Torpids 1888

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 Christ Church 31 37 Christ Church 2 Brasenose 30 31 Brasenose 3 Exeter 25 24 Balliol 4 Corpus Christi 19 21 New College 5 Balliol 18 17 Exeter 6 Magdalen 17 15 Corpus Christi 7 New College 15 15 Keble 8 Queen's 12 12 Magdalen 9 Keble 12 10 Hertford 10 Wadham 8 8 Oriel 11 Trinity 7 7 Queen's 12 Oriel 7 7 Trinity 13 Hertford 6 6 Merton 14 University 5 5 Wadham 15 St John's 4 4 University 16 Pembroke 4 4 St John's 17 Lincoln 3 3 Lincoln 18 Jesus 3 2 Pembroke 19 Merton 3 2 St Catherine's 20 St Catherine's 2 2 Jesus 21 Worcester 1 1 Worcester

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Merton 1[ 8] 7[ 1] 7.00[ 1] Hertford 1[ 8] 5[ 2] 5.00[ 2] Keble 2[ 1] 4[ 3] 2.00[ 3] Balliol 2[ 1] 4[ 3] 2.00[ 3] Christ Church 2[ 1] 3[ 5] 1.50[ 5] Brasenose 2[ 1] 3[ 5] 1.50[ 5] New College 2[ 1] 1[ 7] 0.50[ 8] Oriel 1[ 8] 1[ 7] 1.00[ 7] Lincoln 1[ 8] 0[ 9] 0.00[ 9] St Catherine's 1[ 8] 0[ 9] 0.00[ 9] St John's 1[ 8] -1[11] -1.00[12] Trinity 2[ 1] -1[11] -0.50[11] University 1[ 8] -1[11] -1.00[12] Worcester 1[ 8] -2[14] -2.00[15] Corpus Christi 1[ 8] -2[14] -2.00[15] Magdalen 2[ 1] -2[14] -1.00[12] Exeter 1[ 8] -3[17] -3.00[17] Pembroke 1[ 8] -4[18] -4.00[18] Queen's 1[ 8] -4[18] -4.00[18] Wadham 1[ 8] -4[18] -4.00[18] Jesus 1[ 8] -4[18] -4.00[18]

• 6 days: Thu 16 – Wed 22 Feb 1888

• Notes from Sherwood

  Snow on towing path, ice in river almost too thick to row through. The races remarkable for accidents.

  First day: Trinity were stopped by the bump ahead; Hertford rowed past.

  Third day: Worcester were entangled in their bung line, and were caught.

  Fourth day: Queen's stopped by an empty, drifting boat. Hertford offered to give up bump, but Queen's would not allow it.

  Sixth day: Trinity close on Queen's, when stroke caught his oar in the bung of one of the earlier boats, and broke it, and jumped overboard; but Merton, coming up, made their seventh bump.

• In other news ... [1888]

  Monarch: Queen Victoria

  Prime Minister: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)

  26 January

  The Lawn Tennis Association is founded.

  13 February

  The first issue of the Financial Times goes on sale (originally launched on 9 January by Horatio Bottomley as the London Financial Guide).

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