Some CUCC players have been members of teams representing combinations of British Universities or, from 2001, theCambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (CUCCE), later rebranded theCambridge MCCU. These team included students fromAnglia Ruskin University, as well as Cambridge University, and played some first-class matches. After the establishment of Cambridge UCCE, the annual three-day first-classUniversity Match againstOxford University Cricket Club was replaced by a one-day match against Oxford atLord's and a four-day first-class match against Oxford, alternating betweenFenner's andThe University Parks. The 2020 fixture was the last match with first-class status, although the fixture is still played.[5] 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 inList 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.[6]
^Bannister played 17 first-class matches for the university between 1975 and 1977, taking 19 wickets and scoring 383 runs. Born atRedhill in 1956, he made two List A appearances forCombined Universities, played age-group and Second XI cricket forSurrey, and went on to playMinor Counties cricket forHertfordshire.[7]
^Benke played 19 first-class matches for the university in 1962, taking 50 wickets and scoring 240 runs. Born atSouthampton, he was educated atCheltenham College before going up toSydney Sussex College. He later played for the Club Cricket Conference andMCC amongst other sides.[10]
^Bennett went up to Cambridge after having attended theRoyal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Born at RAF Abyad in Egypt in 1955, he was commissioned in theRoyal Engineers, reaching the rank ofmajor. Whilst at Cambridge he played two first-class matches, scoring four runs. He also played Army cricket.[11][12]
^The son of a clergyman, Brereton was born atBriningham Hall in NorthNorfolk and educated atMarlborough College where he played cricket. He played four first-class matches for the university and one for Cambridgeshire, all in 1858. He later played for the Gentlemen of Norfolk andNorfolk in non-first-class matches until 1870. After graduating fromSt John's College in 1860 he qualified as a priest and served atEly,Lichfield, andEccleshall before becoming therector ofThornage-with-Brinton in Norfolk in 1863. He remained in the post until his death at Thornage in 1898 aged 59.[14][15][16]
^Cecil Booth, CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2025.(subscription required)
^Charles Brereton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 June 2025.(subscription required)
^Marlborough College register from 1843 to 1904 inclusive, 1905 (fifth edition), p. 69. (Available online atThe Internet Archive. Retrieved 9 June 2025.)
