Eights 1837

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Christ Church 14 12 Queen's 2 Jesus 10 10 Balliol 3 Exeter 9 8 Exeter 4 Balliol 6 6 Corpus Christi 5 Corpus Christi 5 5 St John's 6 Queen's 4 4 Jesus 7 Wadham 3 0 Christ Church 8 St John's 3 0 Wadham 9 Worcester 2 0 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Queen's 1[ 4] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Balliol 1[ 4] 2[ 2] 2.00[ 2] St John's 1[ 4] 2[ 2] 2.00[ 2] Corpus Christi 1[ 4] 1[ 4] 1.00[ 4] Jesus 1[ 4] -4[ 5] -4.00[ 5] Exeter 2[ 1] -988[ 6] -494.00[ 6] Worcester 1[ 4] -989[ 7] -989.00[ 7] Wadham 2[ 1] -1978[ 8] -989.00[ 7] Christ Church 2[ 1] -1988[ 9] -994.00[ 9]

• 7 days: Thu 18, Sat 20, Mon 22, Wed 24, Fri 26, Mon 29 and Tue 30 May 1837.
• First appearance of Wadham
• Jesus 'took off' after 3 days, but raced again on the last day, nominally finishing 6th and last of the crews still racing.
• ChCh II missed the first and third days, Worcester the 1st & 2nd days.
• Exeter II and Wadham II only raced on the 5th day, rowing over but given a rise of one place to replace Jesus.
• Notes from Sherwood
  • Balliol rowed without a gang-board
  • Sixth night Christ Church rebumped Balliol with a new crew;
  • On the last night they [Christ Church] took off to let Queen's go head and race Lady Margaret
• From the main text of Sherwood (p14)

  In 1837, the race with Cambridge falling through, it was agreed that the two head boats on the river should race at Henley; as Christ Church were forbidden to row, they took off to allow Queen's to go head and represent Oxford in the race.

  Queen's subsequently beat LMBC (St John's College, Cambridge); [more details] (from thames.me.uk)

• In other news ... [1837]

  Monarch: William IV

  Prime Minister: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (Whig)

  1 March–31 May

  At only 5.63 C (42.13 F) Central England temperature, the coolest English spring on record; this remains the last recorded coolest traditional season in the CET series.

Queen's
B:	S. Lee
2:	R. Glazbrook
3:	J. Welch
4:	J. Robinson
5:	J. Meyrick
6:	J. Todd
7:	J. Eversley
S:	C. J. Penny
C:	G. T. Berkeley

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