The Varsity Match is an annual

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fixture played between the universities of

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and

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in England. The event began in 1872 with the first men's match, with interruptions only for the two World Wars. Since 1921, the game has been played at

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. It is normally played in early December. Following the 140th match in 2022, Oxford have 62 wins, and Cambridge maintain the lead with 64; 14 games have ended in draws.

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es between Oxford and Cambridge are also arranged in various other sports. For example, the first recorded

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match in history was played between Oxford and Cambridge in 1891. The women's rugby Varsity Match was first played in 1988 and has taken place at Twickenham on the same day as the men's game since 2015. Cambridge won the 2019 match, repeating their 8–5 victory of 2018.

History

The history of The Varsity Match extends back to early 1872. It was a year after the first ever rugby international (

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). Both Cambridge and Oxford sent officials to meet and arrange a match between each other. At

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, Oxford, they played a 20 a-side version of the game (as opposed to today's 15 a-side games; the teams would be set to 15 a-side in 1875). Oxford won the inaugural meeting. In that first match, Oxford wore dark blue jerseys (the same as today, though at some stages they wore white), however, Cambridge played in pink, changing to their blue and white in 1876. Cambridge scoring v oxford rugby

The second Varsity Match in 1873 was played at

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in Cambridge, but since then it has always been played in London.

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staged seven matches, three games were played at Richardson's Field in Blackheath and another Blackheath venue,

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, hosted four games before

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became the regular venue from 1887 to 1920. The 1878 and 1879 matches were postponed due to

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. In 1919, the players were apparently invisible due to fog. In 1921 the match was moved to the

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's famous home ground,

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. The official Varsity Match was not played during wartime although a series of matches were played during the Second World War, resulting in nine wins for Cambridge, two wins for Oxford and one draw. All these games were played either at Oxford or Cambridge. The hundredth match in 1981 was played at Twickenham with a three to four-inch layer of snow covering the pitch; it had snowed overnight and the snow could not be removed in time for the game. In 2013 Oxford's Sam Egerton was sent off for an off-the-ball incident and became the first player to be dismissed in the history of the match. Oxford's 43–6 win in 2014 was the biggest victory in the history of the fixture and gave them a fifth successive victory for the first time ever. Cambridge have recorded five wins in a row on three separate occasions, 1972–76, 1980–84 and 1994–98. Oxford's win in the 2015 match was their sixth successive win in the fixture, a record for either side. In 2021, the event was rebranded at The Varsity Matches in order to reflect the continued integration of the women's fixture. Due to the

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, the 139th match was postponed to March 2021. It was then further postponed to 4 July 2021 and relocated to

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. The 140th match was played in April 2022 at Twickenham.

Referees

There was not a referee until the 1881 match, when Mr H. H. Taylor officiated. Prior to this each game had two umpires, one from each university. The record number of appearances is held by former RFU secretary

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along with Welshman Gwynne Walters both with seven games. Other notable International referees who have controlled this fixture are Englishmen G. H. Harnett (6) Cyril Gadney (6) and H.L. Ashmore (5), along with Welshmen

Albert Freethy Albert Freethy (27 April 1885 – 17 July 1966) was a Welsh rugby union referee and first-class cricketer. He was born in Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principa ...

(6) and

Clive Norling Clive Norling (born April 1950) is a former Welsh international rugby union referee. Norling is one of the world's most experienced referees, having officiated in a then-record 25 international tests prior to his retirement in 1992, including a q ...

(5). Up until the start of the professional era, one of the unique aspects of the Varsity game was that the referee was not appointed by the RFU but agreed upon and invited by the two captains. This tradition ended after the 1997–98 season, along with that of the previous year's captains returning to act as touch judges (a continuation of the original custom of each university appointing an umpire), when the RFU Referees' committee decided that touch judges could only be qualified officials and that the RFU should appoint the referee. Now there is also a television match official.

Notable participants

Many of those who have played in the Varsity Match have gone on to win international honours; a number of others played in the Match after earning international honours. These include: * Paul Ackford (Lock, Cambridge). *

Charlie Amesbury Charlie Amesbury (born 8 April 1986 in Portsmouth) is a former rugby union footballer who last played professionally on the wing or full back for Bristol in the RFU Championship, and previously for Harlequins, Sale Sharks and Newcastle Falcon ...

(Fullback, Cambridge). *

Simon Amor Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player. Amor played in the scrum-half and fly-half positions for London Scottish and captained the England national rugby sevens team. He has been the h ...

(Scrum Half, Cambridge). *

Rob Andrew Christopher Robert Andrew (born 18 February 1963) is a former English Rugby Union player and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons and has been Chief Executi ...

(Fly Half, Cambridge). * Stuart Barnes (Fly Half, Oxford). *

Phil de Glanville Philip Ranulph de Glanville (born 1 October 1968 in Loughborough) is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England. Rugby career de Glanville played for Durham University while an Economics and Politics stude ...

(Centre, Oxford). * Huw Davies (Fly half, Cambridge). * Phil Davies (Centre, Cambridge). * Mark Denney (Centre, Cambridge). * Simon Halliday (Centre, Oxford). * Alastair Hignell (Fullback, Cambridge). *

Damian Hopley Damian Hopley (born 12 April 1970) is a former rugby union player for London Wasps and England. His position of choice was on the wing or in the centres. Background Born in South London, Hopley attended St Benedict's School in Ealing West ...

(Centre, Cambridge). * Martin Purdy (Lock, Cambridge). * Ben Ransom (Fullback, Oxford). * Marcus Rose (Full back, Cambridge) *

Chris Sheasby Chris Sheasby (born 30 November 1966 in Windsor, Berkshire) is an English former international rugby union player, commentator and coach. Biography Sheasby was educated at Radley College, King's College London where he graduated in Mathematic ...

(Number 8, Cambridge). * Oliver Tomaszczyk (Prop, Oxford). *

Victor Ubogu Victor Eriakpo Ubogu (born 8 September 1964) is a former Bath and England rugby union player. Arriving in the UK from Lagos, Nigeria in 1977, he attended West Buckland School in Devon he received the school's top award, the Fortescue Medal. ...

(Prop, Oxford). *

Tony Underwood Tony Underwood (born 17 February 1969 in Ipoh, Malaysia) is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Malaysian- English parentage. Rugby career His rugby talent was first nurtured at Barnar ...

(Wing, Cambridge). * Dom Waldouck (Centre, Oxford). *

Ben Woods Benjamin Woods (born 9 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker. Woods started his professional career at Newcastle Falcons in 2003 but suffered a badly broken le ...

(Flanker, Cambridge). * David Humphreys (Fly Half, Oxford). *

Tyrone Howe Tyrone Gyle Howe (born 2 April 1971, Newtownards, Northern Ireland) formerly played in rugby union on the wing for University of St Andrews RFC, Ulster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Howe was brought up in Dromore and attended Banbri ...

(Wing, Oxford) * Mike Gibson (Centre, Cambridge). * David Quinlan (Centre, Cambridge). * Joe Ansbro (Centre, Cambridge). *

Simon Danielli Simon Charles Jonathan Danielli (born 8 September 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former rugby union footballer who played on the wing for Ulster and Scotland. Early life Danielli who is of Italian descent, was educated at Cheltenham College ...

(Wing, Oxford). *

Gavin Hastings Andrew Gavin Hastings, (born 3 January 1962) is a Scottish former rugby union player. A fullback, he is widely regarded to be one of the best ever Scottish rugby players and was one of the outstanding players of his generation, winning 61 ...

(Fullback, Cambridge). * Simon Holmes (Openside flanker, Cambridge). * Stuart Moffat (Fullback, Cambridge). * Rob Wainwright (Flanker, Cambridge). *

Gerald Davies Thomas Gerald Reames Davies CBE DL (born 7 February 1945 in Llansaint) is a Welsh former rugby union wing who played international rugby for Wales between 1966 and 1978. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Sla ...

(Wing, Cambridge). * Onllwyn Brace (Fly Half, Oxford). * Eddie Butler (Number 8, Cambridge). * Gareth Davies (Fly Half, Oxford). *

Jamie Roberts Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a former Wales, Welsh rugby union player, who most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs, Waratahs. His usual position is Rugby union positions#Centre, centre. Beginning in 2005, Roberts ...

(Centre, Cambridge). * Marco Rivaro (Centre, Cambridge). * Kensuke Iwabuchi (Cambridge). * Toshiyuki Hayashi (Oxford). * Thomas Baxter (Fly Half-1958, Flanker-1959, Oxford). * Roger Davis (Oxford). *

James Horwill James Horwill (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian former rugby union player, who has played for the Australian national side, with 61 caps to his name. He captained the Wallabies a number of times, including during the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Hor ...

(Lock, Cambridge). * Tom Lawton Snr (Fly Half, Oxford). * Brendon Nasser (Number 8, Oxford). * Bill Ross (Hooker, Oxford). * Ainslie Sheil (Oxford). * Brian Smith (Fly Half, Oxford). *

Troy Coker Troy Coker (born 30 May 1965 in Brisbane) is a former Australian international rugby union player. He played as a number 8 and was capped 27 times for Australia between 1987 and 1997. He was a member of the winning Australian squad at the 1991 ...

(Number 8, Oxford). * Bob Egerton (Wing, Oxford). * Joe Roff (Wing, Oxford). *

Dan Vickerman Daniel Joseph Vickerman (4 June 1979 – 18 February 2017) was a professional rugby union player. The 204 cm, 119 kg lock played 63 Tests with the Wallabies, the national team of his adopted country of Australia. After seven seasons w ...

(Lock, Cambridge). * Ian Williams (Wing, Oxford). *

Chris Laidlaw Christopher Robert Laidlaw (born 16 November 1943) is a New Zealand politician and former rugby union player, Rhodes Scholar, public servant, diplomat and radio host. Early life Laidlaw was born in Dunedin and schooled at King's High School ...

(Halfback, Oxford). * David Kirk (Halfback, Oxford). *

Mark Ranby Richard Mark Ranby (born 1 June 1977) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A midfield back, Ranby represented Manawatu, the Central Vikings and Waikato at a provincial level, and the Hurricanes and the Chiefs in Super Rugby. He played ...

(Centre, Cambridge). *

Anton Oliver Anton David Oliver (born 9 September 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. Previously, he played as a hooker for Marlborough (one of the predecessors to today's Tasman side) and Otago in the National Provincial Championship and ...

(Hooker, Oxford). * Mark Robinson (Centre, Cambridge). * Tommy Bedford (Oxford) *

Nick Mallett Nicholas Vivian Haward Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also coached the Springboks between 1997 and 2000 and was the ...

(Oxford) * Nick Koster (Flanker, Cambridge) *

Flip van der Merwe Phillip Rudolph van der Merwe (born 3 June 1985 in Potchefstroom) is a South African rugby union rugby player who plays in the lock position for French Top 14 side . Career Free State Cheetahs / Cheetahs Van der Merwe attended Grey Colle ...

(Lock, Cambridge) * Anton van Zyl (Lock, Oxford). * Mathew Guinness-King (Centre, Cambridge). * Gareth Rees (Fly Half, Oxford). * Kevin Tkachuk (Prop, Oxford). * Andrew Bibby (Winger, Oxford). *

Stan McKeen Stan McKeen (born April 9, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian rugby union player. Rugby career McKeen began his rugby career at St. George's School in Vancouver and eventually found himself playing for the UBC Old Boys rugby c ...

(Flanker, Oxford). * Nate Brakeley (Lock, Cambridge). * Raymond Burse (Wing, Oxford). *

Gary Hein Gary Mel Hein (born March 26, 1965 in Los Angeles) is a former American rugby union player. He played as a wing. He is grandson of the late New York Giants player and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mel Hein and son of the pole vaulter Mel Hein Jr., wh ...

(Wing, Oxford). * Don James (Prop, Oxford). * Will Johnson (Prop, Oxford). * Ray Lehner (Prop, Oxford). * Doug Rowe (Scrum Half, Cambridge). *

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(Lock, Oxford). * Kurt Shuman (Fullback, Oxford). 1987 Rugby World Cup winning

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captain David Kirk played in the 1987 and 1988 Varsity Matches after ending his international career to take up a

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at Oxford. Brian Smith represented Australia in the 1987 Rugby World Cup and played in the 1988 and captained 1989 Varsity match for Oxford, before continuing his international career with Ireland 1990–1991. Former

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Joe Roff played in the 2006 and 2007 Varsity Matches for Oxford after retiring from professional rugby, captaining the side in 2007. Five former or current internationals played in the 2008 Varsity Match. The most notable were retired All Black hooker

for Oxford and former Wallaby

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for Cambridge, with Oxford also fielding current

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flanker

and Cambridge fielding former All Black

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Mark Ranby and former USA scrum-half Doug Rowe. Vickerman captained Cambridge in the 2009 Match, in which McKeen and Rowe also played. For the 2015 match,

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and

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centre

played for Cambridge University as he studied for his master's degree in medical science at the university.

Winners

Results and information available on Varsity Match website

Men's

* 1872: Oxford * 1873: Cambridge * 1873: Draw * 1874: Draw * 1875: Oxford * 1876: Cambridge * 1877: Oxford * 1879: Draw * 1880: Cambridge * 1880: Draw * 1881: Oxford * 1882: Oxford * 1883: Oxford * 1884: Oxford * 1885: Cambridge * 1886: Cambridge * 1887: Cambridge * 1888: Cambridge * 1889: Oxford * 1890: Draw * 1891: Cambridge * 1892: Draw * 1893: Oxford * 1894: Draw * 1895: Cambridge * 1896: Oxford * 1897: Oxford * 1898: Cambridge * 1899: Cambridge * 1900: Oxford * 1901: Oxford * 1902: Draw * 1903: Oxford * 1904: Cambridge * 1905: Cambridge * 1906: Oxford * 1907: Oxford * 1908: Draw *

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: Oxford * 1910: Oxford * 1911: Oxford * 1912: Cambridge * 1913: Cambridge * 1914: Not held * 1915: Not held * 1916: Not held * 1917: Not held * 1918: Not held * 1919: Cambridge * 1920: Oxford * 1921: Oxford * 1922: Cambridge * 1923: Oxford * 1924: Oxford * 1925: Cambridge * 1926: Cambridge * 1927: Cambridge * 1928: Cambridge * 1929: Oxford * 1930: Draw * 1931: Oxford * 1932: Oxford * 1933: Oxford * 1934: Cambridge * 1935: Draw * 1936: Cambridge * 1937: Oxford * 1938: Cambridge * 1939: Not held * 1940: Not held * 1941: Not held * 1942: Not held * 1943: Not held * 1944: Not held * 1945: Cambridge * 1946: Oxford * 1947: Cambridge * 1948: Oxford * 1949: Oxford * 1950: Oxford * 1951: Oxford * 1952: Cambridge * 1953: Draw * 1954: Cambridge * 1955: Oxford * 1956: Cambridge * 1957: Oxford * 1958: Cambridge * 1959: Oxford * 1960: Cambridge * 1961: Cambridge * 1962: Cambridge * 1963: Cambridge * 1964: Oxford * 1965: Draw * 1966: Oxford * 1967: Cambridge * 1968: Cambridge * 1969: Oxford * 1970: Oxford * 1971: Oxford * 1972: Cambridge * 1973: Cambridge * 1974: Cambridge * 1975: Cambridge * 1976: Cambridge * 1977: Oxford * 1978: Cambridge * 1979: Oxford * 1980: Cambridge * 1981: Cambridge * 1982: Cambridge * 1983: Cambridge * 1984: Cambridge * 1985: Oxford * 1986: Oxford * 1987: Cambridge * 1988: Oxford * 1989: Cambridge * 1990: Oxford * 1991: Cambridge * 1992: Cambridge * 1993: Oxford * 1994: Cambridge * 1995: Cambridge * 1996: Cambridge * 1997: Cambridge * 1998: Cambridge * 1999: Oxford * 2000: Oxford * 2001: Oxford * 2002: Cambridge * 2003: Draw * 2004: Oxford * 2005: Cambridge * 2006: Cambridge * 2007: Cambridge * 2008: Oxford * 2009: Cambridge * 2010: Oxford * 2011: Oxford * 2012: Oxford * 2013: Oxford * 2014: Oxford * 2015: Oxford * 2016: Cambridge * 2017: Cambridge * 2018: Oxford * 2019: Cambridge * 2020: Not held * 2021: Oxford * 2022: Oxford

By total wins

Women's

* 1988: Cambridge * 1989: Oxford * 1990: Oxford * 1991: Oxford * 1992: Oxford * 1993: Oxford * 1994: Oxford * 1995: Oxford * 1996: Oxford * 1997: Oxford * 1998: Oxford * 1999: Oxford * 2000: Oxford * 2001: Oxford * 2002: Cambridge * 2003: Cambridge * 2004: Oxford * 2005: Cambridge * 2006: Oxford * 2007: Oxford * 2008: Cambridge * 2009: Cambridge * 2010: Cambridge * 2011: Cambridge * 2012: Oxford * 2013: Oxford * 2014: Oxford * 2015: Cambridge (March) & Cambridge (December) * 2016: Oxford * 2017: Cambridge * 2018: Cambridge * 2019: Cambridge * 2020: Not held * 2021: Cambridge * 2022: Match drawn (10-10)

By total wins

References

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History

Referees

Sponsors

Notable participants

Winners

Men's

By total wins

Women's

By total wins

See also

References

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