Torpids 1856

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Exeter 10.0 10.0 Exeter 2 University 8.0 8.0 Christ Church 3 Christ Church 6.0 6.0 Pembroke 4 Brasenose 5.0 5.0 University 5 Pembroke 4.0 4.0 Balliol 6 Balliol 3.0 3.0 Wadham 7 Worcester 2.0 2.0 Brasenose 8 Wadham 2.0 2.0 St John's 9 St John's 1.0 1.0 Trinity 10 Trinity 1.0 0.0 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Pembroke 1[ 1] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Wadham 1[ 1] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Balliol 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] St John's 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Trinity 1[ 1] 1[ 3] 1.00[ 3] Exeter 1[ 1] 0[ 7] 0.00[ 7] University 1[ 1] -2[ 8] -2.00[ 8] Brasenose 1[ 1] -3[ 9] -3.00[ 9] Worcester 1[ 1] -992[10] -992.00[10]

• 6 days: Mon 25, Tue 26, Wed 27, Thu 28, Fri 29 Feb and Sat 1 Mar 1856
• First time the event was run over 6 consecutive days.
• Sherwood just gives the weight of the (unusually heavy) Exeter cox. He is also listed as rowing no.6 in the Exeter head crew from the previous two Torpids.

• In other news ... [1856]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Whig)

  March

  The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India officially gives 'Peak XV' (later to be named Mount Everest) the height of 29,002 ft (8,840 m). 'Peak IX' (Kangchenjunga), previously thought to be the world's highest, is confirmed as 28,156 ft (8,582 m).

  March

  Nepalese-Tibetan War: The signing of the Treaty of Thapathali concludes the war.

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