OURFC was proud to host, for the fourth consecutive year, the Oku Memorial Trophy played at Iffley Road on Saturday December 7th in honour of Ambassador Katsuhiko Oku, who was the first Japanese national ever to represent the Blues – in the early 1980’s, and to become a member of Vincent’s. On the 10th anniversary […]
Month: December 2013
Oxford make History in 132nd Varsity Match Victory
History was made at Twickenham on Thursday afternoon when Captain John Carter in his third term of office lead Oxford to a fourth consecutive over Cambridge with a comprehensive 33 points to 15 victory. Team Lewis Anderson, Nick Gardner, Ian Williams, Michael Rickner, Will Rowlands, Gus Jones, James Harris, John Carter, Samson Egerton, Jonathan Hudson, Henry […]
Blues Squad Announced For The 132nd Varsity Match
Captain John Carter had the luxury of being able to select thirteen returning Blues in the starting XV and one on the bench when he announced his squad last Tuesday ahead of the 132nd Varsity Match to be played at Twickenham on Thursday 12th December, kick off 2.00pm. The two non-Blues in the starting line-up […]
Greyhounds Ten Year Run Comes To An End
The Hounds ten year Varsity domination came to an end at Iffley Road on Wednesday afternoon, when they went down by 24 points to 22 to the Cambridge LX Club in a thunderous encounter. Full match report to follow.Team Dean Irvine, James Wisson, Michael Hannah, Steven Patch, Stuart Greeff, Guy Western, Chris Williams, Graeme MacGilchrist, John […]
Blues Demolish Esher In Final Outing Before Varsity
The Blues put together a comprehensive performance to out class a young Esher side by 40 points to 8 in their last outing pre-the 2013 Varsity Match. The first half saw the sides evenly matched and the Blues go in ahead by just 14 points to 8 with tries from fly-half Jacob Taylor (Keble) and […]
Whippets Secure Fine Varsity Win, Can The Greyhounds Follow Suit
The Whippets travelled to Grange Road to take on the Cambridge U21A side on Tuesday afternoon and brought the Alan Cooper Cup back to Iffley Road with a comprehensive 32 points to 17 win, following an almost perfect first half which saw them lead by 22 points to nil. The Greyhounds are up next in […]
Blues Squad To Face Esher
The final match before the Varsity Match has finally arrived for the 2013 Blues squad as they travel to Esher with an enlarged squad on Monday night looking to make it three wins in a row leading into the encounter with their Cambridge counterparts. Once again Captain John Carter and Head Coach James Wade have […]