UNIVERSITY BLUES FULL
In general, the full blue standard is approximately that of being successful at a national level of student competition, and the half blue standard is that of being successful at county or regional level. A full blue is the highest honour that may be bestowed on a Cambridge athlete, and is a much-coveted and prestigious prize. Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote".Īthletes at the University of Cambridge may be awarded a full blue (or simply a blue), half blue, first team colours or second team colours for competing at the highest level of university sport, which must include being in a varsity match or race against the University of Oxford. These colours – light blue for Cambridge, and dark blue for Oxford – became the official colours of the two boat clubs, and through the rivalry of the Boat Race, the colours became inextricably linked with the universities and contests between the two. At the second race, in 1836, a light blue ribbon was attached to the front of the Cambridge boat, as it was the colour of Gonville & Caius College. They wore white shirts with dark blue stripes, while Cambridge wore white with a pink or scarlet sash. Īt the first Boat Race in 1829, the Oxford crew was dominated by students of Christ Church, whose college colours were dark blue. There is no record of any university "colours" being worn during the game. The first sporting contest between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was held on 4 June 1827, when a two-day cricket match at Lord's, organized by Charles Wordsworth, nephew of the poet William, resulted in a draw.
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