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The very first Boat Race was won by Oxford, but Cambridge lead the overall series with 86 wins to Oxford's 81, [3] with one dead heat in 1877 (as of 2023). [4] Recent races have been closely fought, with Oxford winning by the shortest ever margin of 1-foot (0.30 m) in 2003 [4] and Cambridge winning in 2004 despite Oxford's claims of a foul. [5]
The Oxford crew weighed 9.5 pounds (4.3 kg) per rower more than their opponents. [9] The Oxford crew's average age was 22, while Cambridge were, on average, half a year younger. [9] Richard Young, Oxford's bow, had rowed for Cambridge in the 1990 race, making him one of only two men to earn a rowing Blue for both universities. [10]
Oxford's men were favourites to defeat Cambridge, but failed to do so: Cambridge won by just under one length. The reserve races took place three weeks later on 25 April 2021: Cambridge completed a clean sweep for a third consecutive year after Goldie won the men's and Blondie won the women's reserves race.
The Championship Course along which, for the fourth time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were conducted on the same day. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") [1] and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). [1]
The country's longest-running series of varsity matches is played between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.In addition to the 1827 University Match in Cricket mentioned above, the first "Boat Race" in 1829 [4] the first "Varsity Match" (in Rugby Union) in 1872, [5] and the first "Varsity Game" (in Basketball) in 1921 were all contested between Oxford and Cambridge.
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The Boat Race 2018 (also known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Race for the purposes of sponsorship) took place on 24 March 2018. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London.
In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis beat Cambridge's Goldie by 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths, their first victory in nine years, and in a time of 17 minutes 2 seconds which equalled the 1996 record. [ 5 ] [ 15 ] Cambridge won the 50th Women's Boat Race by 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 lengths in a time of 6 minutes and 25 seconds, their seventh consecutive victory.