The Boat Race 1973
| 119th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 7 March 1973 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 13 lengths | ||
| Winning time | 19 minutes 21 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) |
67–51 | ||
| Umpire | Ronnie Howard (Oxford) |
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| Other races | |||
| Reserve winner | Goldie | ||
| Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 119th Boat Race took place on 7 March 1973. 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. It was won by Cambridge who passed the finishing post thirteen lengths ahead of Oxford, the largest winning margin since the 1955 race. Despite being pre-race favourites, Oxford's warm-up saw them take on board a large amount of water in rough conditions.
In the reserve race, Goldie beat Isis, and in the Women's Boat Race, Cambridge were victorious.
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 and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Oxford by a nine-and-a-half lengths in the previous year's race. Cambridge held the overall lead, with 66 victories to Oxford's 51 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). The race was umpired by former Oxford Blue Ronnie Howard who had rowed in the 1957 and 1959 races.
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