Claim: Herbert Hopkins won Blue, a sporting colors award, in the Lord's Varsity Match.
Evidence: In early July 1923 he hit 100* for Oxford against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's, and won his Blue when he appeared in the Varsity Match at the same venue a few days later, making 42 in a crushing innings-and-227-run triumph over Cambridge University. A blue is an award of sporting colours earned by athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level.