Eights 1869

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Corpus Christi 21 21 University 2 Exeter 18 18 Exeter 3 University 15 15 St John's 4 Lincoln 13 13 Brasenose 5 St John's 11 11 Christ Church 6 Worcester 10 10 Balliol 7 Brasenose 8 8 Corpus Christi 8 Merton 7 7 Lincoln 9 Pembroke 6 6 Merton 10 Christ Church 5 5 Worcester 11 Balliol 5 5 Pembroke 12 Wadham 4 4 Queen's 13 Queen's 3 3 Wadham 14 Magdalen 3 3 St Edmund Hall 15 St Mary Hall 2 2 Trinity 16 Trinity 2 2 Oriel 17 Oriel 2 2 Magdalen 18 New College 2 2 New College 19 Jesus 1 1 St Mary Hall 20 St Edmund Hall 1 1 Jesus 21 Magdalen Hall 1 1 Magdalen Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg St Edmund Hall 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Balliol 1[ 1] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Christ Church 1[ 1] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Brasenose 1[ 1] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 4] University 1[ 1] 2[ 5] 2.00[ 5] St John's 1[ 1] 2[ 5] 2.00[ 5] Oriel 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Trinity 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Queen's 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] New College 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Magdalen Hall 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Exeter 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Wadham 1[ 1] -1[13] -1.00[13] Merton 1[ 1] -1[13] -1.00[13] Jesus 1[ 1] -1[13] -1.00[13] Pembroke 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] Magdalen 1[ 1] -3[17] -3.00[17] St Mary Hall 1[ 1] -4[18] -4.00[18] Worcester 1[ 1] -4[18] -4.00[18] Lincoln 1[ 1] -4[18] -4.00[18] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] -6[21] -6.00[21]

• 8 days: Fri 7 – Sat 15 May 1869
• If the dates given in Sherwood are to be believed, then Saturday rather than Sunday was the 'rest' day this year.
• Only the third incident of an overbump in Eights, although in unusual circumstances (see below).
• Notes from Sherwood
  • 'Non-appearance in Chapel was held tantamount to ejection from the crew' (Exeter book)
  • Third night: Oriel 3 broke an oar when they were about to make a bump, and were bumped over two places by St Edmund Hall

• In other news ... [1869]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

  Thu 6 May

  Purdue University is founded in West Lafayette, Indiana

  Mon 10 May

  The First Transcontinental Railroad in North America is completed at Promontory, Utah, by the driving of the "Golden Spike"

  Sat 15 May

  Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association

University
B:	S. R. Osborne	10st 0lb
2:	Hon. J. C. Gordon	11st 2lb
3:	F. H. Wilson	11st 5lb
4:	A. W. Edwards	11st 13lb
5:	J. C. Tinnè	14st 0lb
6:	R. W. B. Mirehouse	10st 13lb
7:	A. G. P. Lewis	11st 10lb
S:	S. H. Woodhouse	11st 0lb
C:	A. Hill	8st 4lb

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