Sporting and Athletic Records

208 ROWING N.B.—In addition to the above, the Universities have contended together five times at Henley Regatta, in the same heat, forthe Grand Challenge Cup, and the following Table shows the winners on those occasions: Year Date Winner Time Won by M. s. 1845 June 7 Cambridge 8 30 2 lengths 1847 „ 17 Oxford 84 2 „ 1851 * „ 17 „ 7 45 6 „ 1853 „ 11 „ 83 I'/t feet 1855 „ 25 Cambridge 8 32 2 l k lengths Also at the Thames Regattaon 22 June 1844, Oxford beat Cambridge. Present Score (1 May 1897) Oxford 31 Cambridge aa Dead Heat 1 (in1877). Total 54. Longest Sequence of Victories nine successive wins Oxford 1861—1869 eight „ „ „ 1890—1897 five „ „ Cambridge 1870—1874 Fastest Times in the Race M. S. Made by Date 18 47 Oxford 22 March 1893 19 12 „ 3 April 1897 19 21 „ 9 April 1892 19 35 Cambridge 29 March 1873 From Putney to M. S. Made by Year Craven Steps 2 16 Oxford 1892 Mile Post 3 59 „ 1897 * Cambridge lost a rowlock soon after starting.