boat race boat race took place march held annually boat race rowing race crews universities oxford cambridge river thames umpired rower cambridge won time minutes seconds oxford unable finish race victory took overall record event 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 rivalry major point honour universities followed united_kingdom worldwide cambridge went race reigning champions having won race half lengths oxford led overall victories cambridge excluding dead heat oxford coached rowed university races rowed times rowed races prior world war cambridge coaches time blue rowed sir coach lady margaret boat club rowed race seventeenth year umpire old rowed cambridge races result illnesses oxford crew finalised days race according rower author changes prevented crew getting stated oxford boat rowed unfit men boat similarly cambridge affected illness particular boat club president forced leave crew crews oxford crew weighed average pounds rower opponents cambridge crew included participants appearance event previous year oxford saw rowers return boat including rowing consecutive race participants race registered british race cambridge won toss elected start middlesex station handing surrey river oxford got race underway strong wind start surrey virtually minute dark blues boat cambridge enjoyed shelter middlesex wall rapidly went away despite advised stop coach pub oxford gave cambridge slowed strong passed finishing post time minutes seconds slowest winning time race time history event crews sank races according author oxford rower race complete literal sense word following race heavily criticised placement disagreed noting boats placed water possible boats prior race followed requests boat club presidents boats closer middlesex station want inappropriate advantage crew starting river letter published field wrote hope umpire relieved duty fixing course assistance representative universities launch fixing stake boats deciding race rowed
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