OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACES.
Our telegrams on Tuesday announced the result of the annual boat, nee between Oxford and Cambridge. It was won by Cambridge by two leigths* The following are the crews as gi\en id the Daily News of Feb. Bth
It will doubtless interest many of our readers to peruse the results of previous years contests in this great national event. For the first five'years the course (four miles) was from Westminster to Putney ; and subsequently the course has been from Putney to Mortlake, with the exception that in 1846, 1858, and 1863 the course was reversed—Mortlake to Putney. It will he observed that it has been run for consecutive years Only sinde 1856.
Oxford. si. ft); J. H. T. Wharton, Magdalen ... 11 7 A. 0. Wells, Magdalen i] n H. W. Disney, Hertford is 8 J. M. Mulgan, Worcester 12 2 T, Cosby-Burrowes, Trinity 13 i - G. D. Rowe, University 12 W. H. Hobart, Exeter ...• ... 12 5 R. Dawson, Hertford (stroke) ... 11 6 Cambridge. st. fh. Watson-Taylor, Magdalene (bow) 12 0 Bird, 1st Trinity - 12 2 Warlow, Queens’ 12 I Gurdon, Jesus 13 11 Armytage, Jesus 12 9 Fairbaim, Jesus ... 12 13 Routledge, Emmanuel ... 12 13 Davis, 1st Trinity (stroke) 13 3 H. Woodhouse, Trinity Hall (cox) 6 4
YEAR. Results of Races. WINNER. M. S. WON BY 183G Cambridge 36 0 1 minute 1839 Cambridge 31 0 1 min. 45 sec. 1840 Cambridge 29 30 2-3rda length; 1841 Cambridge 32 30 1 min. 28 sec. 1842 Oxford ... 30 45 13 sec. 1845 Cambridge 23 30 30 sec. * 1846 Cambridge 21 55 Two lengths. 1849 Cambridge' 22 0 Many lengths.1849 Oxford ... Foul Foul. 1852 Oxford ... 21 36 27 sec. . 1854 Oxford ... 25 29 11 Strokes. 1856 Cambridge 25 50 Half a length.- ' 1857 Oxford ... . 22 50 35 sec< 1858 Cambridge 21 23 22 sec. 1859 Oxford ..i 24 30 Camb. sank.1860 Cambridge 20 0 One length. 1861 Oxford ... 23 27 48 sec. 1862 Oxford ... 24 40 30 sec. 1863 Oxford ... 23 5 42 sec. 1864 Oxford ... 21 48 23 sec. 1805 Oxford ... 21 23 13 see. 1860 Oxford ... 25 48 15 sec. 1867 Oxford ... 23 22 Half a length.1868 Oxford ... 20 56 Six lengths. 1869 Oxford ... 20 22 Three lengths. 1870 Cambridge 22 0 14 length. 1871 Cambridge 23 5 One length. Two lengths. 1872 Cambridge 21 16 1873 Cambridge 19 35 34 lengths. 1874 Cambridge 22 35 24 lengths. 1875 Oxford ... 22 2 Seven lengths. 1876 Cambridge 20 20 Eight lengths.1877 dead heat 1878 Oxford ... 18 18 Ten lengths. 1879 Cambridge Two lengths*^^
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Kumara Times, Issue 792, 15 April 1879, Page 2
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