Oxford University Polo Club Varsity teams have competed in the Varsity Polo Match against Cambridge University since its inception in 1878.

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) 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)

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 126 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

YearResultTeam MembersPicture 1878Oxford Journal, Saturday 30 November 1878 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 1879lost 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 1880 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 1881lost 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 1882Polo, by J. Moray Brown. London: Longmans 1895, p. 131lost 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 won 1 Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman, non-coll.; 2 Douglas Haig, Brasenose; 3 Charles Trefusis, Christ Church; 4 Thomas Hitchcock, Brasenose 1884lost 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 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 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 1887lost 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 1888lost 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 1889lost 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

YearResultTeam Members 1890 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 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 1892lost 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 1893lost 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 1894The Polo Year Book 1894, Hurlingham- not played 1895The Polo Year Book 1895, Hurlingham 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 1896The Polo Year Book 1896, Hurlinghamlost1 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 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 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 won 1 Edward William Hermon, Christ Church; 2 W. Nickalls; 3 Hugh Brodie Cardwell, Magdalen, Captain; 4 Percy Frederick Brassey, New College

1900–1909

YearResultTeam MembersPicture 1900The Polo Monthly, July 1909, p. 375 - Match not played, Cambridge being unable to raise a team. 1901Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 25 June 1901, p. 8 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 1902 won 1 Leonard H. Hardy, New College; 2 Devereux Milburn, Lincoln; 3 Ernest Burford Horlick, Christ Church; 4 Waldorf Astor, New College, Captain 1903 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 1904lost 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 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 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 1907lost 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 1908lost 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 1909lost 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

YearResultTeam MembersPicture 1910 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) 1911lost 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 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 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) 1914Polo Monthly, 1914, p. 468 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) 1915- 1919Polo in Britain. A History, by Horace A. Laffaye, London 2012, p. 31 - no Varsity Match taking place due to the First World War or its aftermath

1920–1929

YearResultTeam MembersPicture 1920lost 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 1921lost 1 J. A. Borden, Trinity; 2 Edwin Vickerman Rutherford, Trinity; 3 E. Holland-Martin, Christ Church; 4 Percy Rivington Pyne Jr., New College 1922 lost 1 H. H. Howard; 2 G. Carr-White, Christ Church; 3 E. Holland-Martin, Christ Church; 4 Viscount Francis Hastings, Christ Church 1923lost 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 1924 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 1925lost 1 R. Bradley-Martin, Christ Church (+2); 2 Thomas Martin Hilder, Oriel; 3 Reginald Alfred Carr-White, St Catherine's; 4 Sir Ian Walker Bart, Christ Church 1926 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 1927 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) 1928lost 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) 1929lost 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