Eights 1843

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Oriel 15 15 University 2 Trinity 12 12 Oriel 3 University 10 10 Christ Church 4 Exeter 8 8 Trinity 5 Brasenose 7 7 Pembroke 6 Pembroke 6 6 Balliol 7 Balliol 5 5 St John's 8 Worcester 4 4 Brasenose 9 Christ Church 3 3 Corpus Christi 10 St John's 3 3 Exeter 11 Wadham 2 2 Worcester 12 Merton 2 2 Wadham 13 Corpus Christi 1 1 Queen's 14 Lincoln 1 1 Lincoln 15 Queen's 1 0 Merton

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Christ Church 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 4[ 2] 4.00[ 2] St John's 1[ 1] 3[ 3] 3.00[ 3] University 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] Queen's 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] Pembroke 1[ 1] 1[ 6] 1.00[ 6] Balliol 1[ 1] 1[ 6] 1.00[ 6] Lincoln 1[ 1] 0[ 8] 0.00[ 8] Oriel 1[ 1] -1[ 9] -1.00[ 9] Wadham 1[ 1] -1[ 9] -1.00[ 9] Trinity 1[ 1] -2[11] -2.00[11] Brasenose 1[ 1] -3[12] -3.00[12] Worcester 1[ 1] -3[12] -3.00[12] Exeter 1[ 1] -6[14] -6.00[14] Merton 1[ 1] -987[15] -987.00[15]

• 8 days: Thu 25, Sat 27, Tue 30 May, Thu 1, Sat 3, Mon 5, Wed 7 and Fri 9 June 1843
• Brasenose didn't race on 5th day, so lost one place
• Queen's didn't race from day 5-7.
• Lincoln didn't race from day 4-7.
• Notes from Sherwood
  • Exeter absent the first night in consequence of the funeral of one of its members, but allowed to keep its place.
• From the main text of Sherwood (p40)

  1843. Umpires were abolished. In consequence of the floods a change was also made in the starting-place of the lowest boat, which was moved from the lock to just above the lasher.

• In other news... [1843]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Robert Peel (Conservative)

  Mon 22 May

  The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with 1000 pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail

  Tue 23 May

  Chile takes possession of the Strait of Magellan

  Tue 6 June

  In Barbados, Samuel Jackman Prescod in the first non-white person elected to the House of Assembly

  June 17

  In New Zealand, a posse of British settlers sent to arrest Maori chief Te Rauparaha clash with members of his Ngati Toa tribe, resulting in 26 deaths.

  June 21

  Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug" begins serialization in American newspapers.

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