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Rh men played five times in this match, the famous C. D. Marsham and R. D. Walker, both of Oxford. C. D. Marsham was perhaps the best bowler that ever played for either side: as straight and as accurate as a professional, he was the sheet-anchor of both Oxford and the amateurs in his day. He played five years against Cambridge, and only lost one match, the famous game which the renowned J. Makinson won for Cambridge almost by himself. C. D. Marsham took forty Cambridge wickets, or an average of four an innings, at an average cost of nine runs a wicket. Of all the players who played four years, very few have won on every occasion. I think I am correct in saying that S. C. Voules is the only Oxonian, and that T. A. Anson, W. de St. Croix, and W. Mills are the only three Cantabs; and of these Voules's is the most remarkable feat, as he played so late as 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866.

A couple of very famous Cambridge players in the persons of Woods and