Torpids 1940

BUMPS CHARTS

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 S.E.H. & Queen's 16 14 Trinity & Balliol 2 Pemb, C.C.C & S.P.C. 11 13 Exeter & Lincoln 3 New & Magdalen 9 10 S.E.H. & Queen's 4 Trinity & Balliol 8 8 BNC & Christ Church 5 Exeter & Lincoln 7 7 Wadham & Keble 6 University & Merton 5 6 Pemb, C.C.C & S.P.C. 7 BNC & Christ Church 4 4 New & Magdalen 8 Hertford 3 3 University & Merton 9 Wadham & Keble 3 3 Hertford 10 Jesus 3 2 Oriel 11 Oriel 2 2 Jesus

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=ranking Crews Bps Avg Wadham & Keble 2[ 1] 7[ 1] 3.50[ 1] BNC & Christ Church 1[ 4] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Trinity & Balliol 1[ 4] 3[ 2] 3.00[ 2] Exeter & Lincoln 2[ 1] 3[ 2] 1.50[ 2] Oriel 1[ 4] 0[ 5] 0.00[ 5] Hertford 1[ 4] -1[ 6] -1.00[ 6] Jesus 1[ 4] -2[ 7] -2.00[ 7] University & Merton 1[ 4] -2[ 7] -2.00[ 7] Pemb, C.C.C & S.P.C. 1[ 4] -3[ 9] -3.00[ 9] S.E.H. & Queen's 2[ 1] -4[10] -2.00[10] New & Magdalen 1[ 4] -4[10] -4.00[10]

Notes

• Wed 21 – Sat 24 Feb 1940
• Bumps racing continued sporadically during WWII, with many colleges combining to form crews
• The Times 16 Jan 1940

  Rowing at Oxford At a captains' meeting of the Oxford University Boat Club, held yesterday, ... it was decided to have four days' Torpids racing from February 21. The same combinations of colleges as last term will hold good, except that Jesus and St Catherine's will row independently.

• The 1940 bumps chart and Birmingham Post reports are from William O'Chee, taken from Brasenose BC archives
• The Birmingham Post Friday 23 Feb

  St Edmund Hall and Queen's combined crew kept Head of the River during the Oxford University Torpids yesterday. Pembroke also retained second place, but Corpus and St Peter's Hall lost third position to Trinity and Balliol.

  The most notable move in the Second Division was by Wadham and Keble, which secured second place to Hertford.

  The reporter seemed to be under the misapprehension that Pembroke was racing as a separate crew.
• The Birmingham Post Saturday 24 Feb

  Wadham and Keble combined eight accomplished a good performance in the Oxford University Torpids yesterday, by recording a bump in each division. Having caught Hertford, to take temporary leadership of the Second Division, Wadham and Keble went on to bump University and Merton, the bottom crew in the First Division. Meanwhile the Headship of the River changed hands, for Trinity and Balliol bumped St Edmund Hall and Queen's, which had held first place since the start of racing on Wednesday. University and Merton dropped to first place in the Second Division.

• The Birmingham Post Monday 26 Feb

  Trinity and Balliol combined crew finished Head of the River in the Oxford University Torpids on Saturday. University and Merton, sandwich boat in the First Division, completed the racing at the top of the Second Division. The only bump in the Second Division was by Oriel, which caught Jesus at the University boathouse to secure third place behind Hertford.

• The Times Monday 26 Feb

  Oxford University Torpids were concluded at Oxford on Saturday with Trinity and Balliol combined crew at the head of the river. The leading eight in the second division was University and Merton.

• In other news ... [1940]

  February 22

  In Tibet, province of Ando, 4-year-old Tenzin Gyatso is proclaimed the tulku (rebirth) of the 13th Dalai Lama.

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