Two Old Cranleighans earned Blues in the Varsity match at Twickenham on December 12 with very differing fortunes. Henry Lamont (East 2012), who was winning his second Blue for Oxford, scored his side’s second try in their 33-15 win; Will Yeeles, last year’s senior prefect, came on as a substitute for Cambridge and came close to scoring – his effort was ruled out after a television review – but by then the game was already lost.
Lamont’s try came midway through the first half when Oxford were still trailing to an early try. From a position where he should not have posed a real threat he jinked through four tacklers to score, setting in motion the Oxford surge which really got underway after half-time.