Eights 1831

BUMPS CHARTS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Christ Church 5 5 Christ Church 2 Balliol 3 3 Exeter 3 Worcester 2 2 Balliol 4 University 1 1 Worcester 5 Exeter 1 0 University

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Exeter 1[ 1] 3[ 1] 3.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 0[ 2] 0.00[ 2] University 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Worcester 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Balliol 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3]

Notes

• Dates: Fri 27, Mon 30 May, Wed 1 June, but not given for the last 2 days
• [Image] (on thames.me.uk/s01630c.htm) titled 'The Eights, circa 1831, from R Montgomery's 'Oxford', reproduced in Sherwood.
• From Sherwood:

  On the fifth day Exeter claimed a bump on Christ Church. The race was rowed again and Christ Church were not pressed.

  Knollys brings University out to the end.

• In other news ... [1831]

  May 31

  Auxiliary paddle steamer Sophia Jane arrives at Sydney from London, becoming the first steamboat to operate in the coastal waters of New South Wales.

  May–June

  Merthyr Rising: Coal miners and others riot in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, for improved working conditions.

  June 1

  British Royal Navy officer James Clark Ross locates the position of the North Magnetic Pole, on the Boothia Peninsula.

Christ Church
B:	J. E. Bates
2:	Marquis of Waterford
3:	M. H. Marsh
4:	H. B. Mayne
5:	Hon. J. T. Pelham
6:	R. Barnes
7:	C. Lloyd
S:	C. R. Moore
C:	J. R. Hall

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