1996/97 University Of Oxford Home Rugby Shirt (S)

Size: Adult Small

Chest Measurement: 37-39 Inches / 95-99 CM

Manufacturer: Cotton Oxford

Colour: Navy, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1996/1997

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Cotton Oxford University of Oxford home long sleeved rugby shirt from the 1996/97 season. 

The condition of this original jersey is 9/10 - Superb (see photos ).

The University of Oxford RFC was founded in 1869, fifteen months before the creation of the Rugby Football Union. The first Varsity Match was played in February 1872 in Oxford at 'The Parks', the following year the return game was played in Cambridge on Parker's Piece. In 1874 it was decided that the game be played on a neutral ground. Oxford, like rivals Cambridge, have supplied hundreds of players to national teams, and was key in spreading the sport of rugby throughout Britain as past students brought the game back to their home counties.

The very first international player to be capped whilst at Oxford was Cecil Boyle, who represented England in 1873, one season before Cambridge University. In 1951 OURFC became the first Western rugby team to tour Japan after World War II.