VICTORS IN BOAT RACE
OXFORD'S PLUCKY EFFORT
GETJELLING CONTEST
(British Official Wirelcsk.) (Received 23rd March, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 21st March.
Cambridge won the boat race this afternoon by two lengths and a half. Oxford won the toss, choosing the Middlesex, side of the river, but Cambridge drew slightly ahead within the first quarter of a mile, never losing the lead, despite plucky Oxford challenges. It was Cambridge's race practically from the start, and the crew finished very fresh. The time was 19 minutes 34 seconds. • ■ Cambridge has won 42 races, and and Oxford 40. Oxford have won only one since 1913.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 9
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