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103 & 226 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
193 & 57-8 ENG flag
Overs: 131.1 RR: 1.72 vs seam: 2.34
 Overs: 53.1 RR: 1.07 vs seam: 1.53
Thu 09/05/78 Cambridge University v England XI at Cambridge,
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WIN Cambridge University won by 79 runs
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England - 1st Inns 193 (149.0; RR: 1.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WG Grace c Lucas b Bury 45 0 0 0
BM Posno b Steel 1 0 0 0
WR Gilbert lbw b Ford 3 0 0 0
WE Midwinter c Lyttelton b Allcock 24 0 0 0
GF Grace c Lucas b Morton 61 0 0 0
CI Thornton c Lucas b Steel 6 0 0 0
CT Hoare c Lyttelton b Steel 0 0 0 0
FW Kingston c Lyttelton b Steel 15 0 0 0
J Robertson b Morton 29 0 0 0
M McIntyre c Lucas b Allcock 3 0 0 0
W Mycroft not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 0lb, 1w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 193 all out (149.0 overs; RR: 1.30)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (0.0 ov), 13-2 (0.0 ov), 64-3 (0.0 ov), 90-4 (0.0 ov), 108-5 (0.0 ov), 111-6 (0.0 ov), 143-7 (0.0 ov), 186-8 (0.0 ov), 191-9 (0.0 ov), 193-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AG Steel 58.0 24 72 4 1.24 0 0
AFJ Ford 30.0 13 45 1 1.50 0 0
CH Allcock 24.0 10 19 2 0.79 0 0
PH Morton 20.0 9 20 2 1.00 0 0
L Bury 13.0 4 20 1 1.54 0 0
AP Lucas 4.0 1 11 0 2.75 0 0

Cambridge University - 1st Inns 103 (68.2; RR: 1.51)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
A Lyttelton c & b Midwinter 23 0 0 0
AP Lucas st Kingston b Grace 8 0 0 0
DQ Steel st Kingston b Grace 0 0 0 0
AG Steel c & b Grace 2 0 0 0
LK Jarvis b Midwinter 21 0 0 0
E Lyttelton c Mycroft b Grace 13 0 0 0
AFJ Ford b Grace 9 0 0 0
H Pigg c Grace b Midwinter 3 0 0 0
L Bury c Grace b Grace 4 0 0 0
PH Morton not out 8 0 0 0
CH Allcock b Mycroft 2 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 103 all out (68.2 overs; RR: 1.51)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (0.0 ov), 9-2 (0.0 ov), 13-3 (0.0 ov), 53-4 (0.0 ov), 67-5 (0.0 ov), 80-6 (0.0 ov), 85-7 (0.0 ov), 91-8 (0.0 ov), 92-9 (0.0 ov), 103-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
W Mycroft 16.2 9 22 1 1.38 0 0
WG Grace 34.0 12 49 6 1.44 0 0
WE Midwinter 18.0 7 22 3 1.22 0 0

Cambridge University - 2nd Inns 226 (131.1; RR: 1.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
E Lyttelton lbw b Grace 66 0 0 0
AP Lucas c & b Grace 13 0 0 0
A Lyttelton c Thornton b Midwinter 17 0 0 0
DQ Steel b Grace 0 0 0 0
AG Steel c Robertson b Mycroft 46 0 0 0
LK Jarvis c Midwinter b Gilbert 9 0 0 0
AFJ Ford c Sub b Mycroft 27 0 0 0
L Bury c Kingston b Gilbert 10 0 0 0
H Pigg b Gilbert 2 0 0 0
CH Allcock c Kingston b Grace 6 0 0 0
PH Morton not out 16 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 14  
TOTAL 226 all out (131.1 overs; RR: 1.72)

Fall of wickets

62-1 (0.0 ov), 95-2 (0.0 ov), 98-3 (0.0 ov), 103-4 (0.0 ov), 158-5 (0.0 ov), 166-6 (0.0 ov), 183-7 (0.0 ov), 185-8 (0.0 ov), 204-9 (0.0 ov), 226-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
W Mycroft 42.1 23 53 2 1.26 0 0
WG Grace 60.0 26 104 4 1.73 0 0
WE Midwinter 21.0 5 35 1 1.67 0 0
WR Gilbert 8.0 5 20 3 2.50 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 57-8 (53.1; RR: 1.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WG Grace c Lyttelton b Ford 11 0 0 0
WR Gilbert b Allcock 25 0 0 0
WE Midwinter c Steel b Ford 2 0 0 0
GF Grace c Lyttelton b Steel 4 0 0 0
CT Hoare b Steel 0 0 0 0
BM Posno c Lucas b Steel 1 0 0 0
FW Kingston b Steel 6 0 0 0
M McIntyre b Allcock 3 0 0 0
W Mycroft not out 3 0 0 0
CI Thornton  
J Robertson  
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 57-8 (53.1 overs; RR: 1.07)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (0.0 ov), 21-2 (0.0 ov), 32-3 (0.0 ov), 34-4 (0.0 ov), 38-5 (0.0 ov), 50-6 (0.0 ov), 52-7 (0.0 ov), 57-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AG Steel 27.0 14 23 4 0.85 0 0
AFJ Ford 20.0 9 25 2 1.25 0 0
CH Allcock 6.1 1 7 2 1.17 0 0

Match Info

Match

Cambridge University v England XI at Cambridge

Date

Thursday May 9, 1878

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:00am UTC

Venue

Umpires

CR Ford, I Brookes

Cambridge University Team

Playing XI

AP Lucas, A Lyttelton, AG Steel, L Bury, CH Allcock, AFJ Ford, LK Jarvis, E Lyttelton, PH Morton, H Pigg, DQ Steel

England Team

Playing XI

WE Midwinter, GF Grace, WG Grace, WR Gilbert, CT Hoare, FW Kingston, M McIntyre, W Mycroft, BM Posno, J Robertson, CI Thornton