Eights 1861

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Balliol 16 16 Trinity 2 Exeter 13 13 Balliol 3 Brasenose 11 11 Exeter 4 University 9 9 Brasenose 5 Trinity 8 8 Magdalen 6 Magdalen 6 6 Wadham 7 Christ Church 5 5 Christ Church 8 Pembroke 4 4 Pembroke 9 Wadham 4 4 Merton 10 Merton 3 3 Corpus Christi 11 Oriel 3 3 University 12 Corpus Christi 2 2 Oriel 13 Queen's 2 2 Jesus 14 Worcester 1 1 Queen's 15 Jesus 1 1 St Edmund Hall 16 St Edmund Hall 1 0 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Trinity 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Wadham 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 2[ 3] 2.00[ 3] Jesus 1[ 1] 2[ 3] 2.00[ 3] Magdalen 1[ 1] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 5] Merton 1[ 1] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 5] St Edmund Hall 1[ 1] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 5] Christ Church 1[ 1] 0[ 8] 0.00[ 8] Pembroke 1[ 1] 0[ 8] 0.00[ 8] Balliol 1[ 1] -1[10] -1.00[10] Exeter 1[ 1] -1[10] -1.00[10] Brasenose 1[ 1] -1[10] -1.00[10] Oriel 1[ 1] -1[10] -1.00[10] Queen's 1[ 1] -1[10] -1.00[10] University 1[ 1] -7[15] -7.00[15] Worcester 1[ 1] -985[16] -985.00[16]

• 8 days: Thu 9 – Fri 17 May 1861
• First appearance of St Edmund Hall
• Comments from Sherwood
  • First night: Corpus bumped Oriel, which did not at once acknowledge, and were driven into the bank; two total wrecks were the consequence.

• In other news ... [1861]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Liberal)

  Wed 8 May

  American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America

  Mon 13 May

  North Star Affair: The British merchant ship North Star leaves Hong Kong for Nagasaki, Japan. Chinese pirates board the vessel, kill an officer, and escape with a large quantity of gold.

  American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality", which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.

  Comet C/1861 J1 (the "Great Comet if 1861") is discovered in Australia

  Tue 14 May

  The Canellas meteorite, an 850 gram chondrite type meteorite, strikes Earth near Barcelona, Spain

Trinity
B:	C. A. Garnett	10st 7lb
2:	C. W. Smith	11st 1lb
3:	H. E. Hulton	10st 10lb
4:	A. O. Hardy	10st 0lb
5:	A. R. Poole	12st 2lb
6:	H. B. Rhodes	11st 6lb
7:	J. A. Tompson	11st 7lb
S:	H. Couchman	12st 0lb
C:	K. W. Wilkie	7st 9lb

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