Sporting and Athletic Records

22 ATHLETIC MEETINGS Oxford and Cambridge Sports—Score of Meetings Cambridge have won the sports 20 times andOxford 14 times during the 34 years in which they have been held. The following is the complete score of the series of meetings. It will be seen that the most decisive victories were those of Oxford in 1870 (7 1 /2 firsts and 2 seconds to ii/a firsts and 6 seconds) and in 1893 (7 firsts and 4 seconds to 2 firsts and 5 seconds): while the longest sequence of wins is that of Cambridge who won six years running from 1887 to 1892. CAMBRIDGE OXFORD Year Winners First Second First Second 1864 Cambridge 4 7 4 1 1865 >» 6 6 3 3 1866 l» 5 3 3 5 1867 9f 6 5 3 4 1868 Oxford 4 4 , /» 5 4 , /« 1869 Cambridge 5 1 /. 4 3 , '« 4 1870 Oxford i> 6 7 , /a 2 1871 9f 3 1 / 4 5 S '/T 3 1872 Cambridge 5V« 6 VI* 3 1873 Oxford 3 4 6 5 1874 » 4 2 5 7 1875 3 1 6 8 1876 3 6 6 3 1877 Cambridge 5 S'/i 4 3 , /» 1878 5 2 4 7 1879 »» 5 3 1 /s 4 6 1 /, 1880 „ 6 0 3 9 1881 0>ford 4 3 5 6