Varsity
The 2011 varsity results:
Men's Blues 5 - 2 Tabs
Women's Blues 1 - 1 Draw
Occasionals 1 - 4 Loss
Monkeys 5 - 1 Win
Infrequents 2 - 0 Win
Hos 2 - 0 Win
The wearing of dark blue by Oxford was established at the first Boat Race in 1829, while Cambridge adopted their lighter hue in this annual sporting contest in 1836. The man who began the Varsity rivalry was Charles Wordsworth of Christ Church, nephew of the poet. He arranged a two-day cricket match against Cambridge at Lord's in June 1827. After Oxford were dismissed for 158 and Wordsworth himself had bowled out seven Cambridge batsmen, who collectively made only 26 runs, Cambridge hung on for a draw.
The first Boat Race was rowed over only 2 miles from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge on 10 June 1829. The Oxford crew was dominated by oarsmen from Christ Church in J E Bates, the first "double-blue" Charles Wordsworth, G B Moore and the Boat Club President, T Staniforth and their cox, W R Freemantle. Dark blue was the colour ascribed to Christ Church and the Oxford crew sported white jerseys with dark blue stripes. The second Boat Race on 17 June 1836, rowed over more than double the distance - 5 miles from Westminster Bridge upstream to Putney Bridge. R N Philips of Christ Church is reputed to have tied to the bows of the Cambridge boat a light blue ribbon (Eton College colours since 1625) to show his support for the crew, because their No.3, E S Stanley had been that school's Captain of Boats the previous year.
It is known that in Oxford, by 1863, the year before athletics matches were inaugurated, University oarsmen and cricketers had taken to wearing dark blue 'coats'. The introduction of the Oxford 'Half-Blue' can be precisely pinpointed to an entry in the Blues Committee minute book dated 10 June 1885.Half-Blues were soon distinguished by a blazer with alternating dark blue and white vertical lines, reminiscent of pyjamas
Men's Blues 5 - 2 Tabs
Women's Blues 1 - 1 Draw
Occasionals 1 - 4 Loss
Monkeys 5 - 1 Win
Infrequents 2 - 0 Win
Hos 2 - 0 Win
The Oxford Blue
By Norris McWhirter, Trinity CollegeThe wearing of dark blue by Oxford was established at the first Boat Race in 1829, while Cambridge adopted their lighter hue in this annual sporting contest in 1836. The man who began the Varsity rivalry was Charles Wordsworth of Christ Church, nephew of the poet. He arranged a two-day cricket match against Cambridge at Lord's in June 1827. After Oxford were dismissed for 158 and Wordsworth himself had bowled out seven Cambridge batsmen, who collectively made only 26 runs, Cambridge hung on for a draw.
The first Boat Race was rowed over only 2 miles from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge on 10 June 1829. The Oxford crew was dominated by oarsmen from Christ Church in J E Bates, the first "double-blue" Charles Wordsworth, G B Moore and the Boat Club President, T Staniforth and their cox, W R Freemantle. Dark blue was the colour ascribed to Christ Church and the Oxford crew sported white jerseys with dark blue stripes. The second Boat Race on 17 June 1836, rowed over more than double the distance - 5 miles from Westminster Bridge upstream to Putney Bridge. R N Philips of Christ Church is reputed to have tied to the bows of the Cambridge boat a light blue ribbon (Eton College colours since 1625) to show his support for the crew, because their No.3, E S Stanley had been that school's Captain of Boats the previous year.
It is known that in Oxford, by 1863, the year before athletics matches were inaugurated, University oarsmen and cricketers had taken to wearing dark blue 'coats'. The introduction of the Oxford 'Half-Blue' can be precisely pinpointed to an entry in the Blues Committee minute book dated 10 June 1885.Half-Blues were soon distinguished by a blazer with alternating dark blue and white vertical lines, reminiscent of pyjamas
