Sporting and Athletic Records

UNIVERSITY CONTESTS T HE following is the state of the score in the various annual events contested between Cambridge and Oxford. The dates in brackets after each event indicate the first year in which the event was contestedand the last year included in the table below. Event Athletics (1864—97) Billiards:— Single (1867—96) Double (1867—96) Boat race (1829—97) Chess (1873—97) Cricket (1827—96) Football:— Association (1874—97) Rugby (1873—96) Golf (1878—97) Hare and Hounds (1880 - Hockey (1890—96) Lawn Tennis:— Singles (1881—97) Doubles (1881—97) -95^ No. of Contests 34 30 3° 54 25 62 24 24 19 16 7 17 17 3 0 9 Drawn Cambridge Oxford 14 12 15 2 2 15 31 13 98 ID 9 I 12 12 18 15 31 9 28 ID 89 8 7 3 4 4