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University Oars Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
The weather on the 8th April, 1854, was exceptionally fine, and the Race was rowed rather earlier than usual—soon after 11 o'clock in the morning.
Both Crews were good, but in spite of the utmost efforts of the Cambridge men their opponents won by 11 strokes; the race being rowed in 25 minutes 29 seconds.
The names of the Crews were as follows:
Oxford.
W. R Short, New Coll.
Ad. Hooke, Worcester.
W. Pinckney, Exeter.
T. Blundell, Ch. Ch.
T. A. Hooper, Pembroke.
P. H. Nind, Ch. Ch.
Geo. L. Mellish, Pembroke.
W. O. Meade King, Pembroke.
Coxswain, T. H. Marshall, Exeter.
Cambridge.
R. C. Galton, 1st Trin.
Spencer Nairne, Emm.
John C. Davis, 3rd Trin.
Stair Agnew, 1st Trin.
Edwd. Courage, 1st Trin.
F. W. Johnson, 3rd Trin.
Henry Blake, Ccprpus.
John Wright, St John's.
Coxswain, C. T. Smith, Caius.
Life-rate of the Crews.
The health of these 16 men, as measured by their chances of life, may be looked upon as satisfactory; 14 out of the 16 being alive at the end of the year 1869. 647 years may be allotted to the two Crews after the Race, or seven more than the estimated average. Two of the Cambridge men died prematurely, one seven years after he rowed, and the other nine. It is net thought that either of them suffered from his aquatic exertions.
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