The Boat Race 1905
| 62nd Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 1 April 1905 | ||
| Winner | Oxford | ||
| Margin of victory | 3 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 20 minutes 35 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
27–34 | ||
| Umpire |
Frederick I. Pitman (Cambridge) |
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The 62nd Boat Race took place on 1 April 1905. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions having won the previous year's race. In this year's race, umpired by former rower Frederick I. Pitman, Oxford won by three lengths in a time of 20 minutes 35 seconds. The victory took the overall record to 34–27 in their 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"). 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; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and, as of 2015, broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1904 race by four-and-a-half lengths, while Oxford led overall with 33 victories to Cambridge's 27 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
Cambridge were coached by John Edwards-Moss who had rowed in the 1902 and 1903 races, Francis Escombe and David Alexander Wauchope (who had rowed in the 1895 race). Oxford's coaches were William Fletcher, who rowed for them in the 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893 races and C. K. Philips who had represented the Dark Blues four times between 1895 and 1898. The umpire for the third year was old Etonian and former Cambridge rower Frederick I. Pitman who rowed in the 1884, 1885 and 1886 races.
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