Wednesday 26th November saw the return of the Steel-Bodger rugby match which resulted in a 31-24 victory for the University of Cambridge against an ‘all-star’ side at Grange Road ground.
The Steele-Bodger match has been an annual fixture since Micky Steele-Bodger’s inaugural side played against the Cambridge University XV in 1948. The match is largely held as being the second most important date in Cambridge University RUFC’s fixture list, behind the Varsity Match.
The recent game was the 77th Steele-Bodger match and attracts more than 3,000 spectators each year, most of whom work in the property sector.
Savills sponsored the Steele-Bodgers XV team shirts for the fourth consecutive year and also hosted more than 100 clients at the event.
Tom Fraser, head of office at Savills Cambridge, said: “The match against the Steele-Bodger XV is a tradition that stretches back decades and one of the most eagerly anticipated days in the local sporting and property calendar.
“We were delighted to be involved once again and were only too happy to show our support by sponsoring the team’s playing jerseys.
“It was a fantastic afternoon and I’d like to say a big thank you to all our clients who came along to make the event such a success.”
Micky Steele-Bodger – who died in 2019 – was an England international who became one of the global game’s foremost administrators and was admired throughout the world by generations of players whose careers he helped influence.
His playing career was cut short at the age of 24 by a serious knee injury by which time he had already won nine caps in the back row for England as well as representing Cambridge University, Edinburgh University, Harlequins and the Barbarians.
He also went on to become a selector for England and the British and Irish Lions, served as President of the Rugby Football Union in 1973-74 and then as Chairman of the International Rugby Board. He was appointed a CBE in the 1990 New Year’s Honours List for services to the sport.
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