Eights 1862

BUMPS CHART

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg University 1[ 1] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 2[ 2] 2.00[ 2] Brasenose 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Magdalen 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Queen's 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] St Edmund Hall 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Trinity 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Balliol 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Merton 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Oriel 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Lincoln 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] Wadham 1[ 1] -2[13] -2.00[13] Jesus 1[ 1] -2[13] -2.00[13] Pembroke 1[ 1] -3[15] -3.00[15] Exeter 1[ 1] -4[16] -4.00[16]

• 8 days: Wed 28 May – Thu 5 June 1862
• This was the first year that all crews competed every day
• Comments from Sherwood
  • Seventh night: Queen's lost a rudder line and were bumped by St. Edmund Hall.
  • Trinity lost 4 places in the Torpids, 'but no less than five of their crew appear in the Eight; so much, or so little, difference is there between the head of the river and one of the worst Torpids' (Trinity book).

• In other news ... [1862]

  Monarch: Victoria

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

  Sun 1 June

  American Civil War — Battle of Fair Oaks: Both sides claim victory

  Wed 4 June

  American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for U.S. Army troops to capture Memphis, Tennessee

  Thu 5 June

  Treaty of Saigon: French colonial empire take parts of Vietnam

Trinity
B:	C. P. Roberts	9st 11lb
2:	W. T. B. Allen	10st 4lb
3:	F. H. Bowden-Smith	12st 2lb
4:	C. Wyatt-Smith	11st 1lb
5:	A. R. Poole	12st 3lb
6:	H. B. Rhodes	11st 9lb
7:	R. Jenkyns	10st 6lb
S:	H. Couchman	12st 0lb
C:	K. W. Wilkie	7st 7lb

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