Eights 1884

BUMPS CHART

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

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Christ Church 1[ 1] 6[ 1] 6.00[ 1] Balliol 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Merton 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Trinity 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] Queen's 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] Oriel 1[ 1] 2[ 4] 2.00[ 4] New College 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Jesus 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] St John's 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Brasenose 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Exeter 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Worcester 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Keble 1[ 1] 0[10] 0.00[10] Magdalen 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[15] Hertford 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] University 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] Wadham 1[ 1] -3[18] -3.00[18] St Catherine's 1[ 1] -3[18] -3.00[18] Pembroke 1[ 1] -4[20] -4.00[20] Lincoln 1[ 1] -6[21] -6.00[21]

• 6 days: Thu 15 – Wed 21 May 1884
• Notes from Sherwood
  • Fourth night: Oriel rebumped by Merton, being mixed up with Queen's and Lincoln.

• The Daily Telegraph Tue 20th May

  Sudden Death of an Undergraduate
  An Oxford correspondent telegraphed last night: "A shockingly sudden death of an undergraduate took place this evening at Oxford, during the racing of the second division of the eights. The deceased, Mr. William Arthur Jesson, commoner of Balliol College, was running up the bank with this college boat, when, just having passed the long bridge, he staggered and fell. Medical assistance was at once sent for, but was of no avail, and the body of the deceased was brought to his rooms in the college. The deceased matriculated in 1881, and would have completed his university course at the expiration of the present term."

• In other news ... [1884]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

  May 16

  Angelo Moriondo of Turin is granted a patent for an espresso machine.

  Sweden's Finance Minister Robert Themptander becomes his country's Prime Minister (1884–88).

  29 May

  Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd in London.

  30 May

  Fenian dynamite campaign: Three bombs explode in London: at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Metropolitan Police Service's Special Irish Branch; in the basement of the Carlton Club (a gentlemen's club frequented by members of the Conservative Party); and outside the home of Conservative MP Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn; ten people are injured. A fourth bomb planted at the foot of Nelson's Column fails to explode.

Exeter
B:	G. Pinckney	10st 13lb
2:	L. Stock	11st 1lb
3:	J. A. G. Bengough	11st 2lb
4:	A. B. How	12st 9lb
5:	H. H. Walrond	13st 3lb
6:	W. A. G. Walter	12st 12lb
7:	R. A. Pinckney	11st 7lb
S:	W. D. B. Curry	10st 4lb
C:	W. E. Maynard	7st 11lb

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