Eights 1827

BUMPS CHART

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Brasenose 1[ 1] 1[ 1] 1.00[ 1] Balliol 1[ 1] 1[ 1] 1.00[ 1] University 1[ 1] 1[ 1] 1.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] -3[ 4] -3.00[ 4]

• First appearance of University
• Information from Sherwood, citing Knollys
• From Sherwood

  • Woodgate gives different details, but under reservation, so we adopt Knollys's chart.
  • Exeter had on Torpid [i.e., 2nd VIII].
  • R. Congreve is marked uncertain, but as he signed the rules as stroke this is probably correct.
  • A new rule was made this year that no out-college man was to row.
  • The rules of racing are signed by the strokes of Exeter, Worcester, Trinity, and Queen's, as well as of the four boats on the chart.

• In other news ... [1827]

  Monarch: George IV

  Prime Minister: George Cannning (Tory)

  May 21

  The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore, and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.

  May 25

  Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru receives a French patent, for the invention of the first fountain pen with a replaceable ink cartridge.

  June 4

  French inventor Joseph Niepce sends a package to Louis Daguerre, revealing the existence of his invention, "heliography", where an image can be reproduced onto a pewter plate and then reprinted. In 1829, the two will begin a partnership, and Daguerre will perfect Niepce's photographic process to reproduce images more quickly.

  June 7

  Greek defenders in Athens surrender to Egyptian forces, under the command of General Rashid Pasha.

Brasenose
B:	E. T. Leigh
2:	J. S. Birley
3:	W. A. Price
4:	J. Swainson
5:	G. Mason
6:	J. North
7:	R. Entwistle
S:	R. Congreve
C:	H. C. Partridge

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