2017 Varsity Cricket

The 2017 Varsity Match at Lord’s With perfect weather and a perfect gathering of the Society’s Cambridge chums and their guests, plus a pretty good selection of drinks of various strengths served by our own staff in our own box in the Tavern Stand, all looked set for a thoroughly enjoyable day. And so it proved, with the Oxford men batting first and attaining a challenging score of 264 in its 50 overs. After lunch our own lads wielded the willow and crept to nigh on the winning score until, in the final over, our last man left the pitch with a shortfall of just 9 to draw, 10 to win. Our women were all out for 229 and then Oxford made it to 230 for 3. Though both matches were nail-biting and ultimately disappointing for us, this was one of the most exciting and dramatic of our Society’s events at Lord’s over the years, and we all left with memories of a great day and a determination to put the record straight next year.