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’VARSITY CRICKET.
WON BY OXFORD.
L um.iiJn, July b.
The sixty-second cricket match between
Oxford University and Cambridge
Uuveraity wbb commenced at
Lords on Thursday Iasi, and brought
to a conclusion yesterday.
The Dark Blues were iu nennbiricrablc
minority when they started tbeir
second innings, ,330 runs being- required
to win.
To the delight of tbeir supporters,
however, they proved equal to the
occasion, and quickly had the Cantab
bowlers under mastery.
Ten after t«n went up find still the
Oxonious maintained their stand, anti
all the hope* of the Ligl'.tjblues began
to vanish.
Ultimately Oxford won by four
wickets, having put up 330 for the
losa of eix wickets iu the last innings.
Oxford has now won 2b, Cambridge
31, and three Lave been
drawn, viz., 1827, 1644, and Ibhfi
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