The Boat Race 1883
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The 40th Boat Race, an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames, took place on 15 March 1883. Following confusion at the start
William Grenfell coached the Oxford crew.
Caricature of Douglas McLean who rowed at number five for Oxford
The Boat Race 1882
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The 39th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1882. The Boat Race is an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. In the race, umpi
The Boat Race 1883
…on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the previous year's race by seven lengths, and held the overall lead, with 21 victories to Cambridge's 17 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). Cambridge's coaches were John…
Walter Bradford Woodgate coached Oxford for the sixth time.