A framed photographic presentation of the Cambridge University Athletics Club in 1886, with an 8 by 10in. sepia-toned photograph by Hills & Saunders o
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A framed photographic presentation of the Cambridge University Athletics Club in 1886, with an 8 by 10in. sepia-toned photograph by Hills & Saunders of Cambridge featuring the team & president, the arched mount illuminated with the club crest, titling and team legend, the backboard pasted with an original ownership label for team member F T Gardner, framed & glazed, 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18in. Cambridge University Athletics Club was established in 1857 ad as such can claim to be the oldest athletics club in the world. Inter-Varsity competition with Oxford began in 1864.