Eights 1855

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Brasenose 12.0 12.0 Balliol 2 Balliol 10.0 10.0 Brasenose 3 Christ Church 8.0 8.0 Christ Church 4 Worcester 6.0 6.0 Wadham 5 Wadham 5.0 5.0 Exeter 6 Pembroke 4.0 4.0 Queen's 7 Trinity 3.0 3.0 University 8 Jesus 2.0 2.0 Trinity 9 Exeter 2.0 2.0 Magdalen Hall 10 Queen's 2.0 2.0 Jesus 11 University 1.0 0.0 Worcester 12 Magdalen Hall 1.0 0.0 Pembroke

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Exeter 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Queen's 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] University 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Magdalen Hall 1[ 1] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 4] Balliol 1[ 1] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 5] Wadham 1[ 1] 1[ 5] 1.00[ 5] Christ Church 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Brasenose 1[ 1] -1[ 8] -1.00[ 8] Trinity 1[ 1] -1[ 8] -1.00[ 8] Jesus 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] Pembroke 1[ 1] -993[11] -993.00[11] Worcester 1[ 1] -995[12] -995.00[12]

• 8 days: Mon 14, Wed 16, Fri 18, Sat 19, Mon 21, Tue 22, Thu 24 and Fri 25 May, 1855
• Notes from Sherwood
  • Balliol went head on the 7th night of racing. They had previously rowed second on the river to Brasenose for twenty-nine consecutive races.

• In other news ... [1855]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Whig)

  Tue 15 May

  The Exposition Universelle officially opens in Paris

  The Great Gold Robbery is made from a train between London Bridge and Folkstone in England

  Thu 18 May

  Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, is dedicated (as the Jews' Hospital) in New York City; it opens to patients on June 5

  Tue 22 May

  The province of Victoria is separated administratively from New South Wales

Balliol
B:	H. C. Marindin	10st 2lb
2:	G. C. Huddleston	10st 5lb
3:	E. Warre	11st 9lb
4:	W. H. Birley	11st 6lb
5:	C. H. Everett	11st 7lb
6:	A. P. Lonsdale	11st 4lb
7:	W. H. Moseley	10st 7lb
S:	W. Morrison	10st 5lb
C:	J. M. Freshfield	8st 1lb

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