Eights 1831

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Exeter 1[ 1] 3[ 1] 3.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 0[ 2] 0.00[ 2] Balliol 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] Worcester 1[ 1] -1[ 3] -1.00[ 3] University 1[ 1] -995[ 5] -995.00[ 5]

• Dates: Fri 27, Mon 30 May, Wed 1 June, but not given for the last 2 days
• [Image] (on thames.me.uk/s01630c.htm) titled 'The Eights, circa 1831, from R Montgomery's 'Oxford', reproduced in Sherwood.
• From Sherwood:

  On the fifth day Exeter claimed a bump on Christ Church. The race was rowed again and Christ Church were not pressed.

  Knollys brings University out to the end.

• In other news ... [1831]

  Monarch: William IV

  Prime Minister: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Whig)

  May 31

  Auxiliary paddle steamer Sophia Jane arrives at Sydney from London, becoming the first steamboat to operate in the coastal waters of New South Wales.

  May–June

  Merthyr Rising: Coal miners and others riot in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, for improved working conditions.

  June 1

  British Royal Navy officer James Clark Ross locates the position of the North Magnetic Pole, on the Boothia Peninsula.

Christ Church
B:	J. E. Bates
2:	Marquis of Waterford
3:	M. H. Marsh
4:	H. B. Mayne
5:	Hon. J. T. Pelham
6:	R. Barnes
7:	C. Lloyd
S:	C. R. Moore
C:	J. R. Hall

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