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Latest revision as of 19:41, 4 August 2024

The Ice Hockey Varsity Match is a longstanding competition between the Cambridge and Oxford University Ice Hockey Clubs.

Tradition places the origin of the match in 1885, when a game is said to have been played in St Moritz.[1] This date is recognised 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.[2] However, there is no contemporary evidence that the 1885 match took place, and Oxford now claim that it was a bandy match.[3] If the 1885 date is accepted, this is the oldest rivalry in ice hockey.[4][5]

The oldest surviving evidence of the competition is a team photo and roster from 1895, for a game played on Blenheim Lake in Oxford, although this was definitely a bandy match.[3] The first match usually counted as an ice hockey contest is that of 16 March 1900 at Princes Skating Club, although at Oxford's insistence, it was played using bandy sticks and a lacrosse ball.[6]

The following year, another Varsity Match was played at Princes, this time with hockey skates and a puck. However, a 1902 match at Blenheim Lake was again a bandy match.[3]

The competition became established in 1909; the two universities then met each other on a European rink each year until World War I.[3] From 1927, the match has been played for the Patton Cup, named for Peter Patton, the first President of the British Ice Hockey Association.[7] It was then played most years until 1932, when it returned to England, being played at Richmond Ice Rink.[3] The annual matches of the 1930s may no longer have been of professional standard, but they were able to attract crowds up to 10,000 strong.[8]

Other than a gap during World War II, the matches have continued annually ever since, and since 1996 have alternated between Oxford Ice Rink and a rink nominated by Cambridge (who do not have a home rink). Oxford, often strengthened by Rhodes Scholars have won more than two-thirds of the encounters.[3]

Varsity Match Results

Year Team 1 Score Team 2 Location Series
1885 Cambridge 0-6 Oxford St. Moritz -
1895 Cambridge 1-6 Oxford Blenheim Lake -
1900 Cambridge 6-7 Oxford Princes Ice Rink 0-1-0
1901 Cambridge 6-5 Oxford Princes Ice Rink 1-1-0
1902 Cambridge 2-2 Oxford Blenheim Lake -
1909 Cambridge 3-5 Oxford Wengen 1-2-0
1910 Cambridge 3-5 Oxford Murren 1-3-0
1911 Cambridge 2-0 Oxford Murren 2-3-0
1912 Cambridge 1-0 Oxford Murren 3-3-0
1913 Cambridge 10-0 Oxford Murren 4-3-0
1920 Cambridge 0-0 Oxford Murren 4-3-1
1921 Cambridge 0-27 Oxford Murren 4-4-1
1922 Cambridge 1-7 Oxford Murren 4-5-1
1923 Cambridge 0-3 Oxford St. Moritz 4-6-1
1926 Cambridge 0-11 Oxford St. Moritz 4-7-1
1927 Cambridge 3-0 Oxford St. Moritz 5-7-1
1928 Cambridge 1-0 Oxford St. Moritz 6-7-1
1929 Cambridge 0-1 Oxford St. Moritz 6-8-1
1930 Cambridge 2-1 Oxford St. Moritz 7-8-1
1931 Cambridge 1-5 Oxford St. Moritz 7-9-1
1932 Cambridge 0-7 Oxford Richmond 7-10-1
1933 Cambridge 0-1 Oxford Oxford 7-11-1
1934 Cambridge 2-4 Oxford Oxford 7-12-1
1935 Cambridge 2-3 Oxford Richmond 7-13-1
1936 Cambridge 2-0 Oxford Earls Court 8-13-1
1937 Cambridge 5-1 Oxford Harringay 9-13-1
1938 Cambridge 0-1 Oxford Wembley 9-14-1
1939 Cambridge 2-0 Oxford Earls Court 10-14-1
1940 Cambridge 2-4 Oxford Harringay 10-15-1
1947 Cambridge 4-15 Oxford Brighton 10-16-1
1948 Cambridge 2-5 Oxford Brighton 10-17-1
1949 Cambridge 3-4 Oxford Richmond 10-18-1
1950 Cambridge 0-3 Oxford Richmond 10-19-1
1951 Cambridge 3-6 Oxford Richmond 10-20-1
1952 Cambridge 8-2 Oxford unknown location 11-20-1
1953 Cambridge 3-5 Oxford Richmond 11-21-1
1954 Cambridge 4-7 Oxford Richmond 11-22-1
1955 Cambridge 0-29 Oxford Richmond 11-23-1
1956 Cambridge 1-11 Oxford Richmond 11-24-1
1957 Cambridge 2-5 Oxford Richmond 11-25-1
1958 Cambridge 6-1 Oxford Richmond 12-25-1
1959 Cambridge 13-1 Oxford Richmond 13-25-1
1960 Cambridge 6-5 Oxford Richmond 14-25-1
1961 Cambridge 5-7 Oxford Richmond 14-26-1
1962 Cambridge 11-1 Oxford Richmond 15-26-1
1963 Cambridge 6-4 Oxford Richmond 16-26-1
1964 Cambridge 4-6 Oxford Richmond 16-27-1
1965 Cambridge 1-3 Oxford Richmond 16-28-1
1966 Cambridge 2-16 Oxford Richmond 16-29-1
1967 Cambridge 2-18 Oxford Blackpool 16-30-1
1968 Cambridge 3-14 Oxford Blackpool 16-31-1
1969 Cambridge 2-3 Oxford Solihull 16-32-1
1970 Cambridge 1-6 Oxford Solihull 16-33-1
1971 Cambridge 5-13 Oxford Blackpool 16-34-1
1972 Cambridge 0-10 Oxford Blackpool 16-35-1
1973 Cambridge 2-8 Oxford Billingham 16-36-1
1974 Cambridge 1-5 Oxford Wembley Arena 16-37-1
1975 Cambridge 2-4 Oxford Billingham 16-38-1
1976 Cambridge 1-3 Oxford Solihull 16-39-1
1977 Cambridge 7-4 Oxford Solihull 17-39-1
1978 Cambridge 1-11 Oxford Solihull 17-40-1
1979 Cambridge 1-5 Oxford Southampton 17-41-1
1980 Cambridge 5-1 Oxford Solihull 18-41-1
1981 Cambridge 6-5 Oxford Streatham 19-41-1
1982 Cambridge 5-7 Oxford Streatham 19-42-1
1983 Cambridge 3-3 Oxford Peterborough 19-42-2
1984 Cambridge 6-3 Oxford Streatham 20-42-2
1985 Cambridge 1-5 Oxford Peterborough 20-43-2
1986 Cambridge 8-5 Oxford Oxford 21-43-2
1987 Cambridge 1-9 Oxford Oxford 21-44-2
1988 Cambridge 3-11 Oxford Oxford 21-45-2
1989 Cambridge 4-15 Oxford Oxford 21-46-2
1990 Cambridge 1-18 Oxford Oxford 21-47-2
1991 Cambridge 2-9 Oxford Oxford 21-48-2
1992 Cambridge 3-1 Oxford Oxford 22-48-2
1993 Cambridge 0-19 Oxford Oxford 22-49-2
1994 Cambridge 3-13 Oxford Oxford 22-50-2
1995 Cambridge 4-8 Oxford Oxford 22-51-2
1996 Cambridge 5-8 Oxford Oxford 22-52-2
1997 Cambridge 2-5 Oxford Stevenage 22-53-2
1998 Cambridge 8-1 Oxford Oxford 23-53-2
1999 Cambridge 2-1 Oxford Peterborough 24-53-2
2000 Cambridge 2-4 Oxford Oxford 24-54-2
2001 Cambridge 12-5 Oxford Peterborough 25-54-2
2002 Cambridge 8-1 Oxford Oxford 26-54-2
2003 Cambridge 3-4 OT Oxford Peterborough 26-55-2
2004 Cambridge 5-1 Oxford Oxford 27-55-2
2005 Cambridge 1-6 Oxford Milton Keynes 27-56-2
2006 Cambridge 1-6 Oxford Oxford 27-57-2
2007 Cambridge 1-11 Oxford Peterborough 27-58-2
2008 Cambridge 2-8 Oxford Oxford 27-59-2
2009 Cambridge 2-4 Oxford Milton Keynes 27-60-2
2010 Cambridge 6-7 OT Oxford Oxford 27-61-2
2011 Cambridge 5-1 Oxford Peterborough 28-61-2
2012 Cambridge 1-17 Oxford Oxford 28-62-2
2013 Cambridge 8-2 Oxford Peterborough 29-62-2
2014 Cambridge 7-13 Oxford Oxford 29-63-2
2015 Cambridge 10-0 Oxford Peterborough 30-63-2
2016 Cambridge 3-1 Oxford Oxford 31-63-2
2017 Cambridge 8-3 Oxford Peterborough 32-63-2
2018 Cambridge 3-4 OT Oxford St. Moritz 32-64-2
2019 Cambridge 8-1 Oxford Oxford 33-64-2
2020 Cambridge 8-0 Oxford Cambridge 34-64-2
2021 Cambridge 4-3 SO Oxford Oxford 35-64-2
2022 Cambridge 4-2 Oxford Cambridge 36-64-2
2023 Cambridge 4-0 Oxford Oxford 37-64-2
2024 Cambridge 6-2 Oxford Cambridge 38-64-2

Notes

The 1924 Varsity Match was not played. The following reason was given in Peter Patton's 1936 Ice Hockey publication: "The Oxford committee was in favor of its being played again at Murren, but for some reason arrangements for it to be so could not be made. Both the Oxford and Cambridge teams during their respective tours were at St. Moritz at the same time in January. The writer was asked to negotiate with them for the Varsity match to be played there. Cambridge were willing to play on the terms offered to them by the hotels, but Oxford would not agree to them and so the match fell through."

References

  1. ↑ Phil Drackett, Flashing Blades
  2. ↑ Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Murky Beginnings
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Past Results
  4. ↑ Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club
  5. ↑ Oxford University Ice Hockey Club: Truth & Rumours
  6. ↑ Martin C. Harris, Homes of British Ice Hockey
  7. ↑ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
  8. ↑ Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club: History
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