times in 1882, including in The University Match against Oxford University at Lord's. He gained his cricket blue in cricket in 1882, in addition to gaining a blue in football the previous year. After graduating from Cambridge, he continued to play county cricket for Hampshire until the club lost its first-class status following the 1885 season. During this period, Lacey made two first-class appearances for teams besides Hampshire; in 1884 he appeared for a Cambridge University Past and Present cricket team against the touring Australians at Hove and in 1885 he played for A. J. Webbe's XI against Cambridge University at Fenner's. Prior to the loss of their first-class status, Lacey scored three centuries. The first, a score of 157 came in 1882 against Sussex, while his next two centuries came in 1884, scores of 100 against Somerset and 211 against Kent, a match in which he also made an unbeaten 92. Despite the loss of their first-class status, Lacey continued his association with Hampshire. He was club captain from 1888 to 1894, succeeding Arthur Wood. In 1887, in a minor match against Norfolk at Southampton, Lacey made 323 not out, which remains as of the highest individual score in a second-class fixture in England. At the time, it was the fifth-highest score in an inter-county match. Although Hampshire had lost their first-class status, Lacey continued to play in first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), debut for them in 1887 against Derbyshire; in that same year, he also played for the 'wandering' cricket club I Zingari in a first-class fixture against the Gentlemen of England at the Scarborough Festival. In 1890, he played for a Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present cricket team against the touring Australians in 1890 and for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture of 1892. Hampshire regained first-class status in 1894, with Russell Bencraft succeeding Lacey as captain. The following season, when Hampshire were admitted to the County Championship, Lacey resumed his first-class career with the county. He played for Hampshire until 1897, having made 33 appearances for the county in first-class cricket. Described by Wisden as a "stylish bat, hitting with plenty of power especially in front of the wicket", he scored 2,028 runs for Hampshire in first-class matches at an average of 39.76, making four centuries and ten half centuries. As a roundarm slow bowler, he was described by