The Boat Race

The event generally known as "The Boat Race" is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the Thames in London. It takes place generally on the last Saturday of March or the first Saturday of April. The formal title of the event is currently the Xchanging Boat Race, and it is also known as the University Boat Race and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

In 2010 an estimated quarter of a million people watched the race live from the banks of the river and millions on television.

Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues and each boat as a "Blue Boat", with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford dark blue. The first race was in 1829 and it has been held annually since 1856, with the exception of the two world wars. The most recent race was on Saturday, 26 March 2011 at 5.00pm with Oxford (on the Surrey Station) winning. The 2012 event, scheduled for Saturday 7 April at 2.15pm, will be the last Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging, whose share price plunged when they issued a profits warning shortly before the 2011 race.

The race is governed by a Joint Understanding between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs.

History

Origin

The tradition was started in 1829 by Charles Merivale, a student at St John's College, Cambridge, and his schoolfriend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. Cambridge challenged Oxford to a race at Henley-on-Thames. The second race occurred in 1836, with the venue moved to be from Westminster to Putney. Over the next couple of years, there was disagreement over where the race should be held, with Oxford preferring Henley and Cambridge preferring London. Cambridge therefore raced Leander Club in 1837 and 1838. Following the formation of the Oxford University Boat Club, racing between the two universities resumed and the tradition continues to the present day, with the loser challenging the winner to a re-match annually.

The race in 1877 was declared a dead heat. Legend in Oxford has it that the judge, "Honest John" Phelps, was asleep under a bush when the race finished, leading him to announce the result as a "dead heat to Oxford by four feet". This is not borne out, however, by contemporary reports.

Cambridge produced one of the legends of the Boat Race and of rowing worldwide, Stanley Muttlebury, whose crew won the race in the first four of the five years he was a member, 1886-1890. He was viewed as "the finest oarsman to have ever sat in a boat".

Contemporaries writing to The Times to add to his 1933 obituary called attention to his extraordinary physical prowess and natural aptitude for rowing, traits accompanied by mildness, good manners, and natural kindness:

"Muttle", as he was known at the varsity and later in life, was one who strove never to hurt (The Times), but there have been two instances where later generations of oarsmen have rebelled against the leadership of the Boat Club President and their coach. Both have involved Oxford University Boat Club and in both cases American oarsmen played a pivotal role.

1959 Oxford mutiny

Oxford in Autumn 1958 had a large and talented squad. It included eleven returning Blues plus Yale oarsmen Reed Rubin and Charlie Grimes, a gold medallist at the 1956 Olympics. Ronnie Howard was elected OUBC President by the College Captains, beating Rubin. In 1958, Howard had rowed in the Isis crew coached by H.R.A. "Jumbo" Edwards, which had frequently beaten the Blue Boat in training.

Howard's first act was to appoint Edwards as coach. Edwards was a coach with a strong record, but he also imposed strict standards of obedience, behaviour and dress on the triallists which many of them found childish. As an example, Grimes withdrew from the squad after Edwards insisted he remove his "locomotive driver's hat" in training.

With selection for the crew highly competitive, the squad split along the lines of the presidential election. A group of dissidents called a press conference, announcing that they wanted to form a separate crew, led by Rubin and with a different coach. They then wished to race off with Howard's crew to decide who would face Cambridge.

Faced with this challenge, Ronnie Howard returned to the College Captains and asked for a vote of confidence in his selected crew and the decision not to race off with the Rubin crew. He won the vote decisively and the Cambridge president also declared that his crew would only race the Howard eight.

Three of the dissidents returned and Oxford went on to win by six lengths.

1987 Oxford mutiny

In 1987, another disagreement arose amongst the Oxford team. A number of top class American oarsmen refused to row when a fellow American was dropped in preference for the Scottish President, Donald Macdonald. They became embroiled in a conflict with Macdonald and with coach Dan Topolski over his training and selection methods. This eventually led most of the Americans to protest what they perceived to be the president's abuse of power, by withdrawing six weeks before the race was due to start. As Gavin Stewart, the stroke and mainstay of the winning Oxford eight, stated:

To the surprise of many, Oxford, with a crew partially composed of oarsmen from the reserve team, went on to win the race. One aspect of the race was Topolski's tactic, communicated to the cox while the crews were on the start, for Oxford to take shelter from the rough water in the middle of the river at the start of the race, ignoring conventional wisdom that centre stream is fastest even if rowing conditions are poor.

A further surprise was that the captains of the Oxford college boat clubs, who had voted in support of Macdonald and Topolski and precipitated the Americans' withdrawal during the mutiny, voted one of those Americans, Chris Penny, as OUBC president for 1988, a break with the tradition that the president is a returning Blue (the other candidate being Tom Cadoux-Hudson, who was a British member of the 1987 winning crew).

Topolski wrote a book entitled on the incident. A movie based on the book, True Blue, was released in 1996. Topolski's account was seen by some as one-sided, and Ali Gill, who had been a member of the university women's Boat Club at the time of the mutiny, wrote a book The Yanks at Oxford to put the other side of the story.

Reported facts of the "mutiny" still differ greatly depending on the source, and with the historians having been personally involved in the events or the small community in which they occurred, a definitive, unbiased version has never been agreed upon. Macdonald and the Americans have refused to contribute to any debate on the event, including a 2007 BBC radio programme to mark the 20th anniversary.

Notable races in recent years

– Oxford ultimately won by just one foot]] Recent years have seen especially dramatic races. In 2002, the favoured Cambridge crew led with only a few hundred metres to go, when a Cambridge oarsman (Sebastian Mayer, who was later part of the winning 2004 Cambridge crew) collapsed from exhaustion and Oxford rowed through to win by three-quarters of a length. They did so on the outside of the last river bend, a feat last accomplished in 1952.

In 2003 Cambridge were substantially heavier and appeared to be the favourites. Two days prior to the race, however, the Cambridge crew suffered a collision on the river in which oarsman Wayne Pommen was injured. With a replacement in Pommen's seat, Cambridge went on to lose by a record slim margin of one foot. In that year, there were two sets of brothers rowing: Matt Smith and David Livingston for Oxford, and Ben Smith and James Livingston for Cambridge. All four had been pupils together at Hampton School in south-west London. Cambridge gained revenge in 2004 in a race marred by dramatic clashes of oars in the early stages, and the unseating of Oxford's bowman.

The 2006 race was won by Oxford. Cambridge had started as strong favourites but, despite rough rain, made a tactical decision not to use a pump to remove excess water in the boat. Oxford did use a pump and overtook Cambridge to win. Cambridge had in fact introduced pumps as early as 1987 (the year of the Oxford mutiny, and a day of rough conditions).

In 2007 Cambridge were again strong favourites based on the team members' individual successes, and 9 lb heavier per man on average. The Cambridge crew had five returning blues compared to Oxford's one. Furthermore, the international achievement of Cambridge's rowers far exceeded that of Oxford's: the World Champion stern pair of Germans Thorsten Engelmann – the heaviest ever boat race oarsman at  – and Sebastian Schulte; Olympic Gold medallist Kieran West MBE and GB medal winner Tom James. Although Oxford rowed strongly at the beginning, the light blues showed their class by holding Oxford while they had the advantage, and pushing on with tidier rowing from Chiswick steps. Despite their weight and technical superiority, Cambridge won by only a length and a quarter in a time of 17 minutes and 49 seconds.

In 2010 the crews were evenly-matched in age, height and weight. Oxford won the toss and selected the Surrey station, achieving a fast start and forcing Cambridge to row the slower outside course around Hammersmith Bridge to Chiswick Eyot. The Cambridge crew fought back dramatically at Chiswick Pier and overtook Oxford before Barnes Bridge, going on to win by 1¹/₃ lengths in a time of 17 mins 35 seconds.

Course

Tideway corresponding to the traditional English counties)]] The course is 4 miles and 374 yards (6.779 km) from Putney to Mortlake, passing Hammersmith and Barnes; it is sometimes referred to as the Championship Course, and follows an S shape, east to west. The start and finish are marked by the University Boat Race Stones on the south bank. The clubs' presidents toss a coin (the 1829 sovereign) before the race for the right to choose which side of the river (station) they will row on: their decision is based on the day's weather conditions and how the various bends in the course might favour their crew's pace. The north station ('Middlesex') has the advantage of the first and last bends, and the south ('Surrey') station the longer middle bend.

During the race the coxes compete for the fastest current, which lies at the deepest part of the river, frequently leading to clashes of blades and warnings from the umpire. A crew that gets a lead of more than a boat's length can cut in front of their opponent, making it extremely difficult for the trailing crew to gain the lead. For this reason the tactics of the race are generally to go fast early on, and few races have a change of the lead after half-way (though this happened in 2003, 2007 and 2010).

The race is rowed upstream, but is timed to start on the incoming flood tide so that the crews are rowing with the fastest possible current. If a strong wind is blowing from the west it will be against the tide in places along the course, causing the water to become very rough. The conditions are sometimes such that an international regatta would be cancelled, but the Boat Race has a tradition of proceeding even in potential sinking conditions. Several races have featured one, or both, of the crews sinking. This happened to Cambridge in 1859 and 1978, and to Oxford in 1925 and 1951. Both boats sank in 1912, and the race was re-run, and in 1984 Cambridge sank after crashing into a stationary barge while warming up before the race. Cambridge's sinking in 1978 was named in 79th place on Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.

The race is for heavyweight eights (i.e., for eight rowers with a cox steering, and no restrictions on weight). Female coxes are permitted, the first to appear in the Boat Race being Sue Brown for Oxford in 1981. In fact female rowers would be permitted in the men's boat race, though the reverse is not true.

During the race the crews pass various traditional landmarks, visible from the river: {|class="wikitable" !width="120"|Landmark !width="80"|Coordinates !Comments |- |

Putney | | Oxford boats from Westminster School Boat Club (left), and Cambridge from King's College School Boat Club (right). Both clubs are near the Start, just downstream of the Black Buoy. The crews warm up by rowing downstream below Putney Bridge before taking their places at the start. |- | rowspan="2" | The Start by Putney Bridge | rowspan="2" | | The race starts from two stake boats moored so that the competitors' bows are in line with the University Stone on the south bank. The winner of the toss has the choice of station. The Surrey station won 10 out of the 15 races 1994-2008 - though this is not statistically significant. |- | Coxes raise their arms while their VIIIs are getting into position. When both crews are ready the Umpire starts the race by waving a red flag. In the straight section after the start the Middlesex crew tries to hold the fastest water on the centre line of the river. |- | The Black Buoy | | Roughly marks the end of the Putney Boat Houses. The Black Buoy has now been painted yellow to avoid collisions. |- | Fulham Football Club | | 'Craven Cottage': crews stay wide (preferring the Surrey bank) round the bend as the area in front of the football ground (known as 'the Fulham flats') is shallow, with slack water. |- | The Mile Post | | The 'post' is in fact a stone monument to rowing coach Steve Fairbairn. Exactly a mile from the Boat Race start, it is a traditional timing point. The Middlesex bank water continues to be shallow and slack all the way to Hammersmith Bridge.

The most famous commentary on The Boat Race featured BBC radio commentator John Snagge who, his voice filled with excitement during the 1949 staging of the event, reported: "I can't see who's in the lead but it's either Oxford or Cambridge".

Barry Davies was the voice of the Boat Race for the BBC for the years 1993 to 2004. Peter Drury then took over as the main commentator for ITV from 2005 to 2009.

The race which took place on 30 March 1895 became the subject of one of the world's first motion pictures directed by Birt Acres.

Ethnographer Mark de Rond described the training, selection, and victory of the 2007 Cambridge crew in The Last Amateurs: To Hell and Back with the Cambridge Boat Race Crew.

Competitors

Although the contest is strictly between amateurs and the competitors must be students of the university for whom they race, the training schedules each team undertakes are very gruelling. Typically each team trains for six days a week for six months before the event.

Such is the competitive spirit between the universities it is common for Olympic standard rowers to compete, notably including four times Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent who rowed for Oxford in 1990, 1991, and 1993. Olympic Gold medallists from 2000 - Tim Foster (Oxford 1997), Luka Grubor (Oxford 1997), Andrew Lindsay (Oxford 1997, 1998, 1999) and Kieran West (Cambridge 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007) - and 2004 - Ed Coode (Oxford 1998) have also raced for their university. Other famous participants in the race include Andrew Irvine (Oxford 1922, 1923), Lord Snowdon (Cambridge 1950), Colin Moynihan (Oxford 1977), and Hugh Laurie (Cambridge 1980).

Academic status

There are no sporting scholarships at Oxford or Cambridge, so in theory every student must obtain a place at their university on their academic merits, but there have been unproven accusations that these students are admitted to the universities for their rowing skill without meeting the normal academic standards.

From 1978 to 1983 the race was won every year by Oxford crews that included Boris Rankov, who was then a graduate student at Oxford and recognised as a powerhouse of the crews. Although Rankov was a bona fide student (and is now a professor at the University of London), this led to the establishment of the informal "Rankov Rule", to which the teams have adhered ever since, that no rower may compete in the boat race more than four times as an undergraduate, and four times as a graduate.

In order to protect the status of the race as a competition between genuine students, the Boat Race organising committee in July 2007 refused to award a blue to 2006 and 2007 Cambridge oarsman Thorsten Engelmann, as he did not complete his academic course and instead returned to the German national rowing team to prepare for the Beijing Olympics. This has caused a debate about a change of rules, and one suggestion appears to be that only students that are enrolled in courses lasting at least two years should be eligible to race.

Evidence suggests that participants in the boat race are indeed academically capable: the 2005 Cambridge crew, for example, contained four Ph.D students, including a fully qualified medical doctor and a veterinarian.

Standard of the crews

The question whether the Boat Race crews are up to the standard of international crews is difficult to judge, since the Boat Race crews train for a long-distance race early in the season, so their training schedule is quite different for crews training for international regattas over 2000 metres that take place later in the year.

The Boat Race crews do race against selected club and international crews in the build-up to the race, and are competitive against them, but again these matches are over various non-standard distances, against crews that might not have been together as long as the Oxbridge crews.

In 2005 a strong Oxford crew, similar to that which had raced in the Boat Race, entered the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta losing to the winning German international crew in the first round by a third of a length. The same year, Cambridge won the Ladies Challenge plate at the HRR.

In 2007 Cambridge were entered in the London Head of the River Race where they should have been measured directly against the best crews in Britain and beyond. However, the event was called off after several crews were sunk or swamped in rough conditions. Cambridge were fastest of the few crews who did manage to complete the course.

Sponsorship

The Boat Race has been sponsored since 1976, with the money spent mainly on equipment and travel during the training period. The sponsors do not have their logos on the boats or kit during the race, but provide branded training gear and have some naming rights. Boat Race sponsors have included Ladbrokes, Beefeater Gin, Aberdeen Asset Management, and the business process outsourcing company Xchanging, who will sponsor the race until 2012. Controversially, in the renewal of the deal with Xchanging, the crews agreed to wear the sponsor's logo on their kit during the race itself, in exchange for increased funding . Prior to this, all sponsorship marks had been scrupulously discarded on boating for the competition, in line with the race's amateur and ‘Corinthian’ spirit. Xchanging also became title sponsor in November 2009 so, since the 156th Race, the event is known as The Xchanging Boat Race.

Other Oxford/Cambridge Boat Races

Although the heavyweight men's eights are the main draw, the two universities compete in other rowing boat races. The main boat race is preceded by a race between the two reserve crews (called Isis for Oxford and Goldie for Cambridge).

The women's eights, women's reserve eights, men's lightweight eights and women's lightweight eights race in the Henley Boat Races, usually a week before the men's heavyweight races. There is also a 'veterans' boat race, usually held on a weekday before the main Boat Race, on the Thames between Putney and Hammersmith.

Build-up

Training for the boat race officially begins in September, before the start of term. The first public tests are in November at the British Indoor Rowing Championships where each university sends around 20 rowers to compete. Everyone races 2 km on an indoor rower with the club presidents using adjacent machines. Both universities also send crews to the Head of the River Fours race in London which is raced over the reverse Boat Race course, that is to say the Championship course from Mortlake to Putney.

In December, the coaches put out Trial Eights where two crews from the same university race each other over the full boat race course. These crews are given names such as Kara and Whakamanawa (Māori words for strength and honour, Cambridge 2004) or Cowboys and Indians (Oxford 2004). Other trials boat names have included such pairings as Guns and Roses.

Over the Christmas period the squads go on training camps abroad, where final places for the blue boats are decided. After the final blue boat crews have been decided they race against the top crews from the UK and abroad (e.g. in recent years they have raced Leander, Molesey, the German international crew, and a composite crew of Olympic scullers). These races are only over part of the course (from Putney to Chiswick Eyot).

In case of injury or illness, each university has ten extra rowers, eight in the reserve boats Isis and Goldie, and two as the spare pair. Isis and Goldie race 30 mins before the Blue Boat event over the same course. As for the spare pair, in the week before the main event they race each other from the mile post to university stone (i.e. from a point one mile into the Championship Course back to the Boat Race start). In the final week, there is also an official weigh in and the average crew weights announced. The perceived slight advantage of being the heavier crew leads to the practice of drinking large volumes of water directly before the weigh in order to artificially increase weight for a short period of time.

Popular culture

Boat race became such a popular phrase that it was incorporated into Cockney rhyming slang, for "face".

Results and statistics

The detailed nature of the record-keeping over the event's history has many record statistics being carefully monitored. A selection of the more frequently cited statistics includes:

Cambridge: 80 wins

Oxford: 76 wins

Dead heats: 1

Most consecutive victories: Cambridge, 13 (1924–36)

Cambridge Reserves (Goldie): 29 wins

Oxford Reserves (Isis): 17 wins Course record: Cambridge 1998 – 16 minutes, 19 seconds (average speed , including the effect of the favourable tide) Heaviest rower: Thorsten Engelmann, Cambridge 2007, 17 st 6 lb 4oz ()

Lightest rower: Alfred Higgins, Oxford 1882, 9 st 6.5 lb (60.1 kg; 132.5 lb)

Heaviest crew: Oxford 2009, 15st 9 lb 13oz (99.7 kg) average

Tallest rower: Josh West, Cambridge 1999-2002, 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)

Tallest crew: Cambridge 1999, 6 ft 6.3 in (1.98 m) average

Oldest rower: Mike Wherley, Oxford, aged 36 years 14 days, on 29 March 2008 (winner)

Oldest competitor: Andy Probert (cox), Cambridge, aged 38 years 86 days, on 4 April 1992

Full results by year

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<		No. !! Date !! Winner !! Time !! Ox total !! Cam total	Reserve Race
align="center">1	<	||	Oxford	14:03	1	0
align="center">2	<	||	Cambridge	36:00	1	1
align="center">3	<	||	Cambridge	31:00	1	2
align="center">4	<	||	Cambridge	29:03	1	3
align="center">5	<	||	Cambridge	32:03	1	4
align="center">6	<	||	Oxford	30:01	2	4
align="center">7	<	||	Cambridge	23:03	2	5
align="center">8	<	||	Cambridge	21:05	2	6
align="center">9	<	||	Cambridge	22:00	2	7
align="center">10	<	||	Oxford	foul	3	7
align="center">11	<	||	Oxford	21:36	4	7
align="center">12	<	||	Oxford	25:29	5	7
align="center">13	<	||	Cambridge	25:45	5	8
align="center">14	<	||	Oxford	22:05	6	8
align="center">15	<	||	Cambridge	21:23	6	9
align="center">16	<	||	Oxford	24:04	7	9
align="center">17	<	||	Cambridge	26:05	7	10
align="center">18	<	||	Oxford	23:03	8	10
align="center">19	<	||	Oxford	24:04	9	10
align="center">20	<	||	Oxford	23:06	10	10
align="center">21	<	||	Oxford	21:04	11	10
align="center">22	<	||	Oxford	21:24	12	10
align="center">23	<	||	Oxford	25:35	13	10
align="center">24	<	||	Oxford	22:39	14	10
align="center">25	<	||	Oxford	20:56	15	10
align="center">26	<	||	Oxford	20:04	16	10
align="center">27	<	||	Cambridge	22:04	16	11
align="center">28	<	||	Cambridge	23:01	16	12
align="center">29	<	||	Cambridge	21:15	16	13
align="center">30	<	||	Cambridge	19:35	16	14
align="center">31	<	||	Cambridge	22:35	16	15
align="center">32	<	||	Oxford	22:02	17	15
align="center">33	<	||	Cambridge	20:02	17	16
align="center">34	<	||	dead heat	24:08	17	16
align="center">35	<	||	Oxford	22:15	18	16
align="center">36	<	||	Cambridge	21:18	18	17
align="center">37	<	||	Oxford	21:23	19	17
align="center">38	<	||	Oxford	21:51	20	17
align="center">39	<	||	Oxford	20:12	21	17
align="center">40	<	||	Oxford	21:18	22	17
align="center">41	<	||	Cambridge	21:39	22	18
align="center">42	<	||	Oxford	21:36	23	18
align="center">43	<	||	Cambridge	22:03	23	19
align="center">44	<	||	Cambridge	20:52	23	20
align="center">45	<	||	Cambridge	20:48	23	21
align="center">46	<	||	Cambridge	20:14	23	22
align="center">47	<	||	Oxford	22:03	24	22
align="center">48	<	||	Oxford	21:48	25	22
align="center">49	<	||	Oxford	19:01	26	22
align="center">50	<	||	Oxford	18:45	27	22
align="center">51	<	||	Oxford	21:39	28	22
align="center">52	<	||	Oxford	20:05	29	22
align="center">53	<	||	Oxford	20:01	30	22
align="center">54	<	||	Oxford	19:12	31	22
align="center">55	<	||	Oxford	22:15	32	22
align="center">56	<	||	Cambridge	21:04	32	23
align="center">57	<	||	Cambridge	18:45	32	24
align="center">58	<	||	Oxford	22:31	33	24
align="center">59	<	||	Cambridge	19:09	33	25
align="center">60	<	||	Cambridge	19:33	33	26
align="center">61	<	||	Cambridge	21:37	33	27
align="center">62	<	||	Oxford	20:35	34	27
align="center">63	<	||	Cambridge	19:25	34	28
align="center">64	<	||	Cambridge	20:26	34	29
align="center">65	<	||	Cambridge	19:02	34	30
align="center">66	<	||	Oxford	19:05	35	30
align="center">67	<	||	Oxford	20:14	36	30
align="center">68	<	||	Oxford	18:29	37	30
align="center">69	<	||	Oxford	22:05	38	30
align="center">70	<	||	Oxford	20:53	39	30
align="center">71	<	||	Cambridge	20:23	39	31
align="center">72	<	||	Cambridge	21:11	39	32
align="center">73	<	||	Cambridge	19:45	39	33
align="center">74	<	||	Cambridge	19:27	39	34
align="center">75	<	||	Oxford	20:54	40	34
align="center">76	<	||	Cambridge	18:41	40	35
align="center">77	<	||	Cambridge	21:05	40	36
align="center">78	<	||	Cambridge	19:29	40	37
align="center">79	<	||	Cambridge	20:14	40	38
align="center">80	<	||	Cambridge	20:25	40	39
align="center">81	<	||	Cambridge	19:24	40	40
align="center">82	<	||	Cambridge	19:09	40	41
align="center">83	<	||	Cambridge	19:26	40	42
align="center">84	<	||	Cambridge	19:11	40	43
align="center">85	<	||	Cambridge	20:57	40	44
align="center">86	<	||	Cambridge	18:03	40	45
align="center">87	<	||	Cambridge	19:48	40	46
align="center">88	<	||	Cambridge	21:06	40	47
align="center">89	<	||	Oxford	22:39	41	47
align="center">90	<	||	Oxford	20:03	42	47
align="center">91	<	||	Cambridge	19:03	42	48
align="center">92	<	||	Oxford	19:54	43	48
align="center">93	<	||	Cambridge	23:01	43	49
align="center">94	<	||	Cambridge	17:05	43	50
align="center">95	<	||	Cambridge	18:57	43	51
align="center">96	<	||	Cambridge	20:15	43	52
align="center">97	<	||	Cambridge	20:05	43	53
align="center">98	<	||	Oxford	20:23	44	53
align="center">99	<	||	Cambridge	19:54	44	54
align="center">100	<	||	Oxford	20:23	45	54
align="center">101	<	||	Cambridge	19:01	45	55
align="center">102	<	||	Cambridge	18:36	45	56
align="center">103	<	||	Cambridge	19:01	45	57
align="center">104	<	||	Cambridge	18:15	45	58
align="center">105	<	||	Oxford	18:52	46	58
align="center">106	<	||	Oxford	18:59	47	58
align="center">107	<	||	Cambridge	19:22	47	59
align="center">108	<	||	Cambridge	19:46	47	60
align="center">109	<	||	Oxford	20:47	48	60
align="center">110	<	||	Cambridge	19:18	48	61
align="center">111	<	||	Oxford	18:07	49	61	Isis
align="center">112	<	||	Oxford	19:12	50	61	Isis
align="center">113	<	||	Oxford	18:52	51	61	Goldie
align="center">114	<	||	Cambridge	18:22	51	62	Goldie
align="center">115	<	||	Cambridge	18:04	51	63	Goldie
align="center">116	<	||	Cambridge	20:22	51	64	Goldie
align="center">117	<	||	Cambridge	17:58	51	65	Goldie
align="center">118	<	||	Cambridge	18:36	51	66	Goldie
align="center">119	<	||	Cambridge	19:21	51	67	Goldie
align="center">120	<	||	Oxford	17:35	52	67	Goldie
align="center">121	<	||	Cambridge	19:27	52	68	Isis
align="center">122	<	||	Oxford	16:58	53	68	Isis
align="center">123	<	||	Oxford	19:28	54	68	Goldie
align="center">124	<	||	Oxford	18:58	55	68	Goldie
align="center">125	<	||	Oxford	20:33	56	68	Goldie
align="center">126	<	||	Oxford	19:02	57	68	Isis
align="center">127	<	||	Oxford	18:11	58	68	Isis
align="center">128	<	||	Oxford	18:21	59	68	Isis
align="center">129	<	||	Oxford	19:07	60	68	Isis
align="center">130	<	||	Oxford	16:45	61	68	Goldie
align="center">131	<	||	Oxford	17:11	62	68	Isis
align="center">132	<	||	Cambridge	17:58	62	69	Isis
align="center">133	<	||	Oxford	19:59	63	69	Goldie
align="center">134	<	||	Oxford	17:35	64	69	Goldie
align="center">135	<	||	Oxford	18:27	65	69	Isis
align="center">136	<	||	Oxford	17:22	66	69	Goldie
align="center">137	<	||	Oxford	16:59	67	69	Goldie
align="center">138	<	||	Oxford	17:44	68	69	Goldie
align="center">139	<	||	Cambridge	17:00	68	70	Goldie
align="center">140	<	||	Cambridge	18:09	68	71	Goldie
align="center">141	<	||	Cambridge	18:04	68	72	Goldie
align="center">142	<	||	Cambridge	16:58	68	73	Goldie
align="center">143	<	||	Cambridge	17:38	68	74	Goldie
align="center">144	<	||	Cambridge	16:19	68	75	Isis
align="center">145	<	||	Cambridge	16:41	68	76	Goldie
align="center">146	<	||	Oxford	18:04	69	76	Isis
align="center">147	<	||	Cambridge	17:44	69	77	Goldie
align="center">148	<	||	Oxford	16:54	70	77	Isis
align="center">149	<	||	Oxford	18:06	71	77	Goldie
align="center">150	<	||	Cambridge	18:47	71	78	Isis
align="center">151	<	||	Oxford	16:42	72	78	Goldie
align="center">152	<	||	Oxford	18:26	73	78	Goldie
align="center">153	<	||	Cambridge	17:49	73	79	Goldie
align="center">154	<	||	Oxford	20:53	74	79	Isis
align="center">155	<	||	Oxford	17:00	75	79	Isis
align="center">156	<	||	Cambridge	17:35	75	80	Goldie
align="center">157	||	Oxford	17:32	76	80	Isis

Unofficial wartime races

River Great Ouse, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Date !! Location !! Winner
1940	Henley-on-Thames	Cambridge
1943	Sandford-on-Thames >
1944	Ely ||style="background:#004685; color:#FFFFFF"| Oxford
1945

See also

Oxbridge rivalry

Varsity match

List of Oxford University Boat Race crews

List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews

References

External links

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race official website

Watch the 2007 Boat Race

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