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cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
ers who have played for
Cambridge University Cricket Club Cambridge University Cricket Club, established in 1820, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. The club was recognised as holding first-class cricket, first-class status until 2020. The university played ...
(CUCC) in top-class matches since the club was established in 1820. Until 2020, a number of CUCC matches had
first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...
status. Birley D (1999) ''A Social History of Cricket'', p.145. London: Aurum Press. . In 1972 and 1974 the team also played official
List A cricket List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the num ...
matches. Some CUCC players have been members of teams representing combinations of British Universities or, from 2001, the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (CUCCE), later rebranded the Cambridge MCCU. These team included students from
Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public research university in the region of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins date back to the Cambridge School of Art (CSA), founded by William John Beamont, a Fellow of Trinity College at the Unive ...
, as well as Cambridge University, and played some first-class matches. After the establishment of Cambridge UCCE, the annual three-day first-class
University Match The University Match is an annual cricket fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club. First played in 1827, it is the oldest varsity match in the world. Until 2001, when first-class cricket was reorga ...
against
Oxford University Cricket Club Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Follo ...
was replaced by a one-day match against Oxford at
Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket List of Test cricket grounds, venue in St John's Wood, Westminster. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex C ...
and a four-day first-class match against Oxford, alternating between
Fenner's Fenner's is Cambridge University Cricket Club's ground. History Cambridge University Cricket Club had previously played at two grounds in Cambridge, the University Ground and Parker's Piece. In 1846, Francis Fenner leased a former cherry orc ...
and
The University Parks The Oxford University Parks, commonly referred to locally as the University Parks, or just The Parks, is a large parkland area slightly northeast of the city centre in Oxford, England. The park is bounded to the east by the River Cherwell, thou ...
. The 2020 fixture was the last match with first-class status, although the fixture is still played.Dobbel G, Roller M (2019
Universities set to lose first-class status
CricInfo ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a Sports journalism, sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including Liveblogging, liveblogs and sco ...
. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
This list includes only those players who have represented CUCC itself in first-class matches. Players who have represented the Cambridge UCCE and MCCU In first-class matches can be found in List of Cambridge UCCE & MCCU players. The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a CUCC player and then his name is given as it would appear on modern match scorecards. Note that many players represented other first-class teams besides CUCC.


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Iftikhar Bukhari Syed Iftikhar Ali Bokhari (6 July 1935 – 10 November 2021), also known as I. A. Bokhari, was a Pakistani politician and cricketer. He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan between March 1988 and March 1991. He played 19 matches of first-class ...
(1957) : Iftikhar Bukhari * Alan Imlay (1906–1907) : A. D. Imlay * Imraan Mohammad (1997–1999) : Imraan Mohammad * Reggie Ingle (1924–1926) : R. A. Ingle * Charles Ingram (1854–1859) : C. P. Ingram *
Doug Insole Douglas John Insole (18 April 1926 – 5 August 2017) Obit ...
(1947–1949) : D. J. Insole * John Frederick Ireland (1908–1911) : J. F. Ireland * Leonard Irvine (1926–1928) : L. G. Irvine *
Izhan Khan This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) in top-class matches since the club was established in 1820. Until 2020, a number of CUCC matches had first-class cricket status.Dere ...
(2014) : Izhan Khan


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* David Quinney (1971) : D. H. Quinney


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* John Urquhart (1948) : J. R. Urquhart


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* Bryan Valentine (1928–1929) : B. H. Valentine * Carl van Geyzel (1924) : C. T. van Geyzel * David Varey (1981–1983) : D. W. Varey * Richard Vaughan (1928) : R. T. Vaughan * Thomas Verghese (1987) : T. M. Verghese * Henry Vernon (1850–1852) : H. Vernon * Niel Viljoen (1991) : J. N. Viljoen * Harold Vincent (1914) : H. G. Vincent * James Vitali (2019-2020) : J. C. Vitali


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* Norman Yardley (1935–1938) : N. W. D. Yardley * William Yardley (1869–1872) : W. Yardley * Joseph Yates (1866) : J. M. Yates * Kenneth Yates (1961) : K. C. Yates * Michael Yeabsley (1995) : M. I. Yeabsley * Goodwin Young (1873) : G. Young * Dick Young (1905–1908) : R. A. Young


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Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
20th-century English sportsmen