University Oars 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
7 - SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1842
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
“The University Race of 1842 resulted in the first victory gained by Oxford on the London waters (the Race of 1829 having been rowed at Henley). Both crews were in first-rate condition, but the Race was shorn of much of its interest by the inexcusable conduct of a steamer which got right in the way of the Cambridge Boat, not only throwing her out of her course, but subjecting her to its swell for a considerable distance, and thereby depriving her of all chance of making a good fight. The Oxford Crew brought in their Boat some 13 seconds ahead of their opponents.
The names of the Crews were as follows:
Oxford.
J. F. McDougall, Magd. Hall.
Robert Menzies, Univ.
Edw. A. Breedon, Trinity.
W. B. Brewstcr, St John's.
G. D. Bourne, Oriel.
J. C. Cox, Trinity.
George E. Hughes, Oriel.
F. N. Menzies, Univ.
Coxswain, Arthur Shadwell, Balliol.
Ernest Tower, St John's.
Hon. L. W. Denman, Magd.
W. Watson, Jesus.
F. C. Penrose, Magd.
R. H. Cobbold, St Peter's.
J. Royds, Christ's.
Hon. G. Denman, ist Trin.
John M. Ridley, Jesus.
Coxswain, A. B. Pollock, Trin.
Life-rate of the Crews.
The lives of these men may be considered good ones. My estimate of their collective after-life amounts to 687 instead of 640 years, while the individual Oarsmen may on an average be expected to live for 43 in stead of 40 years after the 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. 173 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1873