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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''1885 [[Ice Hockey Varsity Match|Varsity Match]]''' was supposedly the first match between [[Oxford University]] and [[Cambridge University]]. <br />
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A a game is said to have been played in St. Moritz, [[Switzerland]], won by Oxford 6-0.<ref>Phil Drackett, ''Flashing Blades''</ref> This date is recognized by the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], and prior to the 1985 Varsity Match, the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] formally recognised the game played a century earlier as having been the first ice hockey match played in Europe.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020320214131/http://www.ouihc.org/historybeg.asp Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Murky Beginnings]</ref> However, there is no contemporary evidence that the 1885 match took place, and Oxford now claim that it was a bandy match.<ref name="results">[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouihc/varsity_past.html Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Past Results]</ref> If the 1885 date is accepted, this is the oldest rivalry in ice hockey.<ref>[http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/cuihc/index2.htm Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020516223034/http://www.ouihc.org/truthrumors.asp Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Truth & Rumours]</ref><br />
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The first confirmed match between Oxford and Cambridge was 10 years later, in [[1895 Varsity Match|1895]]. The first "official" match was played in [[1900 Varsity Match|1900]].<br />
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