The Varsity Golf Match: Oxford vs. Cambridge 1878-2013

Scene from the 1893 Varsity Match on Wimbledon Common

Oxford vs. Cambridge

The annual University Golf Match, first played on March 6 1878 at Wimbledon Common, is both the oldest team event in golf and golf's oldest amateur event (the Amateur Championship would not begin for another seven years). The Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society, founded in 1898, is also the oldest golfing society in the world.
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Records & statistics
History, formats, long matches, winning margins, and more.

Match Score
After 124 playings, Cambridge lead Oxford by 64 to 53, with 7 ties.

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
2013	Royal St George's	Oxford	8-7
2012	Hunstanton	Oxford	8-7
2011	Royal Cinque Ports	Oxford	8-7
2010	Royal Porthcawl	Oxford	9-6
2009	Rye	Cambridge	9-6
2008	Hoylake	Oxford	8-7
2007	Aldeburgh	Cambridge	8½-6½
2006	Muirfield	Tie	7½-7½
2005	Ganton	Oxford	8-7
2004	Ganton	Tie	7½-7½
2003	Walton Heath	Oxford	10-5
2002	Royal St George's	Cambridge	9½-5½
2001	Formby	Oxford	8-7
2000	Royal Porthcawl	Cambridge	8-7
1999	Royal Cinque Ports	Oxford	9½-5½
1998	Rye	Cambridge	9-6
1997	Royal St George's	Oxford	11-4
1996	Royal West Norfolk	Oxford	8½-6½
1995	Royal Lytham & St Annes	Oxford	8-7
1994	Rye	Oxford	13-2
1993	Royal Liverpool	Oxford	8½-6½
1992	Royal Cinque Ports	Oxford	9½-5½
1991	Royal St George's	Cambridge	10-5
1990	Muirfield	Cambridge	11-4
1989	The 100th Match: Rye	Cambridge	11½-3½
1988	Royal Porthcawl	Cambridge	9½-5½
1987	Formby	Cambridge	10½-4½
1986	Ganton	Oxford	11-4
1985	Rye	Oxford	11½-3½
1984	Sunningdale	Cambridge	11½-3½
1983	Royal St George's	Cambridge	9½-5½
1982	Hunstanton	Cambridge	8-7
1981	Formby	Cambridge	10½-4½
1980	Royal Liverpool	Oxford	8½-6½
1979	Harlech	Oxford	8½-6½
1978	The Centenary Year Match Rye	Oxford	9-6
1977	Royal Porthcawl	Cambridge	13-2
1976	Woodhall Spa	Cambridge	10-5
1975	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	9½-5½
1974	Ganton	Cambridge	9-6
1973	Saunton	Oxford	8-7
1972	Formby	Cambridge	8-7
1971	Rye	Oxford	11-4
1970	Royal St George's	Tie	7½-7½
1969	Formby	Cambridge	11-4
1968	Royal Porthcawl	Cambridge	8½-6½
1967	Rye	Cambridge	9½-5½
1966	Hunstanton	Cambridge	22½-7½
1965	Royal St George's	Cambridge	21-9
1964	Rye	Oxford	20-10
1963	Royal Birkdale	Cambridge	12½-2½
1962	Hunstanton	Tie	7½-7½
1961	Royal St George's	Oxford	11-4
1960	Royal Lytham & St Annes	Cambridge	9-6
1959	Burnham & Barrow	Cambridge	8½-6½
1958	Rye	Cambridge	8-7
1957	Royal St George's	Oxford	10-5
1956	Formby	Oxford	10-5
1955	Rye	Cambridge	8-7
1954	Rye	Cambridge	8-7
1953	Rye	Cambridge	9-6
1952	Rye	Cambridge	10-5
1951	Rye	Cambridge	10½-4½
1950	Royal Lytham & St Annes	Oxford	9½-5½
1949	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	8-7
1948	Royal St George's	Oxford	11-4
1947	Rye	Oxford	9-6
1946	Royal Lytham & St Annes	Cambridge	10-5
1940-45: Match not played
1939	Royal St George's	Cambridge	10½-4½
1938	Westward Ho!	Cambridge	10½-4½
1937	Prince's	Cambridge	9-6
1936	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	12-3
1935	Burnham & Barrow	Cambridge	8-7
1934	Formby	Oxford	8½-6½
1933	Prince's	Cambridge	11-4
1932	Royal Lytham & St Annes	Oxford	9-6
1931	Royal St George's	Oxford	9-6
1930	Royal Liverpool	Oxford	12-3
1929	Rye	Cambridge	9½-5½
1928	Prince's	Cambridge	8½-6½
1927	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	9-6
1926	Burnham & Barrow	Cambridge	9-6
1925	Hunstanton	Oxford	9-6
1924	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	9-6
1923	Rye	Oxford	9-6
1922	Prince's	Cambridge	8-7
1921	Royal Liverpool	Oxford	12-3
1920	Sunningdale	Cambridge	6-3
1915-19: Match not played
1914	Rye	Oxford	5-4
1913	Royal Liverpool	Tie	4-4
1912	Prince's	Tie	4-4
1911	Rye	Oxford	5-3
1910	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	5-3
1909	Royal St George's	Oxford	6-2
1908	Sunningdale	Cambridge	4½-3½
After 1907 the format changed from holes won to matches won
1907	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	23-22
1906	Royal Liverpool	Cambridge	30-7
1905	Sunningdale	Cambridge	52-3
1904	Woking	Oxford	14-12
1903	Royal St George's	Oxford	37-10
1902	St George's,	Oxford	52-5
1901	St George's,	Oxford	28-9
1900	St George's,	Oxford	69-0
1899	St George's,	Oxford	25-7
1898	St George's,	Cambridge	16-5
1897	St George's,	Cambridge	16-11
1896	Wimbledon Common	Tie	4-4
1895	St George's,	Cambridge	11-8
1894	St George's,	Oxford	20-7
1893	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	33-1
1892	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	18-6
1891	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	16-5
1890	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	15-14
1889	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	18-0
1888	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	20-12
1887	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	16-4
1886	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	39-2
1885	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	39-1
1884	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	18-16
1883	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	15-13
1882	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	8-7
1881 - Match not played
1880	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	9-1
1879	Wimbledon Common	Cambridge	12-2
1878	Wimbledon Common	Oxford	24-0