Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNIVERSITY OARS
- 2 FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1829
- 3 SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1836
- 4 THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1839
- 5 FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1840
- 6 FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1841
- 7 SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1842
- 8 SEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1845
- 9 EIGHTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1846
- 10 NINTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 11 TENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 12 ELEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1852
- 13 TWELFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1854
- 14 THIRTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1856
- 15 FOURTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1857
- 16 FIFTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1858
- 17 SIXTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1859
- 18 SEVENTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1860
- 19 EIGHTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1861
- 20 NINETEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1862
- 21 TWENTIETH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1863
- 22 TWENTY-FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1864
- 23 TWENTY-SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1865
- 24 TWENTY-THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1866
- 25 TWENTY-FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1867
- 26 TWENTY-FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1868
- 27 TWENTY-SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1869
- UNIVERSITY CREWS FROM 1829 TO 1869
- OBITUARY
- INDEX I OXFORD UNIVERSITY CREWS
- INDEX II CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CREWS
- LIST OF TABLES
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
5 - FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1840
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNIVERSITY OARS
- 2 FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1829
- 3 SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1836
- 4 THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1839
- 5 FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1840
- 6 FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1841
- 7 SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1842
- 8 SEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1845
- 9 EIGHTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1846
- 10 NINTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 11 TENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 12 ELEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1852
- 13 TWELFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1854
- 14 THIRTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1856
- 15 FOURTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1857
- 16 FIFTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1858
- 17 SIXTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1859
- 18 SEVENTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1860
- 19 EIGHTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1861
- 20 NINETEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1862
- 21 TWENTIETH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1863
- 22 TWENTY-FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1864
- 23 TWENTY-SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1865
- 24 TWENTY-THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1866
- 25 TWENTY-FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1867
- 26 TWENTY-FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1868
- 27 TWENTY-SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1869
- UNIVERSITY CREWS FROM 1829 TO 1869
- OBITUARY
- INDEX I OXFORD UNIVERSITY CREWS
- INDEX II CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CREWS
- LIST OF TABLES
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
Summary
This year the Race took place on the 15th of April. The contest was of a most exciting nature, as for some distance Oxford kept the lead, both Crews rowing most gallantly. At length, however, the Cambridge men drew their boat slowly ahead, and after a severe struggle succeeded in leaving their opponents two-thirds of a length astern at the winning-post—time 29 minutes, 30 seconds. Course from Westminster to Putney.
The names of the Crews were as follows:
Cambridge.
Alfred H. Shadwell, St John's.
W. Massey, 1st Trin.
S. B. Taylor, 1st Trin.
John M. Ridley, Jesus.
G. C. Uppleby, Magd.
F. C. Penrose, Magd.
Heighway Jones, Magd.
Charles M. Vialls, 3rd Trin.
Coxswain, Thos. Selby Egan, Caius.
Oxford.
J. G. Mountain, Merton.
I. J. J. Pocock, Merton.
S. E. Maberly, Ch. Ch.
William Rogers, Balliol.
R. G. Walls, Brasenose.
E. Royds, Brasenose.
G. Meynelly, Brasenose.
John Somers Cocks, Brasenose.
Coxswain, W. B. Garnett, Brasenose.
Life-rate of the Crews.
These two boats were manned by a very healthy set of men, who may be expected to enjoy 692 instead of 640 years of life after the Race; the lives of the individual Oarsmen extending on an average over 43 and a half instead of over 40 years. Those who died before 1869 all belonged to the Oxford Boat, they lived on an average 14 years after they rowed in this Race.
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- University OarsBeing a Critical Enquiry Into the After Health of the Men Who Rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, from the Year 1829 to 1869, Based on the Personal Experience of the Rowers Themselves., pp. 158 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1873