The 16th Boat Race took place on 15 April 1859. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race went ahead following Cambridge's request for a postponement due to extremely rough conditions being rejected. Oxford won the race after Cambridge sank. It was the first time in the history of the event that one of the crews did not finish the race.
Levin Smith rowed at number three for Cambridge.
The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. It is also known as the University Boat Race and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.
An engraving of the 1841 Boat Race, with the gatehouse of Lambeth Palace at centre-left
A portrayal of the dead-heat finish in 1877.
Cambridge at their stakeboat, just before the start of the 2009 race
Oxford in 1890 (winner)