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Oxford University Polo Club Varsity Teams
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University University of Oxford
Location Oxford, England
Founded 1874
First Varsity Match 27 November 1878
Known as Dark Blues
Biggest win 2016 winning 19 – 0
Biggest defeat 1999 losing 1 - 13
Highest handicap of a team before 1945 1910 with +13
Highest handicap of a team after 1945 1972 with +6
Highest handicap of a player before 1945 1910 James Joseph Pearce with +5
Highest handicap of a player after 1945 2013 with Lanto Sheridan with +4
First female player Claire Tomlinson (née Lucas) in 1962
First female captaincy Claire Tomlinson (née Lucas) in 1966
Trophy The Varsity Trophy given by the Hurlingham Club in 1920
Team Colour   Dark Blue #002147

This list details the Oxford University Polo Club Varsity teams that have competed in the Varsity Polo Match against Cambridge University since its inception in 1878.[1]

Members of the teams are traditionally known as Blues, or Oxford specific as Dark Blue. The original conditions are:

No player eligible who has been a member of his University for more than four years, or who has not been in residence during the term in which the match takes place. Instituted in 1878. Played generally at Hurlingham, in June. (Modern Polo, 1896[2])

No player eligible who has been a member of his University for more than four years, or who has not been in residence during the term in which the match takes place. The Cup shall be held by the winning University in each year until May 1st in the succeeding year, when it shall be returned to The Hurlingham Club. Play – 6 periods. (The Polo Yearbook 1939[3])

Teams are selected from students of all colleges within the university. Women began participating in 1962, a notable development in the history of the event. An official rules change in 1963 followed, allowing mixed-gender teams which is still a rare opportunity amongst the Blues Sports of both universities. The first female captaincy was in 1966. However, only four out of 125 Varsity teams have been captained by a woman yet (1966, 1994, 2019, 2024).

In the following table, team members are listed from left to right in their respective positions (1 to 4) including their college affiliation, possible captaincy, and polo handicaps, which ranges from -2 to +10.

1878–1889

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1878[4] won 1 Walter Mc M. Kavanagh, Christ Church; 2 Audley Charles Miles, Brasenose, Captain; 3 James Henry Stock, Christ Church; 4 Herbert Chase Green-Price, Brasenose; 5 John Blundell Leigh, Christ Church
1879[5] lost 1 John Blundell Leigh, Christ Church; 2 James Henry Stock, Christ Church, Captain; 3 John Grant Lawson, Christ Church; 4 Henry Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard, Christ Church; 5 John Ernest Stock, Christ Church, Goalkeeper
Drawing of the 1879 Varsity Match
1880[6] won 1 John Blundell Leigh, Christ Church, Captain; 2 Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh, Christ Church; 3 John Grant Lawson, Christ Church; 4 James Henry Stock, Christ Church; 5 Martin Thomas Kennard, Christ Church
1881[7] lost 1 Charles Spencer Canning Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, Christ Church; 2 John Blundell Leigh, Christ Church; 3 Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman, non-coll.; 4 Henry Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard, Christ Church
1882[8] lost 1 Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman, non-coll.; 2 Douglas Haig, Brasenose; 3 John Cator of Woodbastwick Hall, Christ Church; 4 Charles Edward Nicholas Charrington, Christ Church; 5 J. Goslyn
1883[9] won 1 Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman, non-coll.; 2 Douglas Haig, Brasenose; 3 Charles Trefusis, Christ Church; 4 Thomas Hitchcock, Brasenose
1884[10] lost 1 Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman, non-coll.; 2 Douglas Haig, Brasenose; 3 John Cator of Woodbastwick Hall, Christ Church ; 4 Charles Edward Nicholas Charrington, Christ Church; 5 J. Goslyn
1885[11] won 1 Richard Lawson, Christ Church; 2 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland; 3 Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe Viscount Valletort, Christ Church; 4 John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet, Christ Church
1886[12] won 1 Richard Lawson, Christ Church; 2 Lord William August Cavendish Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, Christ Church; 3 Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe Viscount Valletort, Christ Church; 4 James Lionel Dugdale, Christ Church
1887[13] lost 1 Piers Edgcumbe Viscount Valletort, Christ Church; 2 John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, Christ Church; 3 George Dunston Timmis, Christ Church; 4 Egremont John Mills, Christ Church
1888[14] lost 1 George Dunston Timmis, Christ Church; 2 Thomas Clarence Edward Goff, Christ Church; 3 James Augustus Grant, Christ Church; 4 Nathaniel Clayton Cockburn, Christ Church, Captain
1889[15] lost 1 W. Hammer; 2 Thomas Reginald Hague Cook, Christ Church; 3 Thomas Clarence Edward Goff, Christ Church; 4 Nathaniel Clayton Cockburn, Christ Church, Captain

1890–1899

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Year Result Team Members
1890[16] won 1 Keppel Pulteney, Christ Church, Captain; 2 Arthur Dugdale, Christ Church (+2); 3 Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey, Christ Church; 4 George Saville Clayton, University College
1891[17] won 1 Keppel Pulteney, Christ Church, Captain; 2 Arthur Dugdale, Christ Church (+2); 3 Roger William Giffard Tyringham, Christ Church; 4 George Saville Clayton, University College
1892[18] lost 1 Penn Curzon Sherbrooke, Christ Church; 2 Godfrey Nigel Everard Baring, Hertford; 3 Arthur Dugdale, Christ Church, Captain (+2); 4 Frederick Charles Graham Menzies, Christ Church
1893[19] lost 1 George Henry Clifford, New College; 2 Godfrey Nigel Everard Baring, Hertford, Captain; 3 Arthur Dugdale, Christ Church (+2); 4 Frederick Charles Graham Menzies, Christ Church
1894[20] - not played
1895[21] lost 1 George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, New College, Captain; 2 Patteson Womersley Nickalls, New College; 3 J. W. Dugdale; 4 Captain Hon. Reginald Ward, Christ Church
1896[22] lost 1 Captain Hon. Reginald Ward, Christ Church; 2 Patteson Womersley Nickalls, New College; 3 George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, New College; 4 Hugh Brodie Cardwell, Magdalen
1897[23] won 1 George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, New College; 2 Patteson Womersley Nickalls, New College; 3 Cecil Patteson Nickalls, New College; 4 Hugh Brodie Cardwell, Magdalen, Captain
1898[24] won 1 Captain Hon. Reginald Ward, Christ Church; 2 Hugh Brodie Cardwell, Magdalen, Captain; 3 Cecil Patteson Nickalls, New College; 4 Morres (Bobby) Nickalls, New College
1899[25] won 1 Edward William Hermon, Christ Church; 2 W. Nickalls; 3 Hugh Brodie Cardwell, Magdalen, Captain; 4 Percy Frederick Brassey, New College

1900–1909

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1900[26] - Match not played, Cambridge being unable to raise a team.
1901[27] won 1 Waldorf Astor, New College; 2 Prince Rajendra Kumar of Couch Behar, Christ Church; 3 Charles William Reginald Duncombe, Earl of Feversham, Christ Church; 4 R. P. Wade-Palmer, Christ Church, Captain
Oxford Varsity Polo Team 1901
1902[28] won 1 Leonard H. Hardy, New College; 2 Devereux Milburn, Lincoln; 3 Ernest Burford Horlick, Christ Church; 4 Waldorf Astor, New College, Captain
1903[29] won 1 Weetman Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church; 2 Thomas Charles Reginald (Tommy) Agar-Robartes, Christ Church; 3 Devereux Milburn, Lincoln; 4 Leonard H. Hardy, New College, Captain
1904[30] lost 1 Neil Primrose, New College; 2 Ralph Albert Brassey, New College; 3 Weetman Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church; 4 Leonard H. Hardy, New College, Captain
1905[31] lost 1 Neil Primrose, New College; 2 Francis Vernon Willey, Baron Barnby, Magdalen; 3 Weetman Harold Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church, Captain; 4 Ralph Albert Brassey, New College
1906[32] won 1 Julian Walter Winans, Worcester; 2 Paul Winans, Exeter; 3 Frederick Cripps, 3rd Baron Parmoor, New College; 4 Francis Vernon Willey, Baron Barnby, Magdalen, Captain
mounted photographs with original calligraphy of the Oxford v Cambridge Polo Varsity 1906
Oxford University Polo Team 1906
Oxford and Cambridge polo players at Hurlingham (Varsity polo match 1906)
Oxford University and Cambridge University polo players at Hurlingham (Varsity polo match 1906)
1907[33] lost 1 Robert Spear Hudson, Viscount Hudson, Magdalen; 2 G. R. Foster, Christ Church; 3 Ralph de Debon Faber, Exeter; 4 Alan John Lance Scott, Merton
1908[34] lost 1 S. Fremantle; 2 Robert Spear Hudson, Viscount Hudson, Magdalen; 3 Hubert Sydney Loder, Magdalen; 4 John Leslie-Melville, Earl of Leven and Melville, Balliol
1909[35] lost 1 Percy Voltelin Heath, Magdalen; 2 Hubert Sydney Loder, Magdalen; 3 Robert Spear Hudson, Viscount Hudson, Magdalen, Captain; 4 Archibald Vincent Shirley, Exeter (+2)

1910–1919

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1910[36] won 1 George Bampfylde, New College (+1); 2 Hubert Sydney Loder, Magdalen (+3); 3 Captain James Joseph Pearce, Worcester (+5); 4 Robert Spear Hudson, Viscount Hudson, Magdalen, Captain (+4)
Varsity Match 1910
Oxford University Varsity team 1910
1911[37] lost 1 Ralph de Lérisson Cazenove (+1); 2 Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet, Balliol (+2); 3 Jocelyn Hope Hudson, Magdalen (+2); 4 Percy Voltelin Heath, Magdalen, Captain (+1)
1912[38] won 1 Rothesay Stuart Wortley, Balliol (0); 2 Percy Voltelin Heath, Magdalen, Captain (+1); 3 Albany "Barney" Kennett Charlesworth, Christ Church (+1); 4 Edward Frederick Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham, Balliol (0)
1913[39] won 1 Geoffrey William Martin Lees, Christ Church; 2 Albany "Barney" Kennett Charlesworth, Christ Church (+1); 3 Rothesay Stuart Wortley, Balliol (0); 4 Edward Frederick Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham, Balliol (+1)
1914[40] won 1 Prince Sergius Obolensky, Christ Church (+2); 2 Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, Christ Church (+3); 3 Albany "Barney" Kennett Charlesworth, Christ Church, Captain (+3); 4 Alwyne Chadwyck "Hobber" Hobson, Magdalen (+1)
Oxford University Varsity Team 1914
1915- 1919[41] - no Varsity Match taking place due to the First World War or its aftermath

1920–1929

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1920[42] lost 1 Charles Wilfrid Bennett, Trinity; 2 Edwin Vickerman Rutherford, Trinity; 3 Hugh Alastair Hamilton Fraser, Magdalen; 4 George Sheavyn Sale, New College; spare Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, Christ Church
Oxford University Polo Varsity team 1920
1921[43] lost 1 J. A. Borden, Trinity; 2 Edwin Vickerman Rutherford, Trinity; 3 E. Holland-Martin, Christ Church; 4 Percy Rivington Pyne Jr., New College
Oxford University Varsity Team 1921
1922[44][45] lost 1 H. H. Howard; 2 G. Carr-White, Christ Church; 3 E. Holland-Martin, Christ Church; 4 Viscount Francis Hastings, Christ Church
Varsity Match 1922, two Oxford polo players in the back
Oxford University Varsity team 1922
1923[46][47] lost 1 Reginald Alfred Carr-White, St Catherine's, Captain; 2 Walter Morley Sale, New College; 3 Ralph John Hines, Christ Church; 4 James Townsend Pearce, Christ Church
Oxford University Varsity Polo team 1923
1924[48] won 1 Thomas Martin Hilder, Oriel; 2 Sir Ian Walker Bart, Christ Church; 3 Reginald Alfred Carr-White, St Catherine's; 4 Walter Morley Sale, New College, Captain
1925[49] lost 1 R. Bradley-Martin, Christ Church (+2); 2 Thomas Martin Hilder, Oriel; 3 R. A. Carr-White, St Catherine's; 4 Sir Ian Walker Bart, Christ Church
Varsity Polo match 1925: Oxford, who lost by 2 goals to 8, get the ball in mid-field.
Oxford University Polo Team 1925
1926[50] lost 1 Edward Fitzhardinge Peyton Gage, Christ Church (+1); 2 Hugh Sidebottom, Christ Church; 3 E. Dugdale, Christ Church; 4 John Mortimer Schiff, New College
Oxford University Polo Team 1926
1927[51] won 1 R. J. Holland (+1); 2 Edward Fitzhardinge Peyton Gage, Christ Church, Captain (+1); 3 John Mortimer Schiff, New College (+1); 4 H. Bradley-Martin, Christ Church (+2)
1928[52] lost 1 Nigel Dugdale, Christ Church; 2 William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, New College; 3 Humphrey Orme Clarke, Christ Church; 4 H. Bradley-Martin, Christ Church (+2)
Oxford Varsity Team 1928
1929[53] lost 1 John Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church; 2 William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, New College (+2); 3 Humphrey Orme Clarke, Christ Church; 4 H. Bradley-Martin, Christ Church (+2)

1930–1939

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1930[54] lost 1 Oliver Sanderson Poole, Christ Church (0); 2 John "Weetman" Person, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church, Captain (0); 3 John Lakin, New College (0); 4 Robert Vickris Taylor, Magdalen (0)
Winners of the annual Inter-University match at Hurlingham. Left to right: Mr. A. S. Poole, Hon. W. J. C. Pearson, Mr. J. Lakin and Mr. R. V. Taylor
1931[55] won 1 Oliver Sanderson Poole, Christ Church; 2 John "Weetman" Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, Christ Church, Captain (+1); 3 John Lakin, New College (+1); 4 Robert Vickris Taylor, Magdalen (0)
Winners of the annual Inter-University match at Hurlingham. Left to right: Mr. A. S. Poole, Hon. W. J. C. Pearson, Mr. J. Lakin and Mr. R. V. Taylor
1932[56] won 1 Oliver Sanderson Poole, Christ Church; 2 Lt. L. H. Rodgers, Christ Church (+3); 3 John "Weetman" Pearson, Christ Church, Captain (+1); 4 John Lakin, New College (+1)
Oxford wins 11-2 in 1932.
Oxford University Polo Team winning the Varsity Polo Match 11-0
1933[57] won 1 Richard Alan Budgett, Christ Church; 2 Peter Montefiore Samuel, New College; 3 Lt. L. H. Rodgers, Christ Church, Captain (+3); 4 Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, Christ Church (0)
Oxford University Varsity team 1933
1934[58] won 1 George John Charles Mercer-Nairne, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, Christ Church; 2 Richard Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, Christ Church; 3 Richard Alan Budgett, Christ Church; 4 Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, Christ Church, Captain (0)
Oxford Varsity Team 1934. Hurlingham Polo Grounds, London.
1935[59] lost 1 Peter Murray Kemp-Gee, Oriel (0); 2 Arthur Maitland Budgett, Christ Church (+1); 3 Richard Alan Budgett, Christ Church, Captain; 4 Denis Frederick Little, New College (+1)
Oxford lost 4-5 in 1935
1936[60] won 1 Denis Frederick Little, New College (+1); 2 Peter Murray Kemp-Gee, Oriel (0); 3 Arthur Maitland Budgett, Christ Church, Captain (+1); 4 Devereux Milburn Jr., Lincoln (0)
Oxford University Varsity team 1936
1937[61] won 1 John Errol Mansfield, Christ Church (0); 2 John David Summers, Christ Church (0); 3 Arthur Maitland Budgett, Christ Church, Captain (+1); 4 Peter Murray Kemp-Gee, Oriel (+1)
1938[62] won 1 John Errol Mansfield, Christ Church (0); 2 John Jacob ("Jackie") Astor, New College; 3 John David Summers, Christ Church (0); 4 Nicholas Hyde Villiers, New College
Oxford University Polo Team 1938
1939[63] lost 1 George Haig, Christ Church; 2 Edmund I. Percy Marsden, Christ Church; 3 Philip Profumo, Magdalen; 4 Gavin Astor, New College
Oxford Varsity team 1939

1940–1949

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Year Team Members
1940-1949[64] no Varsity match taking place due to the Second World War and its aftermath

1950–1959

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Year Result Team Members Pictures
1950[64] - no Varsity match due to the aftermath of the Second World War
1951[65] won 1 Timothy Ian Dale-Harris, Trinity (-2); 2 Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, Christ Church (-2); Hon. George Bertram Bathurst, Trinity (-2); 3 Thomas Michael Baring, Christ Church, Captain (-2); 4 Vivian Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet, Christ Church (0)
1952[66] lost 1 Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, Christ Church (-2); 2 Robert Hamilton Bishop, Corpus Christi; 3 C. A. Broadie; 4 Dan Lockwood McGurk, Christ Church
1953[67] lost
1954[68] lost 1 Giles Eden Fitzherbert, Christ Church; 2 Walter Murray Butcher, Worcester; 3 John Richard Wilson, New College, Captain; 4 Francis Paul Bowyer Nichols, Balliol
1955[69] won 1 Sir Robert Noel Hutchings, Trinity; 2 Charles Arthur Russell Lockhart, Worcester (0); 3 Peter Robin Wilson, Trinity, Captain; 4 William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt, Trinity
1956[70] won 1 Sir Robert Noel Hutchings, Trinity; 2 Charles Arthur Russell Lockhart, Worcester (0); 3 Peter Robin Wilson, Trinity, Captain; 4 William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt, Trinity
1957[71] lost 1 Robert Hernando Franco, Trinity (-2); 2 Charles Arthur Russell Lockhart, Worcester (0); 3 Anthony Hugh Burns De Bono, Christ Church (1); 4 Anthony Aufrere Wallace-Turner, Trinity (-2)
Polo Captains of Cambridge and Oxford University 1957
1958[72] won 1 Edward de Bono, Christ Church; 2 Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, Worcester; 3 Anthony Hugh Burns De Bono, Christ Church, Captain (1); 4 Sir Edward Stephen Cazalet, Christ Church
1959[73] lost 1 Hugh Charles Vivian Smith, 4th Baron Bicester, Worcester; 2 Peter Palumbo, Worcester; 3 Dr Anthony Hugh Burns De Bono, Christ Church (1); 4 Edward Stephen Cazalet, Christ Church

1960–1969

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1960[74] - not played due to a lack of horses on Cambridge side
1961[75] - not played due to a lack of horses on Cambridge side
1962[76] lost Jeremy D. Taylor, Lincoln
1963[77] - not played due to a lack of horses on Cambridge side
1964[78] won 1 Claire Lucas, Somerville; 2 Malik Nazar Tiwana, Corpus Christi; 3 Jeremy D. Taylor, Lincoln, Captain; 4 David Peter Francis Birley, Christ Church
1965[79] lost 1 Claire Lucas, Somerville; 2 Simon Tomlinson, University College; 3 David Peter Francis Birley, Christ Church
1966[80][81] won 1 Claire Lucas, Somerville, first female Captain of OUPC (0); 2 Justin J. Cartwright, Trinity; 3 Simon Tomlinson, University College; 4 Julian Arthur Eeley, Wadham
1967[82] won 1 Justin J. Cartwright, Trinity; 2 Simon Tomlinson, University College, Captain; 3 Julian Arthur Eeley, Wadham; 4 Christopher Philip Mackenzie (Chris) Ashton, Trinity
1968[83] won 1 John Pirie Moir, Oriel; 2 Christopher Philip Mackenzie (Chris) Ashton, Trinity; 3 Julian Arthur Eeley, Wadham, Captain; 4 Anthony Clive Jellicoe Preston, University College (0)
1969[84] won 1 Robert Peter Allen Spiller, Christ Church; 2 Anthony Clive Jellicoe Preston, University College (0); 3 Charles Barnett, Christ Church (-1)

1970–1979

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Year Result Team Members
1970[85] won 1 D. I. Elley (-1); 2 Redmond Watt, Christ Church (1); 3 Clive J. Preston, Captain (0); 4 Charles Barnett, Christ Church (-1)
1971[86] won 1 Robert M. Lindemann, Christ Church (-2); 2. Christopher Andrew Joll, Mansfield (0); 3 Redmond Watt, Christ Church (2); 4 Chandos Alaric Graham Gore Langton, St Catherine's, Captain (0)
1972[87] won 1 Arturo Goetz, Jesus (2); 2 Azam Saigol, Brasenose (1); 3 Syed Shahid Ali, Captain (3); 4 Rafiq Jumabhoy, University (0)
1973[88] won 1 Michael Stanley Hunter Jones, Exeter, Captain (-2); 2 Azam Saigol, Brasenose (1); 3 Arturo Goetz, Jesus (3); 4 Rafiq Jumabhoy, University, Captain
1974[89] lost Syed Shahid Ali (+3); Arturo Goetz, Jesus (+3);
1975[90] lost 1 William Jeffery Reeve, Exeter (-2); 2 Robert Mark Howes, Hertford (-2); 3 Chris Elston, Worcester, Captain (1); 4 John H. Bodkin, St Edmund Hall (-1)
1976[91] won 1 Salahuddin Alamgir Masud, Brasenose; 2 Bruce Dakowski; 3 John Hugh Crisp, Christ Church (0); 4 Chris Whitely, Trinity (-2)
1977[92] lost John H. Bodkin, St Edmund Hall, Captain; John Hugh Crisp, Christ Church (0)
1978[93] lost 1 Bruce Dakowski (-2); 2 Mark Cunningham (-1); 3 John Hugh Crisp, Christ Church, Captain (0); 4 Chris Whitely, Trinity (-2)
1979[94] lost 1 John Hugh Crisp, Christ Church, Captain (0); 2 Bruce Dakowski (-2); 3 Mark Cunningham (-1); 4 Chris Whitely, Trinity (-2)

1980–1989

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Year Result Team Members Picture
1980[95] won 1 Chris Whitely (0); 2 James C. Hopkins, Mansfield (-2); 3 Alamgir Masud, Brasenose, Captain; 4 H.H. Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Worcester
Varsity Match in 19807
1981[96] won 1 Brooks Newmark, Worcester (-1); 2 Richard Rowley, Exeter (-2); 3 Andrew Sutcliffe, Worcester; 4 James Hopkins, Mansfield, Captain (-2)
1982[97] [98] won 1 M. Davies (-2); 2 Brooks Newmark, Worcester (-1); 3 Richard Milne, Oriel (0); 4 Richard Rowley, Exeter (-2)
1983[99] won Richard Milne, Oriel, Captain (0)
1984[100] lost 1 B. Cardozo (-2); 2 Charles Leftwich, St John's (0); 3 M. Noon (0); 4 Richard Milne, Captain, Oriel (0)
1985[101] lost 1 Scott Mackay, St Edmund Hall (1); 2 Michael Reynal, New College (0); 3 Alastair Flanagan (1); 4 Charles Leftwich, St John's, Captain (0)
1986[102] won 1 Scott Mackay, St Edmund Hall (1); 2 Michael Reynal, New College (0); 3 Alastair Flanagan (1); 4 Shakir Wissa
1987[103] lost 1 Amir Farman-Farma, St Antony's (1); 2 Michael Reynal, New College, Captain (0)
1988[104] lost 1 K. Griggs (-2); 2 Michael Reynal, New College, Captain (0); 3 Amir Farman-Farma, St Antony's (1); 4 David Polkinghorne, Pembroke (0)
1989[105] won 1 Pietro Gilardini, Pembroke (-2); 2 Tariq K. Isa, Mansfield (-2); 3 Amir Farman-Farma, St Antony's (1); 4 David Polkinghorne, Pembroke, Captain (1)
Oxford University Varsity Polo Team 1989

1990–1999

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Year Result Team Members
1990[106] lost 1 Denver Dudley Stanton Dale, St John's (-2); 2 Tariq Isa, Mansfield, Captain (-1); 3 Amir Sing-Pasrich, Worcester (-1); 4 Andre Stern, Trinity (0)
1991[107] lost 1 Jan Curtis Larsen (-1); 2 Paul Lalor, Jesus (1); 3 Amir Sing-Pasrich, Worcester, Captain (0); 4 James (Jim) Tuttle, Wolfson (0)
1992[108] won 1 Philip Kennedy; 2 James (Jim) Tuttle, Wolfson (0); 3 Paul Lalor, Jesus, Captain (1); 4 Nick Hassall, Corpus Christ
1993[109][110] won 1 Alannah Weston, Merton (0); 2 Jacqui Broughton, St Edmund Hall, Discretionary Full Blue (0); 3 Paul Lalor, Jesus (1); 4 James (Jim) Tuttle, Wolfson, Captain (0)
1994[111] lost 1 Alastair Vere Nicoll, St Hugh's (-2); 2 Jacqui Broughton, St Edmund Hall, Discretionary Full Blue, Captain (0); 3 Andrew Dechet, Jesus (0); 4 Cameron Walton Masters, St Peter's (3)
1995[112] lost 1 Alastair Vere Nicholl, St Hugh's (-1); 2 Andrew Dechet, Jesus (0); Cameron Walton Masters, St. Peter's, Captain (3); Jacqui Broughton, St Edmund Hall (0)
1996[113] lost 1 Tessa Canning-Cooke, St Hilda's (-2); 2 Kojo Awuah-Darko, Balliol (0); 3 Alastair Vere Nicoll, St Hugh's (0); Cameron Walton Masters, St. Peter's, BPP, Captain (3)
1997[114] lost 1 Kojo Awuah-Darko, Balliol (0); 2 François Perrodo, St Peter's (1); 3 Cameron Walton Masters, St Peter's, Captain (3); 4 Jo Chikwe, St Peter's, Chairman (-2)
1998[115] lost 1 Reda Hassa (Rida) Said, Pembroke (-2); 2 James Hoffman, Magdalen (-2); 3 Alastair Lamb, Corpus Christi (-1); 4 Jason Kingsley, St John's (0)
1999[116] lost 1 Edward Upton, Magdalen (-1); 2 Francois Perrodo, St Peter's, Captain (1); 3 Alastair Lamb, Corpus Christi (0); 4 Reda Hasse (Rida) Said, Pembroke (-1)

2000–2009

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Year Result Team Members Picture
2000[117] won 1 Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston, Worcester (-1); 2 Edward Upton, Magdalen (-1); 3 Francois Perrodo, St Peter's, Captain (1); 4 Alastair Lamb, Corpus Christi, (0)
Oxford Varsity polo team 2000
2001[118][119] lost 1 Russell Barker (-2); 2 Lt Col Stuart Cowen (0); 3 Edward Upton, Magdalen (-1); 4 Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston, Worcester (-1)
2002[120] lost 1 Jonathan Randall, Worcester (-1); 2 Rob Follows, Saïd Business School (1); 3 Russell Barker (-1); 4 Matthew Penley, University College (-1)
2003[121] won 1 Pablo Goetz, Green College (-2); Quintin Fraser (-2); 2 Jonathan Randall, Worcester, Captain (-1); 3 Matthew Penley, University College (-1); 4 Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston, Worcester (-1)
2004[122] won 1 Harry Townsend, St Catherine's (0); 2 Matthew Penley, University, Captain (-1); 3 Jose (Pepe) Penafiel, St Benet's (2); 4 Philippa Grace, Saïd Business School (1)
2005[123] won 1 Alex Gleeson, LMH (0), 1 Jamie Dundas, Greyfriars (1); 2 John Harris, St Peter's (2); 3 Jose (Pepe) Penafiel, St Benet's (2); 4 Harry Townsend, St Catherine's, Captain (0)
2006[124] lost 1 Elizabeth Kiernan (-2); 2 Tom Bowden (-2); 3 Alex Leuba, Exeter (-2); 4 Jamie Dundas, Greyfriars (1)
2007[125][126] won 1 Henriette Seligman (-2); 2 Frederik Vannberg (-2); 3 Alex Gleeson, LMH, Captain, MVP (0); 4 Jamie Dundas, Greyfriars (1)
2008[127] won 1 Magdy Fawzy (-2); 2 Alex Gleeson, LMH (0); 3 Tarquin Wethered, Balliol, BPP (0); 4 Alexander Piltz (0)
2009[128] won 1 Henrietta Seligman, St Anne's (-1); 2 William Spray, New College (0); 3 Thomas Mayou, Mansfield, MVP (O); 4 Tarquin Wethered, Balliol, Captain (0)
Varsity polo match at Kirtlington Polo Park 2009
Varsity Polo Match 2009 at Kirtlington Park

2010–2019

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Year Result Team Members Pictures
2010[129] won 1 Tarquin Wethered, Balliol (0); 2 Tom Meacher, St Hugh's (0); 3 William Spray, New College (0); 4 Thomas Mayou, Mansfield (1)
2011[130] won 1 Maximilian Kirchhoff, Harris Manchester (0); 2 Samuel George, University (0); 3 Thomas Mayou, Mansfield (1); 4 Tom Meacher, St Hugh's, Captain (1)
Varsity Match 2011
Oxford University Varsity team 2011
2012[131] lost 1 George Allen, St Benet's (-1); 2 Jamie Lindsay, Brasenose (0); 3 Samuel George, University College, Captain (0); 4 Tomas Meacher, St Hugh's (1)
Varsity Match 2012
Varsity polo team 2012
2013[132][133] won 1 Lanto Sheridan, Harris Manchester, Discretionary Full Blue (4); 2 James Lindsay, Brasenose (0); 3 George Allen, St Benet's, Captain (-1); 4 Elli Gilje, Keble (-2)
Oxford beats Cambridge 11–3 in 2013.
2014[134] lost 1 Ellie Gilje, Keble (-2); 2 Lawrence Wang, Brasenose (-1); 3 James Lindsay, Brasenose, Captain (0); 4 Tomas Reynal, Saïd Business School (2)
2015[135] won 1 Lawrence Wang, Brasenose (-1); 2 Louis Maddison, St Hugh's (0); 3 Vere Harmsworth, St Peter's (-1); 4 George Pearson, Christ Church (2)
2016[136][137] won 1 Charlie James Hitchman, Magdalen (0); 2 Louis Maddison, St Hugh's, Captain (0); 3 Vere Harmsworth, St Peter's (0); 4 George Pearson, Christ Church, MVP (2)
2017[138][139] won 1 Issa Dasu Patel, LMH (-2); 2 Heather Winsor, Brasenose (-1); 3 Charlie James Hitchman, Magdalen, MVP, Captain (0); 4 Sally Schwartz, St Catherine's (-2)
2018[140] [141] won 1 Heather Winsor, Brasenose (-1); 2 Ben Evans, Corpus Christi (-2); 3 Christiaan de Koning, Christ Church (-2); 4 Louis Maddison, St Hugh's, MVP, Captain (0)
2019[142] [143] won 1 James Thomas Coates, St Hugh's/ Freddie Schrager, Worcester (-1); 2 Christiaan de Koning, Christ Church (-2); 3 Tamara Gibbons, St Edmund Hall, MVP, Captain (1); 4 Charlie James Hitchman, Magdalen, BPP (0)

2020–2024

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Year Result Team Members Picture
2020 - no match due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021[144][145] won 1 Jamie Baillie, St John’s (-1); 2 Cecily Day, St John’s (0); 3 Tom Gordon-Colebrooke, Green-Templeton, Captain (1); 4 Tamara Gibbons, St Edmund, MVP (0)
2022[146] won 1 Camilla Hyslop, Worcester (-1); 2 Matthew Burns Barnard, Keble (0); 3 Tom Gordon-Colebrooke, Green-Templeton, BPP, Captain (1); 4 Tamara Gibbons, St Edmund (0)
2023[147] won 1 Camilla Hyslop, Worcester (-1); 2 Jamie Baillie, St John's (-1); 3 Bolowa Tejuoso, BPP; 4 Tom Gordon-Colebrooke, Green-Templeton, Captain (1)
2024[148] won 1 George Tebbutt, Trinity (-2); 2 Joshua Cheung (-2); Zelda Hollings, University (-1); Camilla Hyslop, Worcester, MVP, Captain (-1)
  • MVP denotes Most Valuable Player
  • BPP denotes Best Playing Pony

See also

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References

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