The Boat Race 1892

49th Boat Race
Cambridge's Stanley Muttlebury coaching the crew from a steamer
Date	9 April 1892 (1892-04-09)
Winner	Oxford
Margin of victory	2 and 1/4 lengths
Winning time	19 minutes 10 seconds
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford)	22–26
Umpire	Frank Willan (Oxford)
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The 49th Boat Race took place on 9 April 1892. The Boat Race is an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Oxford went into the event as reigning champions, having won the previous year's race. In total, twelve of the competitors had previous Boat Race experience. In a race umpired by former rower Frank Willan, Oxford won by two-and-a-quarter lengths in a time of 19 minutes 10 seconds. It was their third consecutive victory and the fastest time in the history of the event.

The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the boat clubs of University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; as of 2014 it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Cambridge by half a length in the previous year's race, and held the overall lead, with 25 victories to Cambridge's 22 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).

Oxford's coaches were F. P. Bully, R. C. Lehmann (former president of the Cambridge Union Society and captain of the 1st Trinity Boat Club; although he had rowed in the trial eights for Cambridge, he was never selected for the Blue boat)Douglas McLean (who rowed five times for Oxford between 1883 and 1887), and Guy Nickalls (five-time Blue between 1887 and 1891). Lehmann had briefly coached Cambridge in the "early stages" of their preparation.