UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Medicine Cricket

Prior to the COVID pandemic, the Jack Cox Tournament was much larger annual T20 competition featuring between 12 to 16 of the University of Oxford departments. The tournament ran from May until August with teams competing for a trophy and a plate. The earliest known winner of the Jack Cox trophy was the Zoology Dept in 1977..

The Jack Cox Tournament is a T20 competition between the University of Oxford departments held every summer.

The tournament has a long history stretching back to the 1970s. It was suspended for the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was brought back to life in 2025 with Dept. of Physics winning a 4 team competition (Medicine, Physics, Pharmacology and IT Services). 

For the 2026 competition six teams competed between May and July (Medicine, IT Services, Mathematics/Rhodes House, Pharmacology/Estates, Said Business School and Physics). There was a round robin stage were the teams played each other and then the results table was split into the top 3, who competed for the cup, and the bottom 3, who competed for the plate. Medicine won the cup (beating Maths/Rhodes House in the final) and IT services won the plate (beating Physics in the plate final).

Rules: Bowlers are restricted to 3 overs each and batsmen must retire at 30 but can return at the end of the innings if the rest of their team are out. These restrictions ensure a high level of player participation and successful teams must have depth in their bowling and batting ability. 

THE JACK COX TOURNAMENT