boat race boat race took place april held annually boat race rowing race crews universities oxford cambridge river thames umpired rower cambridge won quarter lengths time minutes seconds record tenth consecutive victory took overall record event cambridge favour background boat race rowing competition university_of_oxford referred dark blues university_of_cambridge referred light blues race held taken place mile championship course river thames southwest london rivalry major point honour universities followed united_kingdom broadcast worldwide cambridge went race reigning champions having won race lengths led overall victories oxford excluding dead heat cambridge coached rowed times time oxford coaches participated races umpired race rowed oxford race rowed race races race umpired cambridge rower represented light blues races according rowing correspondent times training recent years seen changes comparative merits crews oxford started cambridge took time settle having rapid progress promised best cambridge crew oxford improved arrived conversely light blues suffered losing year stroke days race dark blues continued progress time race little choose crews crews oxford crew weighed average pounds rower opponents cambridge saw rowers return crew boat_race experience including number making consecutive appearance oxford crew contained rowers taken previous events including appearing consecutive race participants registered non british oxford cox thailand cambridge australian race cambridge won toss elected start surrey station handing middlesex river oxford race delayed result slowly rising tide eventually started umpire game cambridge quicker start rated opponents hold quarter length lead end wall bend river favouring middlesex station oxford gained crews passed mile_post level despite cambridge stroke oxford took lead responded push time minute long light blues saw pass hammersmith_bridge length advantage making inside bend river cambridge pushed length clear pub crews rowed struck light blues extended lead half length rating strokes minute oxford time passed cambridge seven seconds ahead passed finishing post lead quarter lengths time minutes seconds taking overall record event favour light blues tenth consecutive victory record streak history event slowest winning time race margin victory race writing observer declared good crew beaten good crew finest races long chronicles according oxford rower features race superb oxford crew extremely bad cambridge boat cambridge won best
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