Torpids 1886

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Corpus Christi 27 28 Christ Church 2 Brasenose 24 27 Brasenose 3 Exeter 22 25 Exeter 4 Christ Church 20 18 Corpus Christi 5 New College 20 18 Balliol 6 Magdalen 18 14 Queen's 7 Trinity 13 14 New College 8 Balliol 12 13 Magdalen 9 Keble 10 11 Keble 10 Queen's 10 9 Oriel 11 Pembroke 8 8 Trinity 12 Wadham 7 6 Wadham 13 St Catherine's 5 5 Hertford 14 Oriel 5 5 Pembroke 15 Jesus 4 4 Jesus 16 Hertford 4 4 Lincoln 17 Lincoln 3 3 University 18 Worcester 3 3 St John's 19 University 2 2 St Catherine's 20 St John's 2 2 Worcester 21 Merton 1 2 Merton

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Oriel 1[ 7] 5[ 1] 5.00[ 1] Balliol 2[ 1] 4[ 2] 2.00[ 4] Christ Church 2[ 1] 4[ 2] 2.00[ 4] Queen's 1[ 7] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 2] Hertford 1[ 7] 3[ 4] 3.00[ 2] Exeter 2[ 1] 2[ 6] 1.00[ 9] University 1[ 7] 2[ 6] 2.00[ 4] St John's 1[ 7] 2[ 6] 2.00[ 4] Merton 1[ 7] 2[ 6] 2.00[ 4] Lincoln 1[ 7] 1[10] 1.00[ 9] Brasenose 1[ 7] 1[10] 1.00[ 9] Jesus 1[ 7] 0[12] 0.00[12] Wadham 1[ 7] -1[13] -1.00[13] Keble 2[ 1] -2[14] -1.00[13] Magdalen 2[ 1] -2[14] -1.00[13] Corpus Christi 1[ 7] -3[16] -3.00[17] Worcester 1[ 7] -3[16] -3.00[17] Pembroke 1[ 7] -4[18] -4.00[19] New College 2[ 1] -4[18] -2.00[16] Trinity 1[ 7] -4[18] -4.00[19] St Catherine's 1[ 7] -6[21] -6.00[21]

• 6 days: Thu 25 Feb – Wed 3 March 1886
• Assume 14 crews in Div I
• This was only the second occasion that an overbump had been recorded in Torpids (the first having been in 1852, and the next would not occur until 1933).

• Notes from Sherwood

  Incessant floods.

  Exeter II in practice were consistently faster than the first, in spite of repeated changes. In the long course, starting three lengths behind, they rowed past the first, and finished a length ahead.

  Second day: Brasenose went head, bumping Corpus on the post, a bump which was disputed, but given.

  Fourth day: Christ Church II fouled its bung, and ran into the bank. The Pembroke coxswain lost his head and also ran into the bank, and was bumped by Wadham, Oriel rowing past so bumping Christ Church over two places [overbump]

• In other news ... [1886]

  Monarch: Victoria

  Prime Minister: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

  March 3

  The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Serbo-Bulgarian War in the Balkans.

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