London, July 3.
The annual inter-Varsity match at Lord's and the meeting of Yorkshire and the Australians at Sheffield were the titbits of the first-class cricket matches which commenced tod y.
With Lomas contributing à üawless $4, Oxford made a splendid start inst Cambridge.
inning the toss, the Dark Blues batted first to score 317, and at the close had claimed one, Cambridge wicket for 18 runs.
Oxford won last year by five wickets, their first victory since 1931.
but put the Australians in io^bat on At Sheffield, Yorkshire won E. toss a damp wicket, and the policy paid for the tourists were dismissed for only 222 runs.
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