The Boat Race 1887
| 44th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 26 March 1887 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 2 and 1/2 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 20 minutes 52 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
20–23 | ||
| Umpire | Robert Lewis-Lloyd | ||
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The 44th Boat Race took place on 26 March 1887. The Boat Race is an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Umpired by Robert Lewis-Lloyd, Cambridge won the race by two and a half lengths after one of the Oxford crew snapping his oar in half. The winning time for the race was 20 minutes 52 seconds, and Cambridge's victory took the overall record to 23–20 in Oxford's favour.
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the 4.2 miles (6.8 km) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and as of 2014, broadcast worldwide.Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions having won the previous year's race by two-thirds of a length, while Oxford held the overall lead, with 23 victories to Cambridge's 19 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
The coaches for Cambridge were Donaldson, Charles William Moore (who represented Cambridge in the 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1884 races) and Herbert Edward Rhodes (who rowed in the 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876 races). Oxford's coaches were Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss (who rowed for the Dark Blues four times between the 1875 and the 1878 races), R. S. Kindersley (who rowed three times for Oxford between 1880 and 1882) and A. R. Paterson (four-time Blue for Oxford between 1881 and 1884).
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