This is a list in alphabetical order of

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ers who have played for Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC) in top-class matches since the club was first recorded in 1817. CUCC teams have always had important or

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 one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

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 numbe ...

matches. Some CUCC players have been members of teams representing combinations of British Universities or, since 2001, the

Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence Cambridge University Cricket Club, first recorded in 1817, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. Depending on the circumstances of each individual match, the club has always been recognised as holding f ...

(CUCCE), later rebranded the

Cambridge MCCU Cambridge University Cricket Club, first recorded in 1817, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. Depending on the circumstances of each individual match, the club has always been recognised as holding ...

. This team includes students from Anglia Ruskin University, as well as Cambridge University, and plays in some first-class matches. After the establishment of the Cambridge UCCE, the annual three-day first-class

University Match The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club. From 2001, as part of the reorganisation of first-class cricket, ...

against Oxford University Cricket Club was replaced by a one-day match against Oxford at

Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...

and a four-day first-class match against Oxford, alternating between Fenner's 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, thoug ...

. The 2020 fixture was the last match with first-class status, although the fixture is still played under first class conditions.Dobbel G, Roller M (2019
Universities set to lose first-class status

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, 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2019-08-25. This list of players 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 This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played first-class cricket for the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE) and Cambridge Marylebone Cricket Club University (MCCU). Players who have played first-class ...

. 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. Players are shown to the end of the 2020 season.

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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 Alan Durant Imlay (14 February 1885 – 3 July 1959) was an United Kingdom, English cricketer. A wicket keeper and right-handed batsman from Cotham, Bristol, Imlay was educated at Clifton College and played cricket there first for the junior ...

(1906–1907) : A. D. Imlay *

Imraan Mohammad Imraan Mohammad (born 31 December 1976) is an English cricketer. Mohammad is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire. Mohammad made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against M ...

(1997–1999) : Imraan Mohammad * Reggie Ingle (1924–1926) : R. A. Ingle *

Charles Ingram Charles William Ingram (born 6 August 1963) is an English novelist and former British Army major who gained notoriety for his appearance on the ITV television game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. In episodes recorded in September 200 ...

(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 Colonel Leonard George Irvine (11 January 1906 – 27 April 1973) was a British Army doctor who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps before, during and after World War II. As a young man he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University. ...

(1926–1928) : L. G. Irvine * Izhan Khan (2014) : Izhan Khan

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Bryan Valentine Bryan Herbert Valentine (17 January 1908 – 2 February 1983) was an English cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1933 and 1939. He was born at Blackheath, London and died at Otford, Kent.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers ...

(1928–1929) : B. H. Valentine *

Carl van Geyzel Carl van Geyzel (19 December 1902 – 18 January 1971) was a British and Sri Lankan athlete and cricketer. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics. His Ceylon national record in the high jump stood for more than 25 ...

(1924) : C. T. van Geyzel *

David Varey David William Varey (born 15 October 1961) is a former English cricketer. Varey was a right-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Darlington, County Durham. Varey made his first-class debut for Cambridge ...

(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 Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley (19 March 1915 – 3 October 1989) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England, as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler. An amateur, he ca ...

(1935–1938) : N. W. D. Yardley *

William Yardley William Yardley (1632 – 6 May 1693) was an early settler of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is the namesake of the borough of Yardley, Pennsylvania. As a persecuted Quaker minister, Yardley and his wife, Jane ( nee Heath) moved from Ranscloug ...

(1869–1872) : W. Yardley * Joseph Yates (1866) : J. M. Yates *

Kenneth Yates Kenneth Clement Yates (born 4 August 1938) is a former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket in England. Yates was a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born at Keetmanshoop in what was then South-West Africa. In 1961 ...

(1961) : K. C. Yates *

Michael Yeabsley Michael Ian Yeabsley (born 1972) is an English former first-class cricketer. Son of former Devon player, Doug Yeabsley, and brother of fellow first-class player Richard, Yeabsley was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and then Durh ...

(1995) : M. I. Yeabsley *

Goodwin Young Goodwin Young (c. 1850 – 9 January 1915) was an Irish first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University. He appeared in three first-class matches in 1873. Young was born at Carrigshane, near Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. He was e ...

(1873) : G. Young * Dick Young (1905–1908) : R. A. Young

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