heath | 10 | 3 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kemp | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| AJ Webbe | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxford University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AJ Webbe | c and b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| HR Webbe | b AG Steel | 6 | |||||
| AD Greene | c A Lyttelton b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| AH Heath | c Whitfeld b AG Steel | 8 | |||||
| ET Hirst | b Morton | 13 | |||||
| RL Knight | b Morton | 0 | |||||
| AH Evans | lbw b Morton | 4 | |||||
| JH Savory | c Kingston b Morton | 0 | |||||
| GS Marriott | b Morton | 0 | |||||
| +AP Wickham | c Bligh b AG Steel | 0 | |||||
| CWM Kemp | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.1 overs) | 32 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-2, 3-7, 4-20, 5-22, 6-30, 7-30, 8-32, 9-32, 10-32 (40.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AG Steel | 20.1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | - | - | |
| Morton | 20 | 14 | 20 | 5 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GS Marriott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AP Lucas (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> AH Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Cambridge University second innings (previous best was 6-39)
--> PH Morton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Oxford University second innings (previous best was 5-28)
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