The Boat Race 1884
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The 41st Boat Race took place on 7 April 1884. The Boat Race is an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race, for whi
William Grenfell coached Oxford.
Caricature of Douglas McLean who rowed at number five for Oxford
The Boat Race 1875
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The 32nd Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on 20 March 1875. The Cambridge crew contained four Blues to Oxford's two,
The Boat Race 1884
…to Cambridge's 17 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). Oxford were coached by Tom Edwards-Moss (who rowed for the Dark Blues four times between the 1875 and the 1878 races) and William Grenfell (who represented Oxford in the 1877 and 1878 races). Herbert Edward Rhodes was the Cambridge coach; he had…
Joseph William Chitty was the umpire for the 1875 Boat Race.