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906:"Scorecard: Orange Free State v MCC"
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1252:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
928:"Scorecard: South Africa v England"
544:In the winter of 1927/28, MCC sent
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1105:"Scorecard: Kent v New Zealanders"
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512:with four weeks to go before the
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823:"The Universities—Oxford".
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743:"The Universities—Oxford".
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722:"The Universities—Oxford".
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