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| Venue | The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 19th, 20th June 1899 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Sussex won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | RP Carpenter, J Lillywhite |
| Close of play day 1 | Cambridge University (2) 21/1 (Fernie 4*, Hind 8*) |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LJ Moon | b Bland | 4 | |||||
| ER Wilson | b Bland | 13 | |||||
| JH Stogdon | b Tate | 0 | |||||
| +TL Taylor | b Bland | 4 | |||||
| *GL Jessop | lbw b Bland | 4 | |||||
| RNR Blaker | b Tate | 1 | |||||
| GE Winter | b Bland | 22 | |||||
| AE Fernie | b Tate | 0 | |||||
| EF Penn | not out | 26 | |||||
| AE Hind | b Tate | 1 | |||||
| HHB Hawkins | b Tate | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 26.3 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-13, 3-22, 4-28, 5-29, 6-33, 7-33, 8-63, 9-78, 10-78 (26.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tate | 13.3 | 3 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bland | 13 | 2 | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *G Brann | b Jessop | 5 | |||||
| FW Marlow | c Stogdon b Hawkins | 13 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | b Penn | 107 | |||||
| EH Killick | c Hind b Fernie | 10 | |||||
| CLA Smith | b Jessop | 30 | |||||
| W Newham | not out | 28 | |||||
| J Vine | c and b Wilson | 0 | |||||
| FW Tate | c Taylor b Jessop | 1 | |||||
| GR Cox | c Stogdon b Jessop | 0 | |||||
| +HR Butt | b Wilson | 0 | |||||
| CHG Bland | c Hind b Wilson | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.1 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-45, 3-76, 4-157, 5-180, 6-187, 7-192, 8-192, 9-193, 10-207 (71.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jessop | 20 | 5 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hind | 18 | 6 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fernie | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Penn | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 13.1 | 3 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ER Wilson | c Bland b Tate | 9 | |||||
| AE Fernie | b Ranjitsinhji | 14 | |||||
| AE Hind | b Ranjitsinhji | 32 | |||||
| GE Winter | c Vine b Tate | 21 | |||||
| *GL Jessop | b Bland | 3 | |||||
| LJ Moon | b Tate | 29 | |||||
| JH Stogdon | b Tate | 3 | |||||
| +TL Taylor | b Bland | 1 | |||||
| EF Penn | not out | 32 | |||||
| RNR Blaker | b Tate | 7 | |||||
| HHB Hawkins | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73.2 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-50, 3-61, 4-63, 5-102, 6-113, 7-116, 8-132, 9-157, 10-159 (73.2 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tate | 29.2 | 12 | 68 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bland | 26 | 14 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Killick | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cox | 10 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ranjitsinhji | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | not out | 20 | |||||
| J Vine | not out | 7 | |||||
| *G Brann | did not bat | ||||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | did not bat | ||||||
| EH Killick | did not bat | ||||||
| CLA Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| W Newham | did not bat | ||||||
| FW Tate | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Cox | did not bat | ||||||
| +HR Butt | did not bat | ||||||
| CHG Bland | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 23 overs) | 31 | |||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hind | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fernie | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Penn | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |