Torpids 1846

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Brasenose 6 6 Exeter 2 Worcester 4 4 St John's 3 Christ Church 3 3 Brasenose 4 Exeter 2 2 University 5 St John's 1 1 Christ Church 6 University 1 0 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Exeter 1[ 1] 3[ 1] 3.00[ 1] St John's 1[ 1] 3[ 1] 3.00[ 1] University 1[ 1] 2[ 3] 2.00[ 3] Brasenose 1[ 1] -2[ 4] -2.00[ 4] Christ Church 1[ 1] -2[ 4] -2.00[ 4] Worcester 1[ 1] -997[ 6] -997.00[ 6]

• 6 days: Mon 8, Wed 10, Fri 12, Mon 15, Wed 17 and Sat 19 June 1846
• Notes from Sherwood

  First day: Brasenose fouled their bung.

  Exeter were absent at a funeral, but allowed to keep their place.

• It seems likely that the funeral in question was that of George Gibbs, an Exeter student who drowned on 3rd June while bathing at the Weirs (near the Gut). The Times of 5 June 1846 contains a report on the inquest.

• In other news ... [1846]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Robert Peel (Conservative)

  Fri 15 May

  Under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes to repeal the Corn Laws by passing an Importation Bill, replacing the colonial mercantile trade system with free trade.

  Sat 16 May

  The Revolution of Maria da Fonte begins in Portugal (it is crushed by royalist troops on February 22, 1847)

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