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Varsity Match 1500m Men

Oxford 68 wins; Cambridge 55 wins.
Record number of wins 4 F.J.K. Cross (1886-89), W.E. Lutyens (1892-95), R.G. Bannister (1947-50), S.J. Mugglestone (1988-91)

Mile

1865

R.E. Webster

Trinity

4:44.25 Record

1864

C.B. Lawes

Trinity

4:56.0

1866

J.W. Laing

Christ Church

4:46.0

1867

S.G. Scott

Magdalen

4:40.4 Record

1868

W.C. Gibbs

Jesus

4:31.75 Record

1869

E. Royds

Trinity Hall

4:35.0

1870

R.H. Benson

Balliol

4:32.4

1871

T.Christie

Lincoln

4:35.0

1872

T.Christie

Lincoln

4:38.4

1873

C.F. Gunton

Trinity

4:28.6 Record

1874

E.A. Sandford

Christ Church

4:39.2

1875

E.A. Sandford

Christ Church

4:34.8

1876

E.R.J. Nicolls

Christ Church

4:27.2 Record

1877

W. Cunliffe

Trinity

4:32.8

1878

D.L.Clarke

Magdalen

4:31.4

1879

B.R. Wise

Queen's

4:34.6

1880

B.R.Wise

Queen's

4:28.8

1881

T.E. Wells

Magdalen

4:36.2

1882

T.E. Wells

Magdalen

4:30.8

1883

W.M.D.La Touche

Pembroke

4:34.8

1884

G.E.H. Pratt

St. John's

4:26.4 Record

1885

E.R. Holland

Pembroke

4:37.6

1886

F.J.K. Cross

New

4:28.6

1887

F.J.K. Cross

New

4:25.4 Record

1888

F.J.K. Cross

New

4:29.4

1889

F.J.K. Cross

New

4:23.6 Record

1890

W. Pollock-Hill

Keble

4:21.6 Record

1891

B.C. Allen

Corpus Christi

4:26.6 Record

1892

W.E.Lutyens

Sidney Sussex

4:24.6

1893

W.E. Lutyens

Sidney Sussex

4:22.0

1894

W.E. Lutyens

Sidney Sussex

4:19.8

1895

W.E. Lutyens

Sidney Sussex

4:23.4

1896

H.F. Howard

Trinity Hall

4:29.4

1897

H.F. Howard

Trinity Hall

4:27.6

1898

A. Danson

Balliol

4:25.8

1899

A. Hunter

Trinity

4:35.0

1990

F.G. Cockshott

Trinity

4:28.6

1901

F.G. Cockshott

Trinity

4:26.8

1902

E.L. Gay-Roberts

Queen's

4:25.8

1903

H.W. Gregson

Christ's

4:27.4

1904

H.W. Gregson

Christ's

4:20.0

1905

C.C. Henderson- Hamilton

Trinity

4:17.8 Record

1906

A.R. Welsh

Trinity

4:21.2

1907

S.P.L. Lloyd

Magdalen

4:28.0

1908

S.P.L. Lloyd

Magdalen

4:29.8

1909

P.J. Baker

King's

4:27.6

1910

W. Gavin

Trinity

4:26.8

1911

P.J.Baker

King's

4:29.4

1912

A.N.S. Jackson

B.N.C.

4:21.4

1913

A.N.S. Jackson

B.N.C

4:24.2

1914

A.N.S. Jackson

B.N.C.

4:23.2

1920

H.B. Stallard

Caius

4:27.6

1921

H.B. Stallard

Caius

4:22.0

1922

H.B. Stallard

Caius

4:22.4

1923

W.R. Milligan

University

4:25.0

1924

D.G.A. Lowe

Pembroke

4:33.2

1925

R.S. Starr

Christ's

4:30.8

1926

R.S. Starr

Christ's

4:27.6

1927

F.L. Hamer

Christ's

4:35.6

1928

C.E.G. Green

Christ's

4:25.4

1929

C.E.G. Green

Christ's

4:22.2

1930

J.F. Cornes

Corpus Christi

4:22.4

1931

J.F. Cornes

Corpus Christi

4:29.2

1932

J.F. Cornes

Corpus Christi

4:22.4

 

J.E. Lovelock

Exeter

 

1933

J.E. Lovelock

Exeter

4:18.0

1934

J.E. Lovelock

Exeter

4:23.6

 

A.B. Leach

Balliol

 

1935

J.C. Stothard

Caius

4:23.2

1936

E.L. Ellis

St.Catharine's

4:22.0

1937

C.A.J. Emery

Emmanuel

4:22.2

1938

R.A. Crossley-

   
 

Holland

Jesus

4:24.4

1939

B.F. Brearley

Emmanuel

4:24.8

1946

N.M. Green

Magdalen

4:33.8

1947

R.G. Bannister

Exeter

4:30.8

1948

R.G. Bannister

Exeter

4:23.4

1949

R.G. Bannister

Exeter

4:16.2 Record

1950

R.G. Bannister

Exeter

4:14.8 Record

1951

C.J. Chataway

Magdalen

4:16.4

1952

C.J. Chataway

Magdalen

4:10.2 Record

1953

C.J. Chataway

Magdalen

4:08.4 Record

1954

C.F. Dole

University

4:15.2

1955

I.H. Boyd

B.N.C.

4:09.0

1956

A.D. Gordon

Magdalen

4:06.2 Record

1957

D.J.N. Johnson

Lincoln

4:06.2 Record

1958

J. Winch

Pembroke

4:10.2

1959

S.H. James

B.N.C.

4:05.1 Record

1960

R. Thorn

Exeter

4:09.9

1961

H.J. Elliott

Jesus

4:07.2

1962

R. Bell

B.N.C.

4:07.2

1963

J.P. Boulter

Queens'

4:13.0

1964

D.J. Ross

Trinity

4:14.6

1965

D.J. Ross

Trinity

4:11.9

1966

G. McBride

St. Peter's

4:11.0

1967

J. Godding

St. Peter's

4:11.0

1968

J.R. Rix

Clare

4:10.3

1969

R.A. Steele

New

4:08.8

1500 Metres

1970

P.L. Thomas

St. John's

3:46.1 Record

1971

R.A. Steele

New

3:50.7

1972

P.J. Lewis

Lincoln

3:50.5

1973

R.A. Steele

New

3:56.0

1974

J.N. Goater

St. Edmund Hall

3:52.4

1975

J.N. Goater

St. Edmund Hall

3:52.0

1976

P.C.T. Monk

Queens'

3:58.3

1977

M.S. Wilson

Selwyn

3:55.1

1978

C.A. Masback

Trinity

3:47.0

1979

C.A. Masback

Trinity

3:58.6

1980

D.N. Leach

Emmanuel

4:05.7

1981

N.D.B. Dorey

New

3:55.9

1982

S.M.C. Moore

Christ's

3:53.6

1983

D.N. Leach

Emmanuel

3:53.8

1984

D.N. Leach

Emmanuel

4:00.5

1985

J.D. Barton

Magdalene

4:01.8

1986

J.D. Barton

Magdalene

3:55.1

1987

A.P. Geddes

B.N.C.

3:49.2

1988

S.J. Mugglestone

Hertford

3:45.2 Record

1989

S.J. Mugglestone

Hertford

3:52.7

1990

S.J. Mugglestone

Hertford

3:43.1 Record: en route Mile 3:58.9 Record

1991

S.J. Mugglestone

Worcester

3:45.4

1992

D. Bond

Churchill

3:58.3

1993

M. Byers

Queen's

3:59.3

1994

A. Barber

Caius

4:12.5

1995

A. Barber

Caius

3:56.8

1996

J. Trapmore

Downing

3:57.7

1997

J. Trapmore

Downing

3:49.7