The Varsity Match

In the Men's Match, since the first Meeting in 1864, Oxford have 76 wins, Cambridge 63 with 7 drawn matches.
In the Women's Match, Cambridge have won 32 matches, and Oxford 13 with 1 drawn match, since the first Meeting in 1975.
In the Second Team Men's match, Alverstone hold 39 wins and Centipedes 30. There has been 1 draw, and 1 void.
In the Second Team Women's match, Millipedes have 17 wins, and Alligators 15. There has been 1 tie.

The Varsity Match Handbook may be found here.


Awards | Team and Event Trophies | Results | Records | Statistics | History


AWARDS

Each year various awards are presented at the match:

The Achilles Medal: Two medals, usually for track and field events respectively, are awarded annually to the Achilles Club member adjudged by the Committee to have accomplished the best performances during the year.
Current holder: Louise Shanahan (Cambridge) 800m 2.03.17
Sam Trigg-Petrovic (Oxford) Triple Jump
Christina Nick (Oxford) Discus 50.84m (2021)


The Le Touquet Baton: Awarded to the most improved athlete.
Current holder: Adahna Ekoku (Oxford) (2022)

The Susan Dennler Cup: Awarded for the best performance in the Oxford v. Cambridge Sports (Ladies Match). Susan Dennler was the sole female athlete of national standard at Oxford during the 1960's.
Current holder: Phoebe Barker (Cambridge) (2022)

The Paul Gomme Trophy is awarded for the best performance in the Field Events Match until 1989 and thereafter for the best performance in a throwing event in any inter-varsity competition during the year. Paul Gomme, winner of the Shot Put at the Varsity Matches of 1979 and 1980, died of cancer in 1983.
Current holder: Johanna Schoenecker (Cambridge) (2022)

The Drake Digby Memorial Trophy: Awarded for best performance in Men's Varsity Match.
Current holder: Sam Clarke (Cambridge) (2022)

Steven Stuart Trophy: The Steven Stuart Trophy has been awarded since 2007 to the second team athlete who produced the most memorable (not necessarily best) performance of the match.
Current holder: Emily Carroll (Oxford) (2022)

The Achilles Trophy: Awarded for an outstanding contribution to Oxford and Cambridge athletics.
Current holder: Louise Shanahan (Cambridge) (2022)

Previous holders of each title may be viewed on the Awards page.

TEAM AND EVENT TROPHIES

Each year, the following trophies are awarded to the winning teams:
The Derek Steel Trophy: Millipedes v Alligators Match.
The Graham Goddard Trophy: Centipedes v Alverstones Match.
The Women's Varsity Match Trophy: Women's Varsity Match.
The CN Jackson Trophy: Men's Varsity Match.

In addition, the following trophies are awarded to the winners of certain events:

Roger Lane Trophy: Awarded to the winner of the Men's Javelin.
Current holder: Caspar Whitehead (O) 56.34

Carole Morris Trophy: Awarded to the winner of the Women's Javelin.
Current holder: Abigail Jones (O) 36.45

RESULTS

2023 Oxford 108 - 102
2022 Cambridge 121 - 91
2021 Cambridge 123 - 85
2019 Oxford 113 - 88
2018 Oxford 118 - 93
2017 Oxford 115 - 96
2016 Cambridge 109-102
2015 Cambridge 118-94
2014 Oxford 108-104
2013 Cambridge 112-98
2012 Cambridge 107-104
2011 Cambridge 134 - 76
2010 Cambridge 112½ - 99½
2009 Cambridge 129½ - 80½
2008 Oxford 116 - 96
2007 Cambridge 130 - 82
2006 Oxford 112½ - 99½
2005 Oxford 110 - 102
2004 Oxford 113 - 99
2003 Oxford 113 - 99
2002 Oxford 113 - 96
2001 Oxford 114 - 97
2000 Oxford 110 -102
1999 Oxford 110 - 102
1998 Oxford 111 - 109
1997 Cambridge 113 - 109
1996 Oxford 134 - 89
1995 Oxford 123 - 100
1994 Oxford 124 - 98
1993 Cambridge 113 - 108
1992 Oxford 115 - 105
1991 Cambridge 120 - 103
1990 Oxford 121 - 102
1989 Oxford 135 - 87
1988 Cambridge 119½ - 102½
1987 Oxford 111½ - 107½
1986 Oxford 124 - 97
1985 Oxford 114 - 96
1984 Oxford 125 - 87
1983 Oxford 110 - 102
1982 Cambridge 115 - 94
1981 Cambridge 110 - 101
1980 Oxford 110 - 102
1979 Cambridge 113 - 98
1978 Oxford 112 - 100
1977 Cambridge 114 - 98
1976 Cambridge 114 - 97
1975 Cambridge 111 - 99
1974 Oxford 115 - 78
1973 Drawn 97 - 97
1972 Oxford 99 - 95
1971 Oxford 96 - 91
1970 Oxford 106 - 80
1969 Oxford 105½ - 81½
1968 Oxford 90 - 63
1967 Oxford 101 - 52
2023 Oxford 109 - 102
2022 Oxford 106 - 106
2021 Cambridge 107.5 - 95.5
2019 Oxford 102 - 99
2018 Oxford 112 - 100
2017 Oxford 101 - 99
2016 Cambridge 104 - 97
2015 Cambridge 113 - 87
2014 Cambridge 110 - 89
2013 Cambridge 104 - 96
2012 Oxford 102 - 97
2011 Cambridge 119 - 81
2010 Cambridge 112 - 89
2009 Oxford 102 - 99
2008 Oxford 109 - 90
2007 Oxford 95 - 93
2006 Oxford 102 - 88
2005 Cambridge 99 - 91
2004 Cambridge 102 - 88
2003 Cambridge 100 - 90
2002 Oxford 95 - 92
2001 Cambridge 117 - 61
2000 Cambridge 96 - 83
1999 Oxford 90 - 89
1998 Cambridge 98½ - 78½
1997 Cambridge 93 - 86
1996 Oxford 97 - 82
1995 Cambridge 90 - 89
1994 Cambridge 91 - 88
1993 Cambridge 96 - 83
1992 Cambridge 80 - 77
1991 Oxford 95 - 62
1990 Oxford 88 - 69
1989 Cambridge 84 - 73
1988 Cambridge 97 - 60
1987 Cambridge 93 - 64
1986 Cambridge 89 - 67
1985 Cambridge 80 - 77
1984 Cambridge 69 - 65
1983 Cambridge 66 - 62
1982 Cambridge 79 - 49
1981 Cambridge 73 - 55
1980 Cambridge 78 - 50
1979 Cambridge 75 - 53
1978 Cambridge 72 - 55
1977 Oxford 66 - 62
1976 Cambridge 67 - 61
1975 Cambridge 67 - 61
7.5.2023 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 106.5 - 104.5
8.5.2022 Iffley Road Centipedes 120 - 92
4.7.2021 Lee Valley Centipedes 10 - 10
18.5.2019 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 110 - 91
19.5.2018 Iffley Road Centipedes 118 - 94
14.5.2017 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 121½ - 90½
7.5.2016 Iffley Road Centipedes 109 - 102
16.5.2015 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 102 - 110
17.5.2014 Iffley Road Alverstone 103 - 109
18.5.2013 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 90 - 121
19.5.2012 Iffley Road Alverstone 103 - 109
21.5.2011 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 81 - 131
15.5.2010 Iffley Road Alverstone 99 - 113
16.5.2009 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 76 - 134
17.5.2008 Iffley Road Alverstone 102 - 108
19.5.2007 Iffley Road Alverstone 99½ - 111½
20.5.2006 Iffley Road No result [Cent 106 - Alv 105]*
21.5.2005 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 108 - 101
15.5.2004 Iffley Road Centipedes 116 - 96
17.5.2003 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 96 - 114
18.5.2002 Iffley Road Centipedes 113½ - 97½
19.5.2001 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 113½ - 90½
20.5.2000 Iffley Road Alverstone 104 - 107
15.5.1999 Wilberforce Road Centipedes 111 - 100
16.5.1998 Iffley Road Alverstone 83 - 134
17.5.1997 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 105 - 118
18.5.1996 Iffley Road Centipedes 126 - 94
20.5.1995 Wilberforce Road Alverstone 107 - 115
14.5.1994 Iffley Road Alverstone 103½ - 116½
15.5.1993 Iffley Road Centipedes 122 - 98
16.5.1992 Iffley Road Alverstone 109 - 112
18.5.1991 Iffley Road Alverstone 92 - 131
19.5.1990 Iffley Road Alverstone 100 - 122
20.5.1989 Iffley Road Centipedes 115 - 107
14.5.1988 Iffley Road Alverstone 102 - 120
16.5.1987 Iffley Road Alverstone 101 - 114
17.5.1986 Iffley Road Centipedes 128 - 94
18.5.1985 Iffley Road Centipedes 132 - 79
19.5.1984 Iffley Road Centipedes 116 - 92
14.5.1983 Iffley Road Centipedes 112½ - 98½
15.5.1982 Iffley Road Alverstone 103 - 106
16.5.1981 Iffley Road Centipedes 116 - 96
10.5.1980 Iffley Road Centipedes 108 - 101
12.5.1979 Iffley Road Centipedes 130 - 82
13.5.1978 Iffley Road Centipedes 121 - 88
14.5.1977 Iffley Road Centipedes 108 - 93
19.5.1976 Crystal Palace Centipedes 115 95
14.5.1975 West London Centipedes 114 96
16.5.1974 West London Centipedes 96 95
19.5.1973 Crystal Palace Centipedes 96 92
6.5.1972 Crystal Palace Alverstone 89 103
15.5.1971 Crystal Palace Alverstone 71 115
18.5.1970 Milton Road Centipedes 98 88
12.5.1969 Iffley Road Centipedes 111 72
13.5.1968 Milton Road Alverstone 58 95
8.5.1967 Iffley Road Centipedes 86½66½
9.5.1966 Milton Road ? **
10.5.1965 Iffley Road Alverstone 67 86
11.5.1964 Milton Road Alverstone 59 94
13.5.1963 Iffley Road Alverstone 51 102
26.5.1962 Milton Road Alverstone 46 88
1961 Iffley Road Alverstone ? ?
?23.5.1960 ? Alverstone 42 93
8.6.1959 Iffley Road Centipedes 83 52
27.5.1958 Fenners Alverstone ? ?
1957 Iffley Road Alverstone 63 72
7.5.2023 Alligators 106 - 102
8.5.2022 Millipedes 117 - 87
4.7.2021 Alligators 16 - 2
18.5.2019 Millipedes 110 - 89
19.5.2018 Millipedes 116 - 95
14.5.2017 Millipedes 106½ - 94½
17.5.2016 Millipedes 102 - 99
16.5.2015 Alligators 113 - 87
17.5.2014 Alligators 116 - 84
18.5.2013 Alligators 110½ - 89½
19.5.2012 Millipedes 115 - 85
21.5.2011 Alligators 117½ - 83½
15.5.2010 Alligators 122 - 76
16.5.2009 Alligators 114 - 87
17.5.2008 Millipedes 98 - 96
19.5.2007 Alligators 114 - 84
20.5.2006 Millipedes 105 - 94
21.5.2005 Alligators 105 - 92
15.5.2004 Millipedes 108 - 80
17.5.2003 Alligators 114½ - 62½
18.5.2002 Alligators 96 - 83
19.5.2001 Alligators 109 - 69
20.5.2000 Millipedes 95 - 76
15.5.1999 Millipedes 98 - 80
16.5.1998 Millipedes 106 - 71
17.5.1997 Alligators 105 - 74
18.5.1996 Millipedes 107 - 69
20.5.1995 Millipedes 100 - 78
14.5.1994 Millipedes 104 - 72
15.5.1993 Tie 88 - 88
16.5.1992 Alligators 86 - 67
18.5.1991 Alligators 88 - 67
19.5.1990 Millipedes 88 - 68
20.5.1989 Millipedes 91 - 66

RECORDS

100y 9.6yw P.A. Egom (Cam) 7.5.1966
100m 10.6w S.H. White (Oxf) 16.5.1974
200m 21.0yw A.P. Metcalfe (Oxf) 12.5.1962
400m 46.0y W.A. Mottley (Cam) 7.5.1966
800m 1:48.5 P.J. Lewis (Oxf) 9.5.1970
1500m 3:43.1 S.J. Mugglestone (Oxf) 19.5.1990
Mile 3:58.9 S.J. Mugglestone (Oxf) 19.5.1990
5000m 13:51.8 J.N. Goater (Oxf) 19.5.1973
110mh 14.1 J.P. Ridgeon (Cam) 14.5.1988
200mh 23.5 J.P. Ridgeon (Cam) 14.5.1988
400mh 52.12 S.A. Green (Cam) 18.5.2002
Steeplechase 8:47.4 J.R. Rix (Cam) 9.5.1970
High Jump 2.20 J. Brierley (Oxf) 17.5.1997
Pole Vault 5.01 A. Meillis (Oxf) 19.5.2018
Long Jump 7.62 S. Walker (Oxf) 15.5.1993
G. Davies (Oxf) 14.5.1994
Triple Jump 15.41 S. Trigg (Oxf) 16.5.2015
Shot 19.94 G. Johnson ((Oxf) 17.5.2008
Discus 55.13 G. Johnson (Oxf) 17.5.2008
Hammer 63.88 M. Painter (Cam) 16.5.2015
Javelin (old) 68.50 R.A. Lane (Oxf) 14.5.1960
Javelin (new) 67.14 A. Hatton (Oxf) 16.5.1992
3000m walk 13:00.6 T. Berrett (Oxf) 17.5.1986
4x100m 41.9 Roberts, Conteh, Dale, Williams (Cam) 6.5.1972
4x400m 3:16.0 Llewelyn, Keenleyside, Burton, Hemery (Cam) 15.5.1982
100m 11.95 E. Cullen (Cam) 16.5.2015
200m 24.30 A. Kaye (Cam) 16.5.2015
400m 55.88 L. Shanahan (Cam) 8.5.2022
800m 2:08.7 E. O'Hare (Oxf) 17.5.1997
E. O'Hare (Oxf) 16.5.1998
E. Leggate (Cam) 19.5.2001
1500m 4:21.2 J. Dering (Oxf) 18.5.1991
Mile 4:49.04 N. Taschimowicz (Cam) 15.5.2010
3000m 9:17.4 J. Dering (Oxf) 18.5.1991
5000m 16.34.69 P. Barker (Cam) 8.5.2022
100mh 13.86 P. Agbo (Cam) 19.5.2007
400mh 61.88 K.L. Taylor (Cam) 178.5.2003
2km Steeplechase 7:00.67 P. Keen (Cam) 21.5.2011
High Jump 1.80 G. Howard (Cam) 19.5.1990
Pole Vault 3.50 C. Blattler (Oxf) 21.5.2011
Long Jump 6.28 R. Irving (Cam) 14.5.1994
Triple Jump 12.51 P. Agbo (Cam) 19.5.2007
Shot 12.83 F. Brown (Cam) 16.5.2015
Discus 48.42 S. Winckless (Cam) 20.5.1995
Hammer 50.14 H. Broadbridge (Cam) 17.5.2014
Javelin (old) 41.18 H. Wills (Oxf) 19.5.1990
Javelin (new) 43.48 J. Schoenecker (Cam) 8.5.2022
4x100m 48.05 LeGeyt, Cooke, Curling, Stockbridge (Cam) 18.5.2002
4x400m 3:54.9 Burgis, Normand, Cutler, Jordan (Cam) 16.5.1992
100y 10.0 ? A.N. Other 1959
G.A. Tarrant (C) 1963
Atkinson 1963
Lewis 1963
Powell 1965
100m 11.0 A. Brown (O) 1974
200m 21.9y G.A. Tarrant (C) 1963
400m 49.6y Bliss 1956
S. Miller (C) 1963
49.6m W. Bogan (O) 1973
800m 1:53.3 M. Wingfield (C) 1970
1500m 3:59.3 R. Ward (C) 1970
Mile 4:18.2 Evans 1963
2 miles 9:29.4 Cumming 1960
3 miles 14:28.2 Walsh 1962
Lawson 1962
5000m 14:41.0 G. Dugdale (O) 1973
120y/110mh 15.2y C. Carrington (O) 1955
200mh 24.79 E. Guaschino (O) 2012
400mh 56.1 W. Mansell (O) 1991
Steeplechase 9:23.4 R. O'Brien (O) 1972
High Jump 2.00 J. Roney (C) 1982
Pole Vault 4.15 F Bunbury (C) 2014
Long Jump 7.03 Walker 1953
Triple Jump 13.97 D. Adu (C) 1965
Shot 13.90 S. Young (O) 1964
Discus 41.80 D. Roscoe (O) 1964
Hammer 49.73 J.Lange (C) 2015
Javelin (new) 60.27 A Bogrand (O) 2010
3000m walk 14:37.4 C. Goodfellow (O) 1986
4 x 100m 43.6 Alverstone (Adeyeme, Ekpe,Collins, Kenyon) 2007
4 x 400m 03:20.8 Alverstone 1991
100m 12.5 C. Parkes (C) 1988
200m 26.2 C. Parkes (C) 1988
400m 60.03 E.Binner (O) 2008
800m 2:19.90 K. Hatinova (O) 2022
1500m 4:47.5 J. Larsen (O) 1989
Mile 4:58.44 A. Garner (O) 2022
3000m 10:34.0 E. Sokell (O) 1990
5000m 17:36.11 L. Major (O) 2022
100mh 15.8 N. Siddall (C) 1997
200mh 32.20 J. Johnson (O) 2022
400mh 66.19 L. Cook (C) 2016
2000m s/c 7:16.67 E. Carroll (O) 2022
High Jump 1.70 E. Perkins (C) 2014
Pole Vault 2.90 E. Delaria (C) 2014
Long Jump 5.57 E. Perkins (C) 2014
Triple Jump 11.39 E. Perkins (C) 2014
Shot 10.56 K. Sibbit (C) 2006
Discus 30.16 C. Brown (O) 2008
Hammer 37.24 J. Richards (O) 2013
Javelin (old) 31.16 S. Kilroy (C) 1991
Javelin (new) 33.74 D Etiebet (C) 2006
4 x 100m 50.88 Alligators 2014
4 x 400m 4:08.82 Millipedes 2022

STATISTICS

Men's Blues
Scoring was by event between 1864 and 1937. Points scoring (5,3,1) was introduced in 1938, with the current system of 5,3,2,1 introduced in 1969. The highest point score was by the Oxford team from 1989, while Cambridge won by the biggest ever margin in 2011, winning 17 events to Oxford's 3.
The record number of individual wins here is 13 by Dwayne Heard (Oxford) in 7 years: the 200m in 1986, the long jump in 1983-1989, and the triple jump in 1984, 1985 and 1987-89. Pierre Faber (Oxford) won 12 events in 4 years: the pole vault in 1996 and 1997, the high jump in 1996, the shot and discus in 1996-1999, and the hammer in 1999.
The most individual wins in one match is 5 by Jon Ridgeon (Cambridge) in 1988: 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m hurdles and 200m hurdles. Bob Tisdall (Cambridge) won 4 of the 11 events then on the programme in 1931: 120y hurdles, 440y, shot and long jump. Fraser Thompson (Oxford) in 2004 won three distance events, 800m, 1500m and 5000m, a feat unique in the men's match.

Women's Blues
Cambridge managed 12 wins in a row from 1978 to 1989, unprecedented in either match. The record victory margin is from their 2001 victory by 117 to 61, nearly doubling Oxford's score.
The record number of individual wins is by Phyllis Agbo (Cambridge) who recorded 18 wins over three years as below, and in 2007 recorded (then) 4 individual match records. Ellen Leggate, nee O'Hare, won 13 times: 6 events for Oxford (800m from 1997 to 2000, and 1500m in 1997 and 2000) and 7 events for Cambridge (800m and 1500m from 2001 to 2003, and 5000m in 2001): the distance treble in 2001 is unique in the women's match: having first set the 800m match record in 1997, she equalled it precisely in two subsequent matches. Rebecca Lewis (Cambridge) won 11 events over 3 years: the 100m in 1997 and 1999, the 200m in 1998, the 100m hurdles in 1997, the long jump in 1997 and 1998, the shot in 1997-99, and the javelin in 1997 and 1998. Emma Perkins (Cambridge) won 11 events over 7 years.
The most individual wins in one match is 7 by Phyllis Agbo in 2007 (100m, 200m, 100m hurdles, long jump, triple jump, shot and javelin): in 2006 she won 6 events (100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump, shot and javelin), and in 2005 she won 5 events(100m, 200m, 100m hurdles, long jump and shot put). Rebecca Lewis won 5 events in 1997 (100m, 100m hurdles, long jump, shot put and javelin).

Men's Second Team Match
Measurements became metric in 1970. Since 1971 this match has been held concurrently with the Blues match. *The 1966 result of this match is not known. The 2006 result was declared void following score keeping error.


HISTORY

The year 1864 has been described as the birth date of modern organised athletics. The scene of the birth was Christ Church Ground, Oxford; the occasion was on Saturday, 5th March when the first Oxford and Cambridge Sports were held, and the players were 28 unsuspecting undergraduates. The result was a tie with 4 events each. So was born the oldest dual athletics contest in the world. The final results are interesting to compare against the highwater marks achieved during the subsequent matches. It should at all times be remembered that the Sports were until 1959 a March/April event (except in 1895 and 1898) and hence often blighted by cold and wet weather.

The first minute book of the O.U.A.C. remarkably still survives. It was sent in 1954 in a parcel from Canada by the headmaster of a school in British Columbia to Dr. R.G. Bannister. This precious book had been converted into a personal scrapbook by the 1866 President of the O.U.A.C. The record is clear that, although held at Oxford, much of the credit for arranging the first match must go to R.E. Webster (later Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England) of Cambridge.

The Early Years 1864-68 (Running Match Score (1868): Oxford 1, Cambridge 3, and 1 tie)
The second match was held at Fenner's, Cambridge, where the hosts won by 6-3 a revised programme, from which the 200 yards hurdles and the steeplechase were dropped and a two miles (to be changed in 1868 to three miles), putting the 16 lb. weight and throwing the cricket ball were added.
When Oxford had the Sports back again in 1866, throwing the hammer was substituted for the cricket ball. In 1867 and 1868 a "neutral" ground was chosen at Beaufort House, London which had a cinder path. In the latter year Oxford won the encounter for the first time.

Lillie Bridge 1869-1887 (Running Match Score (1887): Oxford 11, Cambridge 12 and 1 tie)
The Sports settled down with an unchanged programme for 19 years at this new London home. Highlights were the amazing cat jump style clearance of 6 ft. 21/2in. by Marshall Brooks (Ox.) in 1876 which stood as a series record for 72 years; and E.J. Davies' (Camb.) world best, a record of 22 ft. 10 1/2 in. in the long jump in 1874.

The Old (3 laps) Track at Queen's Club 1888-1914 (Running Match Score (1914): Oxford 22, Cambridge 25, and 4 ties.)
The Sports become thoroughly established at Queen's Club (Barons Court), London for the next 36 occasions up to 1928. Except for the institution of the half-mile in 1899 (temporarily dropped for 1902 only) the programme remained unchanged until 1922.
Milers were among the greatest heroes of the late Victorian era with Oxford's F.J.K. Cross lowering the record in 1889 to 4 min. 23.6 sec. at his fourth attempt and W. Pollock-Hill (Ox.) promptly lopping 2 sec. off that record next year.
Cambridge replied in 1894 with W.E. Lutyens' 4 min. 19.8 sec. Probably Britain's greatest ever all rounder, C.B. Fry (Ox.), added lustre to the Sports with a record long jump of 23 ft. 5 in. (11/2 in. inside his week-old world's best performance) in 1892.
Into Edwardian days R.W. Barclay (Camb.) became the first athlete to record six track wins with a 100 yards - 440 yards double in 1902, 1903 and 1904. Next year C. C. Henderson-Hamilton (Ox.) later to be killed in the 1914-18 War, set a famous mile record of 4 min. 17.8 sec., which remarkably withstood all assaults, including those of J.E. Lovelock, until R.G. Bannister's third win of 1949.
From 1908 until the First World War was predominantly a Cambridge era. The outstanding names were those of K. G. Macleod (100 yards); K. Powell (hurdles); P. J. Baker (half and one mile); the sprinters D. Macmillan and H. M. Macintosh, and the most versatile man in the history of the Sports, H. S. O. Ashington. He won the half mile, the high hurdles (twice), the high jump, the long jump (thrice), and even ran in the 1911 mile. Oxford recovered their mile dominance with the 1912-13-14 victories of the Olympic champion A. N. S. Jackson, while in 1914 G. M. Sproule set a 3 mile record, which stood for 35 years.

The New (4 laps) Track at Queen's Club 1920-28 (Running Match Score (1928): Oxford 25, Cambridge 29, and 6 ties.)
The Sports revived miraculously after the war with Cambridge personalities tending to dominate them, but with Oxford wins in 1920, 1923, and 1925 and exciting ties in 1921 and 1924. The sprinter, Harold Abrahams, achieved the remarkable record total of eight individual wins. Other personalities contributing three or more track wins for the Light Blues were miler H. B. Stallard; the double Olympic 800 metres champion D. G. A. Lowe; Lord Burghley with a hurdles double for 3 successive years; and sprinter J. W. J. Rinkel. Oxford kept her end up with the sprinter A. E. Porritt; a succession of winning three milers; and solid achievement in most of the field events. In 1922 the 220 yards low hurdles was added to the programme and throwing the hammer omitted. The next year the pole vault was included.

Stamford Bridge and the White City 1929-37 (Running Match Score (1937): Oxford 27 Cambridge 36, and 6 ties.)
The Sports moved, after a three-year stay at Stamford Bridge, to their seventh venue, the White City, in 1932, in which year Cambridge recorded their seventh successive victory. R. M. N. Tisdall created great interest in 1931 when he set a record by winning four events - the 440 yards, the high hurdles, the long jump, and the shot putt. Oxford came back with wins in 1933-34, thanks notably to a double triple by the American C. F. Stanwood in the two hurdles and the high jump; the record-breaking half miling of his compatriot, N. P. Hallowell; and the miling of the New Zealander, J. E. Lovelock.
Cambridge won the next three sports with A. G. K. Brown and the massive Turkish shot putter, A. Irfan, making outstanding contributions.

Point Scoring Arrives 1938-39 (Running Match Score (1939): Oxford 29, Cambridge 36 and 6 ties.)
After much heated debate, points scoring (5 for a win, 3 for second and 1 for third) arrived. So also did the discus and javelin events. Oxford won the first points match by 3 points, the narrowest margin yet and the next easily by 35 points.

The Post-War Era 1946-63 (Running Match Score after 100 years: Oxford 41, Cambridge 42 and 6 ties.)
The Sports were revived in 1946 (temporarily without the pole vault) following a series of unofficial war-time matches. The Programme was extended by the addition of the 220 yards in 1947; the triple jump in 1959; and the 440 yards hurdles and 3,000 metres steeplechase in 1963, to bring the total of events up to 17. Cambridge won in 1946 and 1947, and then Oxford embarked on ten successive years of victory with public interest heightened notably by the performances of R. G. Bannister and C. J. Chataway, who won the mile from 1947 to 1953, and D. J. N. Johnson who won the quater/half mile double in 1954, 1955 and 1956 and took his seventh event by winning the mile in 1957.
Much interest centred on whether Cambridge could produce a miler to break Oxford's long post-war sequence of victories. At last, in 1961, H. J. Elliott, the Australian world record holder, broke the spell in the comparatively modest time of 4 min 7.2 sec.
In 1962 A. Metcalfe of Oxford recorded a dazzling triple over the 100, 200, and 440 yards in times of 9.7 sec., 21.0 sec., and 47.0 sec, - all new match records; while in 1963 T. N. Blodgett - that rarity, a Yank at Cambridge - won both high and low hurdles and the pole vault, all three with match record performances, and took the javelin throw for good measure.

The Twenty Five Years 1964-1988
Metcalfe continued to shine in 1964. Then in the next two years Wendell Mottley, bronze medallist behind Metcalfe's silver in the 1964 Olympic 4x400 metres relay, set magnificent match records of 46.3 and 46.0 for the quarter mile. This golden era of one lap running continued with Martin Winbolt Lewis' three wins from 1967-1969.
As the league system and club athletics flourished, so during the late '60's the Varsity Sports slipped from public prominence. A more intimate environment for the match became desirable, and after the White City closed, following brief sojourns at Crystal Palace and then at West London Stadium, the match has since been held at Iffley Road, Oxford (pending the long-awaited construction of an all-weather track at Cambridge).
Although Oxford dominated during the 10 years to the mid 70's with Phil Lewis, Steve White and Julian Goater to the fore, the match continued to be as fiercely contested as ever. Olympic Champion David Hemery won the high hurdles for Oxford in 1970, but it was his brother John, appearing for both Universities in the course of time, who has left the greater mark on the Match's record books. Having tied the match in 1973, after Peter Arbuthnot snatched the 4x100m relay on the line, Cambridge finally reversed 10 years without a win in 1975 and stayed ahead for three years with teams which included Tony Shiret (who set a record number of individual wins in 3 appearances) and Gordon Wood (whose 400m hurdles/100m double within 30 minutes in 1976 was exceptional).
From 1972, the mens' second team match, Centipedes (Oxford) v. Alverstone (Cambridge) was incorporated in the Sports, as at last, in 1975, was the first Women's Match, joined by Women's second teams (Millipedes and Alligators) in 1987. During this period the men's programme was expanded to include the Hammer (absent since 1921), the short and the long relay, and the 3000m Walk.
In the 105 years before Trevor Llewelyn came up in 1981, the high jump record had advanced just 13cm/5" from Marshall Brooks' world record 1.89/6'2 1/2" in 1876, to John Ellicock's 2.02/6'7 1/2" in 1971. In the space of 3 years Llewelyn added 16cm/6 1/4", taking the record to 7 ft and beyond, culminating in 7'1 3/4"/2.18, and triggering a golden period of Oxbridge high-jumping continued by Phil McDonnell and Mike Powell.
Meanwhile in the horizontal jumps, Dwayne Heard also broke new ground, erasing long-standing records in both the Long Jump and the Triple Jump, and over a 6 year period scoring more individual wins, 11, than anyone in the history of the match. The late 80's brought us to the Ridgeon era. In 1988 he achieved a record 5 individual wins for Cambridge, including match records in both the 110m hurdles and the 200m hurdles. Oxford, too, had an outstanding athlete in Simon Mugglestone, who set a new record at 1500m in 1988, as well as winning the 5000m.