Mansfield Road, Oxford

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Mansfield Road is a road in central Oxford, England. It runs north-south with two of Oxford University's colleges on it, Mansfield College and Harris Manchester College.

To the north is South Parks Road and the University's main Science Area. To the south is Holywell Street. Also off this road to the east near its southern end is Jowett Walk, named after Benjamin Jowett, a Master of Balliol College in Victorian times. On the northern corner with Jowett Walk is the Geography Department of the University. Savile Road is a cul-de-sac to the west with New College School (associated with New College in Holywell Street close by) just to the north. The University Club sports ground, for use by graduate students and University staff, is based on Mansfield Road, and hosts a football team named after the road, Mansfield Road Football Club, playing in the Morrells of Oxford Premier League, and the Mansfield Road Cricket Club, or Oxford University Club Cricket Club (OUCCC).

The Mansfield Road club was established in 1960 by Jack Cox and Rupert Cecil as a successor to the informal staff club which first met in the old Zoology department in the Museum, and which later moved to a basement room in Keble road. Jack Cox joined the biochemistry department in 1926 at the age of 15, and retired after 50 years' service in 1976. He was responsible for designing attachments for the Svedberg ultracentrifuge and other specialized equipment, and in 1978 he was awarded an MA for services to the University. A twenty-over cricket competition, the Jack Cox Cup, is now played each year in recognition of his contribution to the Club.

The Oxford University Club Hurriers (OUCH) were formerly known as the Mansfield Road Runners [1].