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England · 2026

The Varsity Match

Data: Oxford University RFC (opens in a new tab) · results after the match · page updated

All-time record

Oxford
63
wins
14
draws
Cambridge
67
wins

144 matches since the first, in 1872.

First match
1872 · Oxford won
Longest winning run
Oxford, 6 in a row (2010–2015)
Last draw
2003
Holders
Oxford (2026)

Year by year

2020s
  1. 2020: not played (the 2020 match was played in July 2021)
  2. 2021: Oxford won 34–7
  3. 2022: Oxford won 21–17
  4. 2023: Cambridge won 15–10
  5. 2024: Cambridge won 56–11
  6. 2025: Cambridge won 35–28
  7. 2026: Oxford won 37–25
2010s
  1. 2010: Oxford won
  2. 2011: Oxford won
  3. 2012: Oxford won
  4. 2013: Oxford won
  5. 2014: Oxford won
  6. 2015: Oxford won
  7. 2016: Cambridge won
  8. 2017: Cambridge won
  9. 2018: Oxford won 38–16
  10. 2019: Cambridge won 15–0
2000s
  1. 2000: Oxford won
  2. 2001: Oxford won
  3. 2002: Cambridge won
  4. 2003: Draw
  5. 2004: Oxford won
  6. 2005: Cambridge won
  7. 2006: Cambridge won
  8. 2007: Cambridge won
  9. 2008: Oxford won
  10. 2009: Cambridge won
1990s
  1. 1990: Oxford won
  2. 1991: Cambridge won
  3. 1992: Cambridge won
  4. 1993: Oxford won
  5. 1994: Cambridge won
  6. 1995: Cambridge won
  7. 1996: Cambridge won
  8. 1997: Cambridge won
  9. 1998: Cambridge won
  10. 1999: Oxford won
1980s
  1. 1980: Cambridge won
  2. 1981: Cambridge won
  3. 1982: Cambridge won
  4. 1983: Cambridge won
  5. 1984: Cambridge won
  6. 1985: Oxford won
  7. 1986: Oxford won
  8. 1987: Cambridge won
  9. 1988: Oxford won
  10. 1989: Cambridge won
1970s
  1. 1970: Oxford won
  2. 1971: Oxford won
  3. 1972: Cambridge won
  4. 1973: Cambridge won
  5. 1974: Cambridge won
  6. 1975: Cambridge won
  7. 1976: Cambridge won
  8. 1977: Oxford won
  9. 1978: Cambridge won
  10. 1979: Oxford won
1960s
  1. 1960: Cambridge won
  2. 1961: Cambridge won
  3. 1962: Cambridge won
  4. 1963: Cambridge won
  5. 1964: Oxford won
  6. 1965: Draw
  7. 1966: Oxford won
  8. 1967: Cambridge won
  9. 1968: Cambridge won
  10. 1969: Oxford won
1950s
  1. 1950: Oxford won
  2. 1951: Oxford won
  3. 1952: Cambridge won
  4. 1953: Draw
  5. 1954: Cambridge won
  6. 1955: Oxford won
  7. 1956: Cambridge won
  8. 1957: Oxford won
  9. 1958: Cambridge won
  10. 1959: Oxford won
1940s
  1. 1940: not played (war)
  2. 1941: not played (war)
  3. 1942: not played (war)
  4. 1943: not played (war)
  5. 1944: not played (war)
  6. 1945: Cambridge won
  7. 1946: Oxford won
  8. 1947: Cambridge won
  9. 1948: Oxford won
  10. 1949: Oxford won
1930s
  1. 1930: Draw
  2. 1931: Oxford won
  3. 1932: Oxford won
  4. 1933: Oxford won
  5. 1934: Cambridge won
  6. 1935: Draw
  7. 1936: Cambridge won
  8. 1937: Oxford won
  9. 1938: Cambridge won
  10. 1939: not played (war)
1920s
  1. 1920: Oxford won
  2. 1921: Oxford won
  3. 1922: Cambridge won
  4. 1923: Oxford won
  5. 1924: Oxford won
  6. 1925: Cambridge won
  7. 1926: Cambridge won
  8. 1927: Cambridge won
  9. 1928: Cambridge won
  10. 1929: Oxford won
1910s
  1. 1910: Oxford won
  2. 1911: Oxford won
  3. 1912: Cambridge won
  4. 1913: Cambridge won
  5. 1914: not played (war)
  6. 1915: not played (war)
  7. 1916: not played (war)
  8. 1917: not played (war)
  9. 1918: not played (war)
  10. 1919: Cambridge won
1900s
  1. 1900: Oxford won
  2. 1901: Oxford won
  3. 1902: Draw
  4. 1903: Oxford won
  5. 1904: Cambridge won
  6. 1905: Cambridge won
  7. 1906: Oxford won
  8. 1907: Oxford won
  9. 1908: Draw
  10. 1909: Oxford won
1890s
  1. 1890: Draw
  2. 1891: Cambridge won
  3. 1892: Draw
  4. 1893: Oxford won
  5. 1894: Draw
  6. 1895: Cambridge won
  7. 1896: Oxford won
  8. 1897: Oxford won
  9. 1898: Cambridge won
  10. 1899: Cambridge won
1880s
  1. 1880: Cambridge won
  2. 1881: Oxford won
  3. 1882: Oxford won
  4. 1883: Oxford won
  5. 1884: Oxford won
  6. 1885: Cambridge won
  7. 1886: Cambridge won
  8. 1887: Cambridge won
  9. 1888: Cambridge won
  10. 1889: Oxford won
1870s
  1. 1872: Oxford won
  2. 1873: Cambridge won · Draw
  3. 1874: Draw
  4. 1875: Oxford won
  5. 1876: Cambridge won
  6. 1877: Oxford won
  7. 1878: Draw *
  8. 1879: Draw
  • Oxford won
  • Cambridge won
  • Draw
  • Not played

Match by match

  1. 2026Oxford37–25Cambridge28 February · StoneX Stadium, London · Will Roddy scored 4 tries
  2. 2025Oxford28–35Cambridge8 March · StoneX Stadium, London
  3. 2024Oxford11–56Cambridge2 March · StoneX Stadium, London · the largest winning margin in the fixture’s history
  4. 2023Oxford10–15Cambridge25 March · Twickenham, London
  5. 2022Oxford21–17Cambridge2 April · Twickenham, London
  6. 2021Oxford34–7Cambridge4 July · Welford Road, Leicester
  7. 2019Oxford0–15Cambridge12 December · Twickenham, London
  8. 2018Oxford38–16Cambridge6 December · Twickenham, London

Where it is played

  • since 2024StoneX Stadium, London
  • 2022–2023Twickenham, London
  • 2021Welford Road, Leicester
  • 1921–2019Twickenham, London
  • 1887–1920Queen's Club, London
  • 1880–1886Rectory Field, Blackheath, and other grounds
  • 1877–1879Kennington Oval, London
  • 1873Parker's Piece, Cambridge
  • 1872University Parks, Oxford

* 1878: not in the organiser’s year-by-year list, though its own totals and the clubs’ count one game more than the list shows, a draw. It is shown here as that draw.

No match was played during the First World War; during the Second, wartime games were played at Oxford and at Cambridge, outside the official series.

Results to 2019: the year-by-year lists published by The Varsity Match Company. Scores since 2018: the match reports linked from each match page. All-time record: Oxford University RFC.