The Boat Race 1951
| 97th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 24/26 March 1951 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 12 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 20 minutes 50 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
53–43 | ||
| Umpire |
Gerald Ellison (Oxford) |
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| Other races | |||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 97th Boat Race took place on 24 and 26 March 1951. 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. After Oxford sank in the first race held on 24 March, a re-row was ordered by the umpire and took place two days later. It was the first time one of the crews had sunk during the race since the 1925 race. In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Gerald Ellison, Cambridge won the re-row by twelve lengths in a time of 20 minutes 50 seconds, taking the overall record in the event to 53–43 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"). First held in 1829, the race takes 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 1950 race by a three-and-a-half lengths, with Cambridge leading overall with 52 victories to Oxford's 43 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
Cambridge were coached by W. T. Arthur (who rowed for the Light Blues in the 1950 race), Roy Meldrum (a coach for Lady Margaret Boat Club), James Owen and H. R. N. Rickett (who rowed three times between 1930 and 1932). Oxford's coaches were T. A. Brocklebank (who had rowed for Cambridge three times between 1929 and 1931 and who had also coached the Light Blues in the 1934 race), J. L. Garton (who had rowed for the Dark Blues in the 1938 and 1939 races) and J. A. MacNabb (who rowed for Cambridge in the 1924 race). The race was umpired for the first time by former Oxford rower and Bishop of Willesden Gerald Ellison who had competed in the 1932 and 1933 races.
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