The Boat Race 1930
82nd Boat Race | |||
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Date | 12 April 1930 | ||
Winner | Cambridge | ||
Margin of victory | 2 lengths | ||
Winning time | 19 minutes 9 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 41โ40 | ||
Umpire | Charles Burnell (Oxford) | ||
Other races | |||
Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 82nd Boat Race took place on 12 April 1930. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Charles Burnell, Cambridge won by two lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds. Their seventh consecutive victory, it took the overall record to 41–40 in their favour, the first time for 68 years that they held the lead in the event.
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; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and, as of 2014, broadcast worldwide.[4] Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1929 race by ten lengths, with the overall record tied on 40 victories each (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).[5][6]
Cambridge were coached by Francis Escombe, J. C. Holcroft, J. A. MacNabb (who had rowed in the 1924 race) and P. H. Thomas (a four-time Blue between 1902 and 1905). Oxford's coaches were Stanley Garton (who had rowed three times between 1909 and 1911), P. C. Mallam (a Dark Blue from 1921 to 1924 inclusive) and Arthur Wiggins (who had rowed for Oxford in the 1912, 1913 and 1914 races).[7] For the fourth consecutive year the umpire was Charles Burnell who had rowed for Oxford in the 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898 races.[8] Charles Kent, who rowed for Oxford in the 1891 race, was the finishing judge for the third consecutive year.[9]
According to the rowing correspondent for The Times, the "Cambridge Trial Eights ... were certainly not comparable with those of the past four years."[10] Conversely, Oxford "had better Trial Eights than for many years past".[10] They performed well in their practice rows during the build-up to the race: they broke the record to the Mile Post by four seconds. Cambridge were considered "slightly the faster" but Oxford were "coming on".[11] Both crews rowed in boats built by Sims brothers of Putney, and used Aylings oars.[10][12]
Crews
The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 8 lb (79.6 kg), 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg) per rower more than their opponents. Oxford saw two rowers return in Hugh Edwards and D. E. Tinne. Cambridge's boat contained three participants with Boat Race experience, including Olympic gold medallist Michael Warriner and J. B. Collins, both of whom were making their third consecutive appearance.[13][14] Just one participant in the race was registered as non-British in Cambridge's cox, the American Robert Egerton Swartwout.[15]
Seat | Oxford |
Cambridge | ||||
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Name | College | Weight | Name | College | Weight | |
Bow |
M. J. Waterhouse | Balliol | 12 st 8 lb | D. Haig-Thomas | Lady Margaret Boat Club | 11 st 4 lb |
2 | R. V. Low | University | 12 st 2.5 lb | H. R. N. Rickett | 3rd Trinity | 12 st 6 lb |
3 | N. K. Hutton | University | 12 st 11 lb | W. A. Prideaux | 3rd Trinity | 12 st 6 lb |
4 | C. M. Johnston | Brasenose | 12 st 11 lb | P. N. Carpmael | Jesus | 12 st 7 lb |
5 | H. R. A. Edwards | Christ Church | 13 st 10 lb | M. H. Warriner (P) | 1st Trinity | 13 st 10 lb |
6 | L. Clive | Christ Church | 13 st 0.5 lb | J. B. Collins | 3rd Trinity | 14 st 5 lb |
7 | D. E. Tinne | University | 12 st 1 lb | A. S. Reeve | Selwyn | 12 st 1 lb |
Stroke |
C. F. Martineau | University | 10 st 13 lb | T. A. Brocklebank | 3rd Trinity | 11 st 11.5 lb |
Cox | H. A. G. Durbridge | University | 8 st 7 lb | R. E. Swartwout | 1st Trinity | 7 st 8 lb |
Source:[13] (P) – boat club president A. Graham acted as the non-rowing president for Oxford.[16] |
Race
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The rowing correspondent for The Times suggested that "this year was one of the exceptional years by which the vast crowds who swarm on the towpath are more than rewarded for the years of waiting, and moreover Cambridge men as well as Oxford will rejoice to see so fine a courage and skill once more animating a losing crew".[17] During the course of the race, a spectator boat became waterlogged, resulting in eight people being taken to hospital.[18]
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 โ Results". The Boat Race Company Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Classic moments โ the 1877 dead heat". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Burnell, pp. 110–111
- ^ Burnell, pp. 49, 97
- ^ Burnell, p. 49
- ^ a b c "Chances of a close finish". The Times. No. 45486. 12 April 1930. p. 13.
- The Manchester Guardian. p. 3.
- ^ Shore, John. "Obituary – Bill Sims". Regatta. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Burnell, p. 73
- ^ "Rowing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ Burnell, p. 39
- ^ Burnell, pp. 50, 52
- ^ a b c d e "Cambridge win by two lengths". The Times. No. 45487. 14 April 1930. p. 5.
- The Manchester Guardian. 14 April 1930. p. 3.
Bibliography
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- Dodd, Christopher (1983). The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. ISBN 0091513405.