Torpids 1839

BUMPS CHARTS

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Oriel 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Brasenose 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Balliol 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Christ Church 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Exeter 1[ 1] -2[ 5] -2.00[ 5]

Notes

• 4 days: Thu 30 May, Sat 1, Tue 4 and Thu 6 June 1839
• First appearance Brasenose and Oriel in Torpids.
• First Torpids Headship for Oriel
• Notes from Sherwood
  • May 30: In consequence of the Balliol men being in the Trinity boat, they were not allowed to start. Oriel, however, agreed to allow them to keep their place. Brasenose bumped Exeter immediately, and caught Christ Church before the Gut.
• From the main text of Sherwood (p.45)

  From 1839, with one exception [1841], we have a complete chart of the Torpids. They were rowed until 1852 after, or on nights between, the Eights, and as they were merely second crews no record was kept of their names, even when they were head of the river.

• In other news ... [1839]

  Mon 3rd June

  Destruction of opium at Humen begins, casus belli for Britain to open the 3-year First Opium War against Qing Dynasty China.

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