The same Cambridge team that had won so easily in Cork were beaten by an innings in Dublin. The reason for this was that the full strength of Ireland was now pitted against the visitors. It was, with one exception, the Irish team which had beaten the South Africans. PWG Stuart was unable to play and GJ Meldon took his place. The great bowling quartet of RH Lambert, GWF Kelly, TC Ross and W Harrington, only one of whom played in Cork, were too much for Cambridge who could only total 253 in the two innings. One sad note was that this proved to be Dan Comyn's last match.

The wicket on the first day was fast and kicked a little at the start. The was a fair attendance when Comyn and Meldon opened the innings. Keigwin and Napier were the bowlers. Comyn was in good form and soon hit Napier for a six. At 22 Meldon was caught at slip off a rising ball from Napier which struck his glove. Browning came in but lost Comyn at 28, stumped by Payne off Keigwin for a brisk 20 with three fours and a six. SD Lambert spooned a catch to mid-on before he had scored and the fourth wicket fell at 39 when Ross was caught at slip off Napier. RH Lambert joined Browning and there the Cambridge success ended because these two collared the bowling and added 112 runs for the fifth wicket. 50 came off in 45 minutes and with both hitting out pleasantly the next 50 took only 30 minutes. The bowling was changed many times without success. Browning was first to his 50 but Lambert was rapidly overhauling him. Lambert gave a chance to point when he was 52. 150 was now reached. Keigwin went on again and had Browning lbw with his third ball. His 57 in 90 minutes was a superb and faultness display of absolutely correct cricket. He hit seven fours. At 153 Smith ran himself out and at this stage lunch was taken with Lambert 59 not out.

Corley was in great form after lunch and a stand of 84 followed. Lambert was missed at slip and at third man and Corley was missed by Phillips. Corley celebrated by hitting Napier for 10 in one over. 200 arrived and just on 4 p.m. Lambert reached his century with a fine cut for four. He was immediately bowled by Mann. Lambert had only been in for 105 minutes. His driving was brilliant and he had hit 18 fours, but had given three chances. Harrington was next and he, too, hit about in fine style. He hit Mann out of the ground and in all added 43 with Corley. At 280 Corley was out, caught in the outfield by Napier off a leg spinner from Eyre. His 59 contained eight fours and he had given two chances. Donovan was dropped in the slips off Napier but Harrington was caught by Mann in the outfield in the same over. His 30 contained one six and five fours. At 294 Kelly skied a catch to the bowler, Eyre, and the innings was over. It had lasted 215 minutes. It was a good performance because the light was never very good and the ball sometimes rose awkwardly. The Cambridge fielding was good at first and then became very bad. Cambridge batted for 45 minutes in bad light and lost three wickets for 26. Marsh and Keigwin opened to Harrington and Ross. Harrington, with the first ball of his second over, completely beat Marsh who had scored all 11 runs to date. Mann was run out attempting a second run at 24 and at the same score Eyre hit his wicket when playing Harrington. At 5:50 p.m. an appeal against the light was upheld.

Due to rain there was just over one hours play on the second day and this was sufficient to finish the Cambridge innings and give Ireland a lead of 189 which is exactly what they were led by in the Cork match. There was heavy rain in the night but the early morning was fine. Rain began again at 10 a.m. 20 minutes play was possible at 12:30 p.m. and then there was a break until 4:30 p.m. Keigwin and Fry were the only two to put up any real resistance. Keigwin batted, in all, 90 minutes for 13 while Fry scored a fine 36. There had been too much rain to give the bowlers any assistance, they were just too good for the Cambridge team. Ross (21-8-43-3) and Harrington (20.1-4-61-6) bowled unchanged.

Keigwin and Horne resumed and off the third ball of Harrington's over Horne was caught at mid-off. 28-4-2. Payne, after scoring four, was bowled by Ross. Then came Fry who at once hit Harrington for two fours and a six. 51-5 was the score when the rain began again. At the resumption both batsmen played with caution. At 64 Fry skied Ross and Kelly just failed to reach it at extra-cover. At 72 Keigwin was caught by Harrington at mid-off for a very patient 13. Phillips came in and lost Fry at 78. He was caught at the wicket off Harrington. His 36 included one six and five fours. Wilson, after making seven, was splendidly caught at deep mid-on by Corley off Harrington. Phillips was caught at fine leg by RH Lambert off Ross at 92. Napier joined May and 100 was reached at 5:15 p.m. With light rain falling Napier was caught in the outfield by SD Lambert off Harrington. The innings closed at 105 and rain prevented any further play.

Cambridge followed on on the third morning and in about 2 ½ hours were out for the second time giving Ireland an innings victory. Ireland were clearly the better team and their bowling and fielding was excellent. Irish cricket was now at a high level and a plea was made for a game against the Gentlemen of England.

At noon Marsh and Keigwin began the follow-on. In Harrington's third over Marsh hit a six and a four and then he hit Ross for six. At 34 Lambert came on for Harrington. He puzzled both batsmen and had Keigwin missed by Kelly at mid-off. However at 39 he yorked Marsh who had made 30 including two sixes and two fours. With Mann in the 50 came up and Kelly replaced Ross. Off Kelly's fourth ball Mann was caught and bowled for five. With Eyre in the run getting pace slowed. After a further half hour Ross caught Keigwin at slip, the ball coming off the batsman's glove. 69-3-21. Keigwin had given another patient display, batting 75 minutes for his 21. Horne joined Eyre but the latter was caught at slip at 81 off Kelly. He had made 22. Two more wickets fell in the 90s. Horan was caught at deep point by Meldon off Lambert for 5 while Wilson was caught at the wicket off Kelly before he had scored. Fry again stopped the rot. He and Phillips sent up 100 in as many minutes and then Fry hit Lambert out of the ground. At 125 Ross and Harrington came on again and lunch was taken at 131-6. Eventually, after a stand of 44, Phillips was bowled by Ross while playing back. In the same over Payne was bowled. Four runs later Harrington bowled Fry who had made 33, his third score in the 30s in three innings in the two matches. With the score at 148 the last wicket fell. May was caught and bowled by Ross. Ross had the best bowling figures in this innings taking 3-24 in 14.5 overs.