UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18678, 7 April 1924, Page 9

UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

WIN FOR CAMBRIDGE CREW , v ■ (Received 8.45 p.m.) . • 2«yt«r . LONDON. April 5. •' The University boat. race, Oxford v. Cambridge, was rowed to-day. i' Sunshine - prevailed, and ' there was a very • light north-easterly ; breeze. , The water was smooth. t I . | - Cambridge won . the , toss, and .chose the Surrey *Oatford ? : rowing slightly the 'faster'.stroke/ieci at the stais? but at the mile post, ' Cambridge was ;• slightly ahead, The time to this was 4m 4s. Cambridge, rowing beautifully, held one length's advantage at Hammersmith Bridge, which .was . reached in 7m I 365., and, "A ? three ; lengths' f lead at* Chiswick Church,': the ' time 'to that point;:: being -r? >4^pn?"&iiiS>■ f," ' 11m 28s. - ' " . Soon after this Oxford • spurted ■ and gained %n the leaders, but the men were : ragged in their work. Cambridge made fBarnes Bridge in 15m 31e, with a lead of two 'and', a-half lengths, and ultimately won by four ; and a*hali lengths to , 18m 41S. ; *' --/V' .••••' 1 The - annual boat , race btfcween - Oxfocd and Cambridge* Universities is rowed on • the Thames ■ from Putney. to Mortlake, a distance of 4£ miles. ' Since 'the. contests originated in 1829, at Henley, 77 races • have been rowed, Oxford having ; won 40, ■ ' and Cambridge £ 36, one resulting .in a ! draw. Last year, Oxford won by : threej quarters of - a -length in 20m; 645.' In 1914 I and from 1920 to. 1922 inclusive, Cambridge was victorious. ' The event was abandoned 'in. the years : 1915 to 3819 in- ■ elusive.The time ; for Saturday rac® : is. the ; best recorded sTace"* 1911, when : Oxford won in 18m 295.