Eights 1886

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Corpus Christi 22 22 Magdalen 2 Magdalen 19 19 New College 3 New College 16 16 Brasenose 4 Exeter 14 14 Corpus Christi 5 Brasenose 12 12 Keble 6 Keble 11 11 Christ Church 7 Christ Church 9 9 Trinity 8 Pembroke 8 8 Exeter 9 St John's 7 7 Oriel 10 Balliol 6 6 Pembroke 11 Trinity 5 5 St John's 12 Oriel 4 4 Balliol 13 Hertford 4 4 Merton 14 St Catherine's 3 3 Hertford 15 Worcester 3 3 Lincoln 16 Merton 2 2 Queen's 17 Lincoln 2 2 St Catherine's 18 Wadham 2 2 Wadham 19 Queen's 2 2 University 20 University 1 1 Worcester 21 Jesus 1 1 Jesus 22 St Edmund Hall 1 1 St Edmund Hall

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Trinity 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Oriel 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Merton 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Queen's 1[ 1] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Lincoln 1[ 1] 2[ 5] 2.00[ 5] Brasenose 1[ 1] 2[ 5] 2.00[ 5] Christ Church 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Magdalen 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Keble 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] University 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] New College 1[ 1] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Wadham 1[ 1] 0[12] 0.00[12] St Edmund Hall 1[ 1] 0[12] 0.00[12] Jesus 1[ 1] 0[12] 0.00[12] Hertford 1[ 1] -1[15] -1.00[15] St John's 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] Balliol 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] Pembroke 1[ 1] -2[16] -2.00[16] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] -3[19] -3.00[19] St Catherine's 1[ 1] -3[19] -3.00[19] Exeter 1[ 1] -4[21] -4.00[21] Worcester 1[ 1] -5[22] -5.00[22]

• 6 days: Thu 27 May – Wed 2 June 1886
• Notes from Sherwood
  • First night: Lincoln were close on Merton when they bumped, and failed to clear, and 'a curious jumble of boats followed'.
  • Fourth night: Corpus broke a stretcher.

• In other news ... [1886]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

  Sat 29 May

  John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (in The Atlanta Journal)

  Wed 2 June

  U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington D.C.), becoming the only President of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.

Magdalen
B:	W. D. Lindley	10st 11lb
2:	H. G. O. Kendall	10st 12lb
3:	A. C. Maclachlan	11st 5½lb
4:	J. B. Lloyd	12st 8lb
5:	N. C. W. Radcliffe	11st 6½lb
6:	G. S. Bazley	11st 8lb
7:	W. S. Unwin	10st 12½lb
S:	H. Girdlestone	12st 11lb
C:	H. E. U. Bull	7st 12½lb

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