although his bowling "did not come up to expectations" and was "often expensive" in 1965, he played most of cambridge's matches and once again appeared against oxford at lord's. his best figures were 4 for 101 against yorkshire. he finished 1965 with 14 wickets at 42.42. in 1966 the captain, deryck murray, refused to allow players to play at all if they did not make themselves available for the whole season, and having devoted himself to his studies during the early weeks of the season, mclachlan was not selected for any matches.