 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mugore rinotevera, Oxford University yakapinda zvakare mumakwikwi muchikamu chekutanga cheRound uko vakakunda Upton Park 4 0, vachienderera mberi nekukunda Barnes, Wanderers naClapham Rovers kuti vasvike kumagumo, uko vakasangana neRoyal Engineers. Mhedzisoyakatambwa paKennington Oval musi wa 10 March 1874, pamberi pevanhu 2 000. Mackarness zvakare akatamba semunhu oga weyunivhesiti. Maminitsi gumi mumutambo, Oxford yakawana kona; sezvo kona yakatorwa, kurwisana kwakaitika pamberi pevarwi veEngineers, uye bhora rakawira kuna Mackarness, uyo akaripfura pamusoro pevanhu vevatambi uye akapfuura muchengeti wemugwagwa William Merriman. Maminitsi gumi gare gare, yunivhesiti yakapeta kaviri kutungamirira kwayo negoridhe raFrederick Patton, pashure pokunge kaputeni Cuthbert Ottaway naRobert Vidal vatamba zvine unyanzvi. Pasinei nokurwiswa kwakanga kwaitwa zvibodzwa neSappers, Oxford yakaramba ichikunda 2-0 uye nokudaro yakawana mukombe kekutanga uye chete. 