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This is a list of the Oxford University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. A coxswain or oarsman earns their rowing Blue by rowing in the Boat Race. [citation needed] Rowers are listed left to right in boat position from bow to stroke. The number following the rower indicates the rower's weight in stones and ...
Oxford Blue is the official colour of the University of Oxford. [1] ... (four of the crew being Christ Church men), only with a broader and darker blue, instead of ...
The Oxford crew contained a single former Blue, the boat club president and number two Duncan Clegg, while Cambridge saw Rodney Ward and stroke Mike Sweeeny return. [21] Oxford's P. G. Tuke was following in the footsteps of his great grandfather F. E. Tuke who had rowed in the 1845 race. [22]
The Oxford crew featured three Old Blues, Chris Mahoney, Mike Diserens, and Boris Rankov, who was rowing in his third University Boat Race. [12] In J.S. Palmer and A.G. Phillips, Cambridge's crew contained two Blues returning from the previous year's race. [6]
Athletes at the University of Cambridge may be awarded a full blue (or simply a blue), half blue, first team colours or second team colours for competing at the highest level of university sport, which must include being in a varsity match or race against the University of Oxford. A full blue is the highest honour that may be bestowed on a ...
True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny is a non-fiction book written by Dan Topolski and Patrick Robinson and published in 1989. It tells the story of the 1987 Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race and the disagreement amongst the Oxford crew known as the "Oxford mutiny". [1] It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1989, the award's inaugural ...
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]
Harvard University Men's Crew [1] Crimson and white: Harvard University (formerly Radcliffe College) Women's Crew [1] Black and white: Harvard Kennedy School [1] Alternating red and white stripes like the school's shield and the American flag [2] Illini Rowing, University of Illinois: Orange with navy blue block I. Lewis & Clark College