University Oars Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNIVERSITY OARS
- 2 FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1829
- 3 SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1836
- 4 THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1839
- 5 FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1840
- 6 FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1841
- 7 SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1842
- 8 SEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1845
- 9 EIGHTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1846
- 10 NINTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 11 TENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 12 ELEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1852
- 13 TWELFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1854
- 14 THIRTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1856
- 15 FOURTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1857
- 16 FIFTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1858
- 17 SIXTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1859
- 18 SEVENTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1860
- 19 EIGHTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1861
- 20 NINETEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1862
- 21 TWENTIETH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1863
- 22 TWENTY-FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1864
- 23 TWENTY-SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1865
- 24 TWENTY-THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1866
- 25 TWENTY-FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1867
- 26 TWENTY-FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1868
- 27 TWENTY-SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1869
- UNIVERSITY CREWS FROM 1829 TO 1869
- OBITUARY
- INDEX I OXFORD UNIVERSITY CREWS
- INDEX II CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CREWS
- LIST OF TABLES
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
15 - FOURTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1857
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 UNIVERSITY OARS
- 2 FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1829
- 3 SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1836
- 4 THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1839
- 5 FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1840
- 6 FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1841
- 7 SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1842
- 8 SEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1845
- 9 EIGHTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1846
- 10 NINTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 11 TENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1849
- 12 ELEVENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1852
- 13 TWELFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1854
- 14 THIRTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1856
- 15 FOURTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1857
- 16 FIFTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1858
- 17 SIXTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1859
- 18 SEVENTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1860
- 19 EIGHTEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1861
- 20 NINETEENTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1862
- 21 TWENTIETH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1863
- 22 TWENTY-FIRST UNIVERSITY RACE, 1864
- 23 TWENTY-SECOND UNIVERSITY RACE, 1865
- 24 TWENTY-THIRD UNIVERSITY RACE, 1866
- 25 TWENTY-FOURTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1867
- 26 TWENTY-FIFTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1868
- 27 TWENTY-SIXTH UNIVERSITY RACE, 1869
- UNIVERSITY CREWS FROM 1829 TO 1869
- OBITUARY
- INDEX I OXFORD UNIVERSITY CREWS
- INDEX II CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CREWS
- LIST OF TABLES
- GENERAL INDEX
- ERRATA
Summary
The University Race of April 4, 1857, was rowed as usual from Putney to Mortlake. Oxford won the toss, and, rowing in perfect form, gained and kept the lead the whole way, gradually increasing the distance between the two boats until at the winning post Cambridge was left 35 seconds astern. Time 22 minutes 55 seconds; this was the first race rowed in keelless boats, and both Universities also used round oars for the first time.
The names of the crews were as follows :
Oxford.
Robert W. Risley, Exeter.
Philip Gurdon, Univ.
John Arkell, Pembroke.
Richard Martin, Corpus.
W. Hardy Wood, Univ.
Edmond Warre, Balliol.
A. P. Lonsdale, Balliol.
J. T. Thorley, Wadham.
Coxswain, F. W. Elers, Trin.
Cambridge.
Arthur P. Holme, 2nd Trin.
Anthony Benn, Emm.
W. H. Holley, Trin. Hall.
A. L. Smith, 1st Trin.
J. J. Serjeantson, 1st Trin.
R. Lewis Lloyd, Magd.
P. Pearson (now Pennant), St John's.
H. Snow, St John's.
Coxswain, R. Wharton, Magd.
Life-rate of the Crews.
In the year 1869 no death had occurred among any of the members of these two crews. Consequently to the 16 men who rowed, 704 instead of 640 years of life after the Race may be allotted, each man living 44 instead of 40 years after he rowed.
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- University OarsBeing a Critical Enquiry Into the After Health of the Men Who Rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, from the Year 1829 to 1869, Based on the Personal Experience of the Rowers Themselves., pp. 226 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1873