Torpids 1859

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Pembroke 10 10 Exeter 2 Brasenose 8 8 Brasenose 3 Exeter 6 6 Pembroke 4 University 5 5 Christ Church 5 Christ Church 4 4 Trinity 6 Trinity 3 3 Balliol 7 Balliol 2 2 Corpus Christi 8 Corpus Christi 2 2 University 9 Oriel 1 1 Oriel 10 Wadham 1 1 Wadham

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Exeter 1[ 1] 2[ 1] 2.00[ 1] Christ Church 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Trinity 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Balliol 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Corpus Christi 1[ 1] 1[ 2] 1.00[ 2] Brasenose 1[ 1] 0[ 6] 0.00[ 6] Oriel 1[ 1] 0[ 6] 0.00[ 6] Wadham 1[ 1] 0[ 6] 0.00[ 6] Pembroke 1[ 1] -2[ 9] -2.00[ 9] University 1[ 1] -4[10] -4.00[10]

• 6 days: Fri 18, Sat 19, Mon 21, Tue 22, Wed 23 and Thu 24 March, 1859

• Notes from Sherwood

  Exeter Torpid and Eight both rowed in the Chester boat, of Mat. Taylor's build, which had done duty since 1857.

  Wadham were rebumped owing to their bungline being entangled in the rudder.

• From Sherwood (p.46)

  At a meeting of the captains it had been proposed that the Torpid races should always be rowed in gig eights (in order that the Torpid crews might be efficient as nurseries from which to supply oars to the college races). Though this was not passed, Mr. Warre, as captain of the Balliol Boat Club, determined to try the experiment with his own Torpid, and though they were the lightest crew on the river, and had to contend against the lightest north country and south country boats, the result was so satisfactory, especially as regards improvement in form, that a rule was passed by the O.U.B.C. that the Torpids should be rowed after 1860 in gig boats.

  The races this year were rowed on successive afternoons.

• In other news ... [1859]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative)

  March

  General Post Office begins erection of First National Standard pillar box design.

  March 21

  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issues the charter establishing the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, the first organization of its kind in the United States, and founder of the nation's first zoo.

  March 25

  Anniversary Days Observance Act 1859 abolishes observance by the established church of anniversaries of certain 17th-century political events.

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