The Boat Race 1862
19th Boat Race | |||
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Date | 12 April 1862 | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 10 lengths | ||
Winning time | 24 minutes 34 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 10–9 | ||
Umpire | Joseph William Chitty | ||
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The 19th Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on 12 April 1862. Oxford won by 10 lengths.
Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues")[1] and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").[1] The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.[2][3] The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide.[4] Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1861 race by sixteen lengths,[5] with Cambridge leading overall with ten victories to Oxford's eight (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).[6]
The umpire for the race was Joseph William Chitty.[7]
Crews
The Oxford crew weighed an average of 11 st 11.375 lb (74.8 kg), 12.25 pounds (5.6 kg) per rower more than their Light Blue opposition.[8] Poole and Hoare returned for the Oxford crew while Cambridge's crew featured three returning Blues in Fitzgerald, Collings and Richards.[8]
Seat | Cambridge File:University of Cambridge coat of arms official.svg |
Oxford | ||||
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Name | College | Weight | Name | College | Weight | |
Bow | P. F. Gorst | Lady Margaret Boat Club | 10 st 4 lb | W. B. Woodgate | Brasenose | 11 st 6 lbs |
2 | J. G. Chambers | 3rd Trinity | 11 st 5 lb | O. S. Wynne | Christ Church | 11 st 3 lb |
3 | E. Sanderson | Corpus Christi | 10 st 10 lb | W. B. R. Jacobson | Christ Church | 12 st 4 lb |
4 | W. C. Smyly | 1st Trinity | 11 st 5 lb | R. E. L. Burton | Christ Church | 12 st 5 lb |
5 | R. U. P. Fitzgerald | Trinity Hall | 11 st 3 lb | A. Morrison (P) | Balliol | 12 st 8.5 lb |
6 | H. H. Collings | 3rd Trinity | 11 st 2 lb | A. R. Poole | Trinity | 12 st 5 lb |
7 | J. G. Buchanan | 1st Trinity | 10 st 12 lb | C. R. Carr | Wadham | 11 st 2.5 lb |
Stroke | G. H. Richards (P) | 1st Trinity | 10 st 5 lb | W. M. Hoare | Exeter | 11 st 1 lb |
Cox | F. H. Archer | Corpus Christi | 5 st 2 lb | F. Hopwood | Christ Church | 7 st 3 lb |
Source:[8] (P) – boat club president[9] |
Race
Oxford won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing the Surrey side of the river to Cambridge.[10]
Oxford won by 10 lengths in a time of 24 minutes 34 seconds.[5]
References
Notes
- ^ a b "Dark Blues aim to punch above their weight". The Observer. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Smith, Oliver (25 March 2014). "University Boat Race 2014: spectators' guide". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "The Course". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Former Winnipegger in winning Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race crew". CBC News. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Boat Race – Results". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 20 August 2014. Cite error: The named reference "results" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Classic moments – the 1877 dead heat". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Drinkwater, p. 52
- ^ a b c MacMichael, pp. 291–292
- ^ Burnell, pp. 50–51
- ^ MacMichael, p. 292
Bibliography
- Burnell, Richard (1979). One Hundred and Fifty Years of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Precision Press. ISBN 0950063878.
- Dodd, Christopher (1983). The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Stanley Paul. ISBN 0091513405.
- Drinkwater, G. C.; Sanders, T. R. B. (1929). The University Boat Race – Official Centenary History. Cassell & Company, Ltd.
- MacMichael, William Fisher (1870). The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races: From A.D. 1829 to 1869. Deighton.