Torpids 1847

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Exeter 7 7 Exeter 2 St John's 5 5 Pembroke 3 Brasenose 4 4 Brasenose 4 Christ Church 3 3 Wadham 5 Wadham 2 2 Christ Church 6 Pembroke 1 0 St John's 7 Lincoln 1 0 Lincoln

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Pembroke 1[ 1] 4[ 1] 4.00[ 1] Wadham 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Exeter 1[ 1] 0[ 3] 0.00[ 3] Brasenose 1[ 1] 0[ 3] 0.00[ 3] Christ Church 1[ 1] -1[ 5] -1.00[ 5] Lincoln 1[ 1] -992[ 6] -992.00[ 6] St John's 1[ 1] -997[ 7] -997.00[ 7]

• 7 days: Mon 31 May, Wed 2, Sat 5, Mon 7, Wed 9, Fri 11 and Sat 12 June 1847
• First appearance of Lincoln in Torpids

• Notes from Sherwood

  Rebumping between Christ Church and Pembroke, due to changes in crew

  From the main text of Sherwood

  We get an interesting note from the Pembroke book, which throws a light on the way in which Torpids were made up at this time. On the second day Pembroke bumped Christ Church at the corner below the Gut. On the third Christ Church changed their crew, and bumped Pembroke at the same place. On the fourth the Pembroke captain took a gig and drove about twenty miles, and brought back Mr. Poole, with whose assistance they bumped Christ Church at the Weirs' Bridge.

• In other news ... [1847]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (Whig)

  May 31

  Second Treaty of Erzurum: the Ottoman Empire cedes Abadan Island to the Persian Empire.

  June 1

  The first congress of the Communist League is held in London.

  June 9

  Radley College, an English public school, is founded near Oxford as a High Anglican institution.

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