College Rivalry - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

• Oxford and Cambridge, dating back to the 13th century; see Oxford and Cambridge rivalry, Blue (university sport), the Boat Race, The Varsity Match, the Rugby League Varsity Match, and the Ice Hockey Varsity Match.
  • Colleges within each University are also known to nurture keen rivalries, such as that between Oriel College, Oxford and Pembroke College, Oxford, centred around rowing, that between Exeter College, Oxford and Jesus College, Oxford, both being directly opposite each other on Turl Street, or that between Brasenose College, Oxford and Lincoln College, Oxford, one of two pairs of "semi-detached" colleges in Oxbridge - the other being Balliol College and Trinity College in Broad Street, Oxford. Another keen rivalry is that between St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Queen's College, Oxford, dating back to the time when the Queen's College owned St Edmund Hall. In Cambridge, rivalries exist between Trinity and St John's, the two richest colleges of the university and all of Oxbridge. Rivalries have also been established between Colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, such as that between Robinson College, Cambridge, and St Catherine's College, Oxford.
• Whitgift School and Trinity School of John Whitgift
• Royal School of Mines and Camborne School of Mines, take part in the annual Bottle match.
• Hatfield College and University College, Durham
• Eton College and Harrow School, an annual cricket match that has been held at Lord's Cricket Ground since 1805.
• Stonyhurst College and Ampleforth College annual matches in cricket, rugby union and other sports. Stonyhurst is a Jesuit school and Ampleforth is a Benedictine school, and the rivalry probably originally came into being through that between the two Roman Catholic orders.
• Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Dame Allan's School
• University of York and Lancaster University, : the Roses Tournament, in honour of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster. The University of York also has a rivalry with York St John University
• Cardiff University and Swansea University, the Welsh Varsity
• Bangor University and Aberystwyth University, the Varsity Match
• King's College London and University College London
• Norwich School and Gresham's School
• Ampleforth College and Sedbergh School
• University of Bath and Loughborough University, The Real Varsity Match
• Newcastle University and Northumbria University - The Stan Calvert Cup
• University of Southampton and University of Portsmouth - The Varsity - an annual event in 58 different sports
• Newcastle University and Durham University - Northumbrian Water University Boat Race
• Bradford University and King's College London - The Tolstoy Cup
• Stamford School and Uppingham School
• Oakham School and Uppingham School
• Royal Grammar School, Worcester and King's School, Worcester in the "Modus Cup".
• University of Warwick and Coventry University
• University of Manchester and University of Salford - Annual Boat Race
• University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University Annual series in eleven sports
• University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Hope University
• Glenalmond College and Strathallan School
• Royal Holloway, University of London and University of Surrey, the recently inaugurated "Surrey Bowl" Primarily between the respective universities' American Football teams.
• University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University
• Bedford School and Bedford Modern School
• Westminster School and St. Paul's School
• Maidstone Grammar School for Girls and Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone
• Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Queen Mary, University of London in "The Merger Cup"
• St. Paul's School and King's College School, primarily in rugby but also in other sports including football (soccer) and cricket.
• King's College School and Royal Grammar School, Guildford, primarily in rugby where they compete for the Hillers-Hutchison Shield.
• The King's School, Canterbury and King's College School, one of the oldest fixtures in each school's fixture list.
• Tonbridge School and Wellington College, more prominently in rugby, the rugby season finishes with the annual fixture between the two schools. The current headmaster of Wellington Anthony Seldon is an Old Tonbridgian.
• University of East Anglia and University of Essex, Derby Day, an annual multi-sport event with the venue alternating each year.
• The Ravensbourne School, Bishop Justus and Ravens Wood
• Keele University and Staffordshire University since 2007.
• The Skinners' School and The Judd School, Both were founded by the Honorable Skinners' Company, and the rivalry runs deep, be it in the Rugby or academia (a close run battle since both are Selective Grammar Schools)