Eights 1985

MEN'S BUMPS WOMEN'S BUMPS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 205 185 Oriel 2 Christ Church 174 175 Christ Church 3 Keble 170 172 New College 4 New College 165 168 Keble 5 Pembroke 156 164 University 6 Worcester 150 148 Lincoln 7 S.E.H. 146 142 S.E.H. 8 University 143 140 Pembroke 9 Lincoln 137 136 Worcester 10 St Hugh's 126 126 St Hugh's 11 Balliol 122 126 Osler House 12 Osler House 121 123 Balliol 13 Wadham 121 114 St Catherine's 14 St Catherine's 119 113 Magdalen 15 Jesus 118 113 Wadham 16 Magdalen 115 112 Jesus 17 Exeter 104 109 Brasenose 18 Brasenose 103 106 Trinity 19 L.M.H. 103 101 Exeter 20 Trinity 98 95 St John's 21 St John's 86 93 L.M.H. 22 Corpus Christi 86 91 Hertford 23 Hertford 83 87 Corpus Christi 24 Queen's 78 78 Queen's 25 Merton 74 69 Wolfson 26 Wolfson 66 67 St Hilda's 27 St Hilda's 61 65 Merton 28 St Peter's 54 59 Somerville 29 Somerville 49 55 St Anne's 30 St Anne's 47 53 St Peter's 31 Mansfield 37 32 Mansfield 32 Linacre 27 24 Linacre 33 St Benet's Hall 3 4 St Benet's Hall 34 Regent's Park 3 3 Regent's Park

STATISTICS College All Crews Men's Crews Women's Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg Crews Bps Avg University 6[ 8] 13[ 1] 2.17[ 3] 4[ 6] 9[ 3] 2.25[ 6] 2[ 7] 4[ 4] 2.00[ 8] New College 8[ 1] 12[ 2] 1.50[ 5] 6[ 1] 13[ 1] 2.17[ 7] 2[ 7] -1[23] -0.50[23] Wolfson 5[15] 7[ 3] 1.40[ 6] 3[18] 7[ 4] 2.33[ 5] 2[ 7] 0[17] 0.00[17] St John's 5[15] 7[ 3] 1.40[ 6] 4[ 6] 4[ 6] 1.00[ 9] 1[21] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 2] Somerville 2[31] 5[ 5] 2.50[ 2] 2[ 7] 5[ 2] 2.50[ 6] St Anne's 5[15] 5[ 5] 1.00[ 8] 3[18] 1[14] 0.33[14] 2[ 7] 4[ 4] 2.00[ 8] Magdalen 5[15] 5[ 5] 1.00[ 8] 4[ 6] 2[12] 0.50[13] 1[21] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 2] Lincoln 7[ 2] 5[ 5] 0.71[11] 4[ 6] 3[10] 0.75[11] 3[ 3] 2[12] 0.67[13] St Benet's Hall 1[34] 4[ 9] 4.00[ 1] 1[29] 4[ 6] 4.00[ 1] Regent's Park 2[31] 4[ 9] 2.00[ 4] 1[29] 4[ 6] 4.00[ 1] 1[21] 0[17] 0.00[17] Osler House 4[23] 4[ 9] 1.00[ 8] 3[18] 3[10] 1.00[ 9] 1[21] 1[13] 1.00[11] L.M.H. 6[ 8] 4[ 9] 0.67[12] 4[ 6] 11[ 2] 2.75[ 4] 2[ 7] -7[30] -3.50[30] Hertford 6[ 8] 4[ 9] 0.67[12] 4[ 6] 1[14] 0.25[15] 2[ 7] 3[ 7] 1.50[10] Balliol 7[ 2] 4[ 9] 0.57[15] 5[ 3] -1[17] -0.20[17] 2[ 7] 5[ 2] 2.50[ 6] St Hugh's 5[15] 3[15] 0.60[14] 5[ 1] 3[ 7] 0.60[14] St Catherine's 7[ 2] 3[15] 0.43[16] 4[ 6] 7[ 4] 1.75[ 8] 3[ 3] -4[26] -1.33[24] St Hilda's 4[23] 0[17] 0.00[17] 4[ 2] 0[17] 0.00[17] Linacre 2[31] 0[17] 0.00[17] 1[29] 4[ 6] 4.00[ 1] 1[21] -4[26] -4.00[31] Trinity 6[ 8] 0[17] 0.00[17] 4[ 6] -1[17] -0.25[18] 2[ 7] 1[13] 0.50[15] Corpus Christi 4[23] -1[20] -0.25[20] 3[18] -4[23] -1.33[24] 1[21] 3[ 7] 3.00[ 2] Brasenose 7[ 2] -2[21] -0.29[21] 4[ 6] -3[20] -0.75[21] 3[ 3] 1[13] 0.33[16] Queen's 5[15] -3[22] -0.60[23] 4[ 6] -3[20] -0.75[21] 1[21] 0[17] 0.00[17] St Peter's 4[23] -3[22] -0.75[26] 3[18] -7[27] -2.33[28] 1[21] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 1] Wadham 7[ 2] -4[24] -0.57[22] 5[ 3] -10[30] -2.00[27] 2[ 7] 6[ 1] 3.00[ 2] S.E.H. 6[ 8] -4[24] -0.67[24] 4[ 6] 0[16] 0.00[16] 2[ 7] -4[26] -2.00[25] Christ Church 6[ 8] -4[24] -0.67[24] 4[ 6] -4[23] -1.00[23] 2[ 7] 0[17] 0.00[17] Worcester 5[15] -4[24] -0.80[27] 3[18] 2[12] 0.67[12] 2[ 7] -6[29] -3.00[27] Exeter 4[23] -5[28] -1.25[28] 3[18] -5[25] -1.67[26] 1[21] 0[17] 0.00[17] Mansfield 3[30] -8[29] -2.67[33] 2[27] -5[25] -2.50[29] 1[21] -3[25] -3.00[27] Oriel 6[ 8] -9[30] -1.50[29] 6[ 1] -9[28] -1.50[25] Merton 4[23] -9[30] -2.25[32] 3[18] -10[30] -3.33[31] 1[21] 1[13] 1.00[11] Keble 7[ 2] -11[32] -1.57[30] 5[ 3] -3[20] -0.60[20] 2[ 7] -8[31] -4.00[31] Jesus 5[15] -11[32] -2.20[31] 2[27] -1[17] -0.50[19] 3[ 3] -10[32] -3.33[29] Pembroke 4[23] -11[32] -2.75[34] 3[18] -9[28] -3.00[30] 1[21] -2[24] -2.00[25]

Notes

• Wed 29 May – Sat 1 June 1985
• Women's Div V added
• Division times: W5 11:25, M9 12:00, W4 12:35, M8 1:10, M7 1:45, W3 2:10, M6 2:55, M5 3:30, M4 4:00, W2 4:30, M3 5:00, M2 5:30, W1 6:00, M1 6:30.

• The Times Wed 29 May

  Oriel seek another Head title

  By Jim Railton

  Oriel, going for their eighth successive Head title in Oxford summer eights, once again face fierce opposition from their immediate pursuers. Many think they are faster than Oriel. The question is whether they are one and a half lengths faster to catch Oriel from behind.

• The Times Thu 30 May

  Oriel are dethroned

  By Jim Railton

  Oriel, after a seven years' reign, were dethroned by Christ Church on the opening day of the Oxford summer eights. The bump came as planned just before University Boathouse and Oriel's furtive attempts to evade almost left Christ Church spreadeagled across the river, hindering third-placed New College, but disaster was averted.

  Other gains made in the men's top division were by University, Lincoln and the sandwich boat, Trinity.

  In the women's first division, Osler House post-graduate medical students went head of the river, hunting down St Hugh's 50 yards from the finish. Other gains were made by the sandwich boat Wadham, St Anne's, Somerville and St Hilda's.

• The Times Fri 31 May

  Oriel lose second place

  Oriel, who after a seven year reign lost their headship to Christ Church on Wednesday, slipped a rung further yesterday when they surrendered second place to New College (Jim Railton writes).

  Today, the first round of the headship takes place with Christ Church defending their top position. They have this year's Oxford University Boat Club president, Lynton Richmond, on board; New College have last year's president, the Australian Graham Jones, not forgetting the Blue, Gavin Cartledge.

• The Times Sat 1 June just contains the starting order.
• The Times Mon 3 June

  How Christ Church took title

  By Jim Railton

  Christ Church went ahead [sic] on Wednesday in the Oxford Summer Eights. They held off two strong challenges from New College. The greatest threat to them came on Friday when New College rowed them down but failed to make contact. On Saturday, New College were again too close for comfort, but there was no overlap. New College will remember Friday with regret.

  Oriel, who held the head title for seven years, dropped to third place.

  The Times Tue 4 June contains the final bumps chart, repeated in the following day's issue.

  Head crew details from the Eights Programmes.

  In other news ... [1985]

  May 29

  Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-eight spectators are killed in rioting on the terraces during the European Cup final between Liverpool F.C. and Juventus at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.

  May 31

  The Football Association bans all English football clubs from playing in Europe until further notice in response to the Heysel riots. Thatcher supports the ban and calls for judges to hand out stiffer sentences to convicted football hooligans.

  May 31

  Forty-four tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, including a rare powerful F5. In total, the event killed 90 people.

  June 1

  Battle of the Beanfield, Britain's largest mass arrest and the effective end of Stonehenge Free Festivals.

  June 2

  In response to the Heysel Stadium disaster four days ago, UEFA bans all English football clubs from European competitions for an indefinite period, recommending that Liverpool should serve an extra three years of exclusion once all other English clubs have been reinstated.

Osler House
B:	Helen Patterson
2:	Mary Briley
3:	ZaZa Horne
4:	Cathi Griffiths
5:	Clare Smith
6:	Sue Williams
7:	Helen Mardon
S:	Katherine Finucane
C:	Margaret Chirgwin
Coaches:	Chris Bourne
	Graham Jones
	Pete Sudbury

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