Boating

by Walter Bradford Woodgate

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

WINNERS since 1828.

Year	Place		Winner	Time			Won by
				m.	s.
1829		Hambledon Lock to Henley Bridge	Oxford	14	30		easy
1836		Westminster to Putney	Cambridge	36	0		1 m.
1839		Westminster to Putney	Cambridge	31	0		1 m. 45 s.
1840		Westminster to Putney	Cambridge	29	30		2⁄3 length
1841		Westminster to Putney	Cambridge	32	30		1 m. 4 s.
1842		Westminster to Putney	Oxford	30	45		13 s.
1845		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	23	30		30 s.
1846	[a]	Mortlake (Church) to Putney	Cambridge	21	5		2 lengths
1849		Putney to Mortlake (Ship)	Cambridge	22	0		4 lengths
1849		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	—			foul
1852		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	21	56		27 s.
1854		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	25	29		11 strokes
1856	[b]	Barker’s rails to Putney	Cambridge	25	50		1⁄2 length
1857	[c]	Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	55		35 s.
1858		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	21	23		22 s.
1859		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	24	40		C. sank
1860		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	26	5		1 length
1861		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	23	28		43 s.
1862		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	24	41		30 s.
1863	[b]	Barker’s rails to Putney	Oxford	23	6		43 s.
1864		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	15		26 s.
1865		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	21	24		4 s.
1866		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	25	14		15 s.
1867		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	30		1⁄2 length
1868		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	20	37		6 lengths
1869		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	20	6	1⁄2	3 lengths
1870		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	21	30	3⁄4	2 lengths
1871		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	23	9	1⁄2	1 length
1872		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	21	14		2 lengths
1873	[d]	Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	19	36		3 lengths
1874		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	22	35		31⁄2 lengths
1875		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	2		29 s.
1876		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	20	19		5 lengths
1877	[e]	Putney to Mortlake	Dead heat	24	6	1⁄2	dead heat
1878		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	15		40 s.
1879		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	21	18		31⁄2 lengths
1880		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	21	23		4 lengths
1881		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	21	52		31⁄2 lengths
1882		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	20	12		20 s.
1883		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	22	18		21⁄2 lengths
1884		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	21	39		3 lengths
1885		Putney to Mortlake	Oxford	21	36		5 lengths
1886		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	22	20		2⁄3 length
1887		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	20	52		21⁄4 lengths
1888		Putney to Mortlake	Cambridge	20	48		5 lengths

([a]) This was the first race rowed in outrigged eights.

(b) These races were rowed from Barker’s rails to Putney, about 1,200 yards more than the usual course. Barker’s rails are still marked by a brick pedestal under Middlesex shore.

([c]) This was the first race rowed in keelless boats.

([d]) Sliding seats first used in these races.

([e]) This is the only dead heat ever rowed in this race. Bow in Oxford boat broke his oar.

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