The University Cross Country Races: Oxford v Cambridge

OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE
ON WIMBLEDON COMMON

Saturday 5 December 2026

2026 Race Info →Results archive →
Results are in
Oxford win both races

Saturday 6 December 2025 · Wimbledon Common

The scores →Full results ↗
Race Week
Saturday 5 December

Oxford v Cambridge · Wimbledon Common · First race 13:00

Match Programme →Where to watch →
Photography: Graham Smith Photography, 2024

The University
Cross Country Races 2026

135th Gentlemen’s Race & 50th Ladies’ Race

  • Saturday 5 December 2026
  • Thames Hare & Hounds’ Headquarters
    Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields, Roehampton Vale, SW15 3PQ
The course map →
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Oxford and Cambridge athletes embracing after the 2025 Ladies’ race

Photography: Graham Smith Photography, 2025

Results are in · Saturday 6 December 2025

Oxford win both Blues races

Oxford took the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ team victories on Wimbledon Common. Here are the scores and the winners.

The series: the Gentlemen’s series is all square at 67–67, and Oxford lead the Ladies’ series 29–20. Every match, every year →

Old Blues’ Race: Oxford won, and Peter Molloy (Trinity, Cambridge) was first home in 21:20.

Match reportThe match report
Match reportThe match report and press release will be on the News page.
Replay the races →Search the archive →
Race Week · Saturday 5 December 2026

The Races are on Saturday

Thames Hare & Hounds’ headquarters at Roehampton Vale, with the course across Wimbledon Common. First race at 13:00.

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The timetable

  • 13:00Old Blues’ Race34th edition · mob match
  • 14:00Ladies’ Race50th edition · approximately 4 miles
  • 14:45Gentlemen’s Race135th edition · approximately 7½ miles
Full timetable →
Getting there

SW15 3PQ

Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields, Roehampton Vale. Buses, parking and tea at 16:00 are on the Races page.

Travel →
Where to watch

Four main viewing points

The water splash, the Butts, the Windmill and the finish.

See the map →
The teams

Dark Blue v Light Blue

The Oxford and Cambridge Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Blues teams.

Meet the teams →
Race preview

The race preview

The form, the selections and who to watch, with the press release.

Read the preview →
Race preview

The preview is coming this week

The race preview and press release go up on the News page during Race Week.

News →
What to wear

Dress for mud

It is cross country in December. Wear shoes you do not mind getting muddy.

Race day timetable

13:00Old Blues’ Race
14:00Ladies’ Race
14:45Gentlemen’s Race
View the full timetable →
The rivalry Overall match wins · through 2025
Gentlemen’s University RaceOverall series wins
Oxford67wins
v
Cambridge67wins
All square after the 2025 race
Ladies’ University RaceOverall series wins
Oxford29wins
v
Cambridge20wins
Oxford lead the series through 2025
Recent results →
Since 1880A rivalry raced over The Common.
The Course

Wimbledon Common

The course heads out across the famous water splash, up the hill towards the Windmill and finishes through the hilly Butts. The Gentlemen race includes a loop up towards Kings Mere and covers approximately 7½ miles. While the Ladies race is approximately 4 miles long.

Where to watch →View the Course →
Aerial map of Wimbledon Common with the course in red and the start and finish, water splash, the Butts and the Windmill marked
The Teams
Meet the teams →
OXFORD
GENTLEMEN’S BLUES →
OXFORD
LADIES’ BLUES →
CAMBRIDGE
GENTLEMEN’S BLUES →
CAMBRIDGE
LADIES’ BLUES →

From the archive

A different piece of University Race history appears here each day.

Read the full history →
Latest
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Cross Challenge · 9 November 2026

Cardiff Cross Challenge 2026

Rebecca Flaherty was third in the Senior Women’s race, just ahead of Laura Muir, with Chris Parker 15th and Tom Wood first Welshman home. Our first look at the Varsity head-to-heads, with alumni and full Oxford and Cambridge results.

From the University Cross Country RacesRead the report →
Selection races · 1 November 2026

Megacross and Cuppers 2026

Will Anthony and Rebecca Flaherty took the Cuppers titles in Oxford, while Connor Morgan and Laia Casajoana Guardia won Cambridge’s Megacross. The report, photos and full results.

From the University Cross Country RacesRead the report →