Torpids 1843

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Brasenose 13 13 University 2 Exeter 10 10 Oriel 3 University 8 0 Brasenose 4 Christ Church 7 0 Exeter 5 Pembroke 6 0 Christ Church 6 Trinity 4 0 Pembroke 7 Oriel 4 0 Trinity 8 Wadham 4 0 Wadham 9 Worcester 3 0 St John's 10 St John's 2 0 Worcester 11 Balliol 2 0 Balliol

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg University 1[ 3] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Oriel 2[ 1] -980[ 2] -490.00[ 2] Balliol 1[ 3] -988[ 3] -988.00[ 3] St John's 1[ 3] -990[ 4] -990.00[ 5] Wadham 1[ 3] -992[ 5] -992.00[ 6] Trinity 1[ 3] -993[ 6] -993.00[ 7] Pembroke 1[ 3] -994[ 7] -994.00[ 8] Christ Church 1[ 3] -995[ 8] -995.00[ 9] Exeter 1[ 3] -997[ 9] -997.00[10] Brasenose 1[ 3] -998[10] -998.00[11] Worcester 2[ 1] -1976[11] -988.00[ 3]

• 7 days: Sat 10, Mon 12, Wed 14, Fri 16, Mon 19, Wed 21 and Sat 24 June 1843

• Notes from Sherwood

  Third day: Christ Church having obtained a new boat, and having entirely changed their crew, rebumped Pembroke.

• In other news ... [1841]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Robert Peel (Conservative)

  Mon 22 May

  The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with 1000 pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail

  Tue 23 May

  Chile takes possession of the Strait of Magellan

  Tue 6 June

  In Barbados, Samuel Jackman Prescod in the first non-white person elected to the House of Assembly

  June 17

  In New Zealand, a posse of British settlers sent to arrest Maori chief Te Rauparaha clash with members of his Ngati Toa tribe, resulting in 26 deaths.

  June 21

  Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug" begins serialization in American newspapers.

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