SCULLING.
'VARSITY BOAT RACK. Australian & N.Z. Cable Association LOXlibN. jiarcii 31. Oxford won tile toss and look the Middlesex side of the river. Cambridge was off the .smartest, being a canvas ahead in less than a minute, fiu* Oxford boat was already rolling, but tbe crew quickly recovered and drew almost level with Cambridge at tlie mile post. Cambridge was how rowing wifli si beautiful rytlim and length", whereas Oxford was sloppy and ragged.
Cambridge shot the Hammersinitli Bridge a length a head, and after that they did as they liked, virtually making an exhibition row. Oxford was rushing for time. The Australian, Morphett. was one of the steadiest arid most effective of tlie Oxford .crew in tlie hopeless chase. Oxford did slightly better down , tlie Chiswick straight, but after that they had another bad patch of splashing and rolling arid they made the tamest of finishes. Time 2Gmin. 21secs. Cambridge won by ten. lengths.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1928, Page 1
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