The Boat Race 1934
| 86th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 17 March 1934 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 4 1/4 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 18 minutes 3 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
45–40 | ||
| Umpire | Herbert Aylward Game (Cambridge) |
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| Other races | |||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 86th Boat Race took place on 17 March 1934. 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. Umpired by the former rower Herbert Aylward Game, Cambridge won by four-and-a-quarter lengths in a time of 18 minutes 3 seconds, the fastest winning time in the history of the Boat Race at the time of the event. The record eleventh consecutive victory took the overall record in the event to 45–40 in Cambridge'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"). 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 2014, broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1933 race by two and a quarter lengths, and led overall with 44 victories to Oxford's 40 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
Cambridge were coached by T. A. Brocklebank (who had rowed for Cambridge three times between 1929 and 1931), Francis Escombe, F. E. Hellyer (who had rowed for the Light Blues in the 1910 and 1911 races) and Peter Haig-Thomas (four-time Blue for Cambridge between 1902 and 1905). Oxford's coaches were Stanley Garton (who had rowed three times between 1909 and 1911), John Houghton Gibbon (who had rowed for the Light Blues in the 1899 and 1900 races) and A. E. Kitchin (who had rowed in the 1908 race). The race was umpired by the former Cambridge rower Herbert Aylward Game, who had represented the Light Blues in the 1895 and 1896 races. Both crews rowed in boats built by Sims and used Ayling oars.
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