boat race 24th boat race crews university_of_oxford university_of_cambridge took place river_thames april race lead exchanged times oxford won half length time minutes seconds victory took overall record oxford 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 oxford went race reigning champions having defeated cambridge lengths previous year race led overall thirteen wins cambridge cambridge according field nearly fit row possible rowing pleasure coached rowed cambridge royal rowed boat race races rowed oxford races president rowed times race coached crew cambridge arrived good form considered disadvantage according crew kept form days practice runs oxford demonstrated cambridge suffering oxford stroke instructed rating low race race umpired rowed oxford twice march december races race starter crews oxford crew weighed average pounds rower opponents time race history crew weighed average oxford crew saw cox fourth boat race appearance rowers return including competing time blues returned cambridge making appearance event according report times sixteen finer better trained young men difficult find england race according weather morning race blowing like oxford won toss elected start middlesex station handing surrey river cambridge race commenced shortly cambridge making better start oxford slowly drew contention crews rowed hammersmith_bridge point light blues held length lead bridge oxford began close gap lead exchanged twice barnes bridge following number crews cambridge appeared exhausted allowing oxford advantage winning race half length oxford seventh consecutive victory took overall record favour
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