Torpids 1946

BUMPS CHART

STANDINGS Start Finish Pos College Pts Pts College 1 St Edmund Hall 36.0 37.0 St John's 2 Pembroke 31.0 33.0 St Edmund Hall 3 New College 27.0 27.0 New College 4 Magdalen 26.0 26.0 Magdalen 5 St John's 23.0 24.0 Christ Church 6 Trinity 22.0 22.0 Brasenose 7 Balliol 21.0 20.0 Trinity 8 Exeter 18.0 17.0 Balliol 9 University 14.0 16.0 Pembroke 10 Christ Church 13.0 13.0 Exeter 11 Corpus Christi 13.0 13.0 Worcester 12 Worcester 10.0 10.0 University 13 Brasenose 10.0 9.0 Corpus Christi 14 Merton 9.0 8.0 Wadham 15 Jesus 8.0 8.0 Keble 16 Hertford 8.0 8.0 Merton 17 Oriel 6.0 7.0 St Peter's 18 Keble 6.0 6.0 Oriel 19 St Peter's 6.0 5.0 Jesus 20 Wadham 6.0 5.0 Hertford 21 Queen's 5.0 4.0 St Catherine's 22 Lincoln 4.0 4.0 Queen's 23 St Catherine's 3.0 3.0 Lincoln

STATISTICS College All Crews [ ]=rank Crews Bps Avg Brasenose 2[ 1] 13[ 1] 6.50[ 1] Christ Church 2[ 1] 7[ 2] 3.50[ 3] St John's 2[ 1] 6[ 3] 3.00[ 4] Wadham 1[12] 4[ 4] 4.00[ 2] St Catherine's 1[12] 3[ 5] 3.00[ 4] Magdalen 2[ 1] 3[ 5] 1.50[ 7] Keble 2[ 1] 2[ 7] 1.00[ 8] Worcester 1[12] 2[ 7] 2.00[ 6] St Peter's 2[ 1] 1[ 9] 0.50[ 9] Oriel 1[12] 0[10] 0.00[10] New College 1[12] 0[10] 0.00[10] Trinity 1[12] -1[12] -1.00[12] Merton 1[12] -2[13] -2.00[16] St Edmund Hall 2[ 1] -2[13] -1.00[12] University 1[12] -3[15] -3.00[18] Corpus Christi 1[12] -3[15] -3.00[18] Balliol 2[ 1] -3[15] -1.50[14] Jesus 2[ 1] -3[15] -1.50[14] Lincoln 1[12] -3[15] -3.00[18] Hertford 1[12] -4[20] -4.00[22] Queen's 2[ 1] -5[21] -2.50[17] Pembroke 1[12] -6[22] -6.00[23] Exeter 2[ 1] -6[22] -3.00[18]

• 6 days: Thu 21 – Wed 27 Feb 1946
• Resume from 1939 finishing order
• Divisions at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30
• From this year the Torpids division size seems to have been fixed at 12 boats (or 13 with the Sandwich Boat), as it had been in Eights since 1928.
• The Daily Telegraph reports are almost identical to those in The Times, so not reproduced.
• The Times Mon 25 Feb includes a photograph taken from the New Bridge, looking upstream, captioned

  The Torpids — The Third Division crews in the third day of the Oxford University Torpid races on Saturday. A strong wind made conditions difficult at the start.

• The Times Thu 21 Feb

  The Oxford Torpid races will be rowed today in three divisions in the order in which they finished in 1939. There will be 34 crews this year, as against 42 seven years ago.

  The order of starting will be:—[...]

• The Daily Telegraph Thu 21 Feb, by A Rowing Correspondent

  On Isis and Cam, for the first time since 1939, 100 eight-oared crews will be engaged during the next 10 days in the normal Lent term bumping races.

  To-day the Oxford "Torpids" are being rowed again. There is an entry of 34 crews. These eights will be starting again in the order in which the boats finished in the "Torpids" of 1939. Form is very uneven, so there may be a lot of "bumps." In accordance with tradition there will be six days' racing, finishing next Wednesday.

• The Times Fri 22 Feb

  In the first of the six days' racing in the Oxford Torpids yesterday there were 11 bumps. In the first division the successful crews were New College, St. John's, Christ Church, and Brasenose. In the second division bumps were made by Brasenose, making their second bump of the day, Oriel, Keble, and St. Catherine's. In the third division the successful crews were Brasenose II, Magdalen II, and Jesus II.

• The Times Sat 23 Feb

  On the second day of the Oxford Torpid races there were again 11 bumps. In the first division bumps were made by Magdalen, Christ Church, and Brasenose, and in the second division the successful crews were Oriel, Wadham and St. John's II. In the third division bumps were made by Brasenose II, Christ Church II, Magdalen II, and Jesus II. Christ Church and Jesus] obtained their bumps when the boats of Exeter and Queen's were blown into the bank and could not start.

• The Times Mon 25 Feb

  Strong winds blew boats into he bank when the Torpid races were continued at Oxford on Saturday. Ten bumps were recorded during the afternoon, the successful crews being:— First Division.— Worcester, Christ Church, St. John's, and Brasenose. Second Division.— Brasenose II, St. John's II, and Wadham. Third Division.— Queen's II, Magdalen II, and Brasenose II. Brasenose II made two bumps.

• The Times Tue 26 Feb

  There were eight bumps in the Torpid races at Oxford yesterday. In the First Division the successful crews were:— St. John's, Trinity, Christ Church, Brasenose, and Worcester. Bumps were made in the Second Division by Wadham, Keble and Brasenose II, the last of whom have gone up give places. There were no bumps in the Third Division.

• The Times Wed 27 Feb

  There were nine bumps in the Torpid races at Oxford yesterday, the fifth day of the event. The successful crews were:— First Division.— St. John's, Christ Church, Brasenose, and Worcester. Second Division.— Wadham, Keble, St. Peter's Hall, and Brasnose II (who have now moved up six places). Third Division.— Jesus II.

• The Times Thu 28 Feb

  Six bumps were made yesterday in the final day's racing of the Oxford Torpids. This is the first occasion on which St. John's have been the Head of the River. In the First Division the successful crews were Christ Church and Brasenose, whose two boats made 13 bumps between them. In the Second Division bumps were made by Wadham, Keble, St. Peter's Hall and St. Catherine's. There were no bumps in the Third Division.

  The order of finishing was:—[...]

• In other news ... [1946]

  Monarch: George VI

  Prime Minister: Clement Attlee (Labour)

  Wed 20 Feb

  Royal Opera House in Covent Garden re-opens after the War with The Royal Ballet (relocated from Sadler's Wells Theatre) performing The Sleeping Beauty.

  Thu 21 Feb

  Uprisings against colonial rule took place across Asia, with disturbances in Egypt, India, Singapore and Indonesia.

  Sun 24 Feb

  Juan Peron is elected president of Argentina.

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