Eights 1826

BUMPS CHART

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Brasenose 1[ 1] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 0[ 2] 0.00[ 2] Exeter 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Balliol 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3]

• Information from Sherwood, citing Knollys and, for the bumps chart itself, a letter written by Mr R. J. Spiers in 1826 which was published in The Oxford Magazine on 22 May, 1890.
• From Sherwood

  The details of the chart this year are not known. The one given only represents the start and finish, except in the case of Christ Church. Christ Church are stated by Woodgate to have had on a Torpid, or 2nd Eight, this year; and we give the rules signed by a second Christ Church stroke, and also by one from Jesus. First set of rules for racing. A rule made, no out-college man to row, except in case of illness.

• From the main text of Sherwood

  In 1826 we learn from Woodgate that a meeting of strokes drew up the following rules to regulate the racing:-

  1. That the racing do commence on Monday, May 1.
  2. That the days for racing be Monday and Friday in each week, and that if any boat does not come out on those days its flag do go to the bottom.
  3. That no out-college men be allowed to row in any boat, except in the case of illness or other unavoidable absence, and then that the cause of such absence be signified to the strokes of the other boats.
  4. That all the boats below the one that bumps stop racing, and those above continue it.
  5. That there be a distance of fifty feet between each boat at starting.
  6. That the boats be started by pistol shots.
  7. That umpires be appointed by each college to see each boat in its proper position before starting, and to decide any accidental dispute.

• In other news ... [1826]

  Monarch: George IV

  Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool (Tory)

  April

  A number of leading scientists form the Zoological Society of London.

  April 10

  The Third Siege of Missolonghi ends, with the massacre of thousands of Greek defenders by the Ottoman besiegers.

  May 28

  Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as King of Portugal.

  June

  Photography: Nicephore Niepce makes a true photograph.

  1 June to 31 August

  A three-month heat wave and drought grips the country. With a mean temperature of 17.60 C (63.68 F) this is the hottest summer on the CET records, since 1659, until 1976. After which, it is the second hottest on record.

Christ Church
B:	W. L. Brown
	J. Ley
	Lord Clonbrock
	Hon. F. C. Amherst
	Hon. W. P. Amherst
	H. Sanders
C:	R. Eden

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