Though this preposterous rule is not acted up to now, it frequently happens that a man plays who has not been in residence that term at all; and the rule, I contend, should be altered on account of the injustice that is done to the bonâ fide residents who long to gain the coveted honour of playing for their University. There is one way in which Cambridge is at a disadvantage, namely, that their honours men get their degrees at the end of the third year—if they leave the University for business purposes they are lost—while the Oxford honours men get theirs a year later. A rational man from each University would soon settle the question quite fairly for both sides if they were to meet and discuss it.
The late venerable Bishop of St. Andrews, who only died a few years ago, played in the first University match in 1827, and clean bowled seven Cambridge wickets; and on the Cambridge side is to be seen the name of W. G. Cookesley, most famous of scholars, and a very well-known Eton master. Two
