Eights 1849

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Christ Church 26 22 Christ Church 2 Worcester 17 17 Wadham 3 Pembroke 15 15 Worcester 4 Brasenose 14 12 Balliol 5 Wadham 13 11 Brasenose 6 Balliol 9 11 Oriel 7 Jesus 8 8 Lincoln 8 Trinity 7 7 Exeter 9 Lincoln 5 7 St John's 10 Oriel 4 5 Trinity 11 Exeter 4 4 Pembroke 12 St John's 3 4 University 13 University 2 3 Jesus 14 Queen's 2 3 Merton 15 Merton 2 2 Queen's 16 Magdalen Hall 1 1 Magdalen Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Oriel 1[ 5] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] St John's 1[ 5] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Exeter 2[ 1] 5[ 2] 2.50[ 6] Lincoln 1[ 5] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 3] University 1[ 5] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 3] Merton 1[ 5] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 3] Balliol 1[ 5] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 7] Queen's 1[ 5] 0[ 8] 0.00[ 8] Magdalen Hall 1[ 5] 0[ 8] 0.00[ 8] Worcester 1[ 5] -1[10] -1.00[10] Trinity 1[ 5] -2[11] -2.00[11] Brasenose 2[ 1] -4[12] -2.00[11] Jesus 1[ 5] -6[13] -6.00[14] Christ Church 2[ 1] -8[14] -4.00[13] Pembroke 1[ 5] -8[14] -8.00[15] Wadham 2[ 1] -977[16] -488.50[16]

• 8 days: Sat 12, Mon 14, Wed 16, Thu 17, Sat 19, Mon 21, Tue 22 and Thu 24 May, 1849
• Ch Ch II didn't row on days 2, 3, so lost one place each time.
• Wadham II only rowed on days 2, 3.
• Notes from Sherwood
  • First day: Trinity broke a rowlock, but escaped through the boat behind being impeded by other boats.
  • Second day: Oriel's 'seven' broke a rowlock at the Kidneys, but they succeeded in getting home.
  • Pembroke had a new outrigger by King, 'single streak, 59 feet long.'

• In other news ... [1849]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (Whig)

  Tue 15 May

  Troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies take Palermo, and crush the republican government of Sicily

  Thu 17 May

  The St Louis Fire starts, when a steamboat catches fire and nearly burns down the entire city

  Mon 21 May

  Hungarian Revolution: the Hungarian Army, led by Arthur Görgey, captures the castle of Buda, liberating the Hungarian capital city completely. The leader of the defending Austrian forces, General Heinrich Hentzi, dies because of his injuries. The Hungarian government moves back from Debrecen to Budapest.

Christ Church
B:	H. R. Barker
2:	J. Rich	10st 4lb
3:	G. Gaisford
4:	A. Mansfield	11st 10lb
5:	J. Tremayne
6:	E. C. Burton	11st 0lb
7:	W. H. Milman	11st 0lb
S:	W. G. Rich	10st 11lb
C:	J. Greenwood	7st 9lb

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