What ho, rugger men!
At last, after a year of torment, the day has arrived for the proud men of Oxford to give the Tabs a bloody good biffing! Cambridge has won four of the last five Varsity matches, so it is high time that we Oxonians redressed the balance somewhat. The teams are as follows:
OXFORD
Hamish Macdonald (Wadham); Govind Oliver (Green Templeton), Will Kane (Merton); Tom Evans (St Hugh’s); Karl Outen (St Edmund Hall), Daniel Guinness (Keble), Louis Mather (University); Stanley McKeen (VC) (Harris Manchester); Nick Haydon (C) (University), Charlie Marr (Brasenose), Luke Jones (St Edmund Hall), Alex Cheesman(St Edmund Hall), Sean Morris (Somerville), Luke Fenwick (University), James Crozier (Kellogg)
Replacements: Anthony Connor (Keble), Lewis Anderson (University), Alex Rowe (Queen’s), Ian Swan (Kellogg), Jeremy Mather (Lady Margaret Hall), Harry Guinness (St Anthony’s), Thomas Yusef (University), James Wisson (St Anne’s)
CAMBRIDGE
Niall Conlon (St Edmunds); Jamie Stuart Davidson Gilbert (St Edmunds), Stuart Brown (Clare); Tom Harrington (Wolfson); Charles Baird (St John’s), Jason Kururangi (St Edmunds), Tom Stanton (St John’s); Ben Maidment (St Edmunds); Sam Hunt (Girton), Gregory Douglas Cushing (Ridley Hall), Robert Stevens (Jesus), Paul Loudon (St Edmunds), Fred Burdon (St John’s), Ilia Cherezov (St John’s), James Richards (C) (Hughes Hall)
Replacements: Christopher George Hall (St John’s), Tom Harris (Churchill), Andrew Daniel (St Edmunds), Scott Annett (Clare), Ben Martin (St Catharine’s), Matthew M Guinness-King (St Catharine’s), Miles Daly (Jesus), William Briggs (Magdalene)
The number of geriatric colonials from rum colleges seems somewhat reduced this year, thank Gad, though Green Templeton (which is to Oxford what Stoke City is to the Premier League) not surprisingly makes an appearance again.
I shan't be in attendance this year but I shall of course be cheering the chaps on. For an entertaining Tab perspective, read this by the excellent Steve James in the Telegraph. GDBO indeed, the cheeky blighters! I can tell Mr James that God will damn only one team today and it assuredly won't be the chaps wearing dark blue jerseys!
Yours, etc
Viscount Crouchback
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