[1] Teams representing the University of Sydney first played in the 1853-54 season.
[2] The club was founded in 1864 and joined the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in its inaugural season in 1893.
[5] Australian Test players who have played for Sydney University Cricket Club include Tom Garrett, Sammy Jones, Johnny Taylor, John Dyson,[6] Beau Casson, Greg Matthews, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill and Ed Cowan.
[7] Test players Imran Khan of Pakistan,[6] William Sommerville of New Zealand and Kevin Pietersen of England[8] have also played for the club.
Australia's first prime minister Edmund Barton played cricket for Sydney University Cricket Club.