Eights 1865

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Trinity 18 18 Brasenose 2 Brasenose 15 15 Exeter 3 University 13 13 Trinity 4 Christ Church 11 11 Corpus Christi 5 Exeter 9 9 University 6 Balliol 8 8 Christ Church 7 Magdalen 6 6 Magdalen 8 Pembroke 5 5 Wadham 9 Corpus Christi 5 5 Merton 10 Wadham 4 4 Balliol 11 Queen's 3 3 Pembroke 12 Oriel 3 3 Lincoln 13 St John's 2 2 Queen's 14 Lincoln 2 2 Oriel 15 Merton 2 2 St John's 16 Worcester 1 1 New College 17 New College 1 1 Jesus 18 Jesus 1 0 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Merton 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Exeter 1[ 1] 3[ 3] 3.00[ 3] Lincoln 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] Wadham 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] New College 1[ 1] 1[ 6] 1.00[ 6] Jesus 1[ 1] 1[ 6] 1.00[ 6] Brasenose 1[ 1] 1[ 6] 1.00[ 6] Magdalen 1[ 1] 0[ 9] 0.00[ 9] Christ Church 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] Queen's 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] Oriel 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] St John's 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] University 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] Trinity 1[ 1] -2[10] -2.00[10] Pembroke 1[ 1] -3[16] -3.00[16] Balliol 1[ 1] -4[17] -4.00[17] Worcester 1[ 1] -983[18] -983.00[18]

• 8 days: Wed 24 May – Thu 1 June 1865
• From Sherwood (p.42)

  1865. 'The practice of getting up old men to row during the races was this year carried to excess; all the bumps on the sixth night and the headship of the river had been gained by these means, after the regular eights-men in residence had been unable to gain a bump. The men got up were Woodgate, Brasenose; Risley, Exeter; and Middleton, Magdalen,' who were all in training, as they were rowing in the Kingston eight. Christ Church, in a similar way, put in Burton, but unsuccessfully, as they were bumped. In consequence of the strong feeling produced by this, the rule requiring ten days' residence before the first race was made next year.

• In other news ... [1865]

  Monarch: Victoria

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

  Tue 23 May

  Grand Review of the Armies: Union Army troops parade down Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington D.C.) to celebrate the end of the American Civil War

  Thu 25 May

  Mobile magazine explosion: 300 are killed in Mobile, Alabama, when an ordnance depot explodes

  Sun 28 May

  The Mimosa sets sail with emigrants from Wales for Patagonia

  Mon 29 May

  American Civil War: President of the United States Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation of general amnesty for most citizens of the former Confederacy

  Fri 2 June

  American Civil War: Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River under General Edmund Kirby Smith surrender at Galveston, Texas, under terms negotiated on May 26, becoming the last to do so.

Brasenose
B:	P. A. Latham	10st 7lb
2:	A. J. Richards	10st 7lb
3:	R. F. Rumsey	11st 12lb
4:	J. Rickaby	11st 4lb
5:	S. R. Coxe	11st 7lb
6:	W. B. Woodgate	11st 12lb
7:	S. E. Illingworth	11st 7lb
S:	A. Shepherd	10st 11lb
C:	C. Thompson	8st 0lb

For half the races A. J. Richards rowed 6 and J. P. Law 2.

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