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The Great International Boat Race was a bespoke rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Harvard University Boat Club. The side-by-side rowing race took place on 27 August 1869 between coxed fours on The Championship Course—also used for The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Club. The Oxford crew won.

Origin

Harvard had originally planned to challenge both the Oxford and Cambridge eights crews at an international regatta in 1867 which was part of the world fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris; however, they did not think they would be competitive enough and only seven members of the crew were willing to travel so the plan was abandoned. Harvard then sent a challenge to race in England, Coxswain (rowing)

Both the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs were challenged to a coxed fours race – a sweep-oar rowing race with coxswain – from Putney to Mortlake, the same course used for The Boat Race.

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Crews

Images of the Oxford crew (left) and Harvard crew (right) from the December 1869 edition of Harper's Magazine.
Seat Oxford
Harvard
Name College Weight Name Weight
Bow F. Willan Exeter 11 st 11 lb (75 kg) J. S. Fay 11 st 7 lb (73 kg)
2 A. C. Yarborough Lincoln 12 st 3⁄4 lb (76.5 kg) F. O. Lyman 11 st 2 lb (71 kg)
3 J. C. Tinné University 13 st 7 lb (86 kg) W. H. Simmons 12 st 4 lb (78 kg)
Stroke S. D. Darbishire Balliol 11 st 5 lb (72 kg) A. P. Loring 10 st 13 lb (69 kg)
Cox J. Hall Corpus Christi 7 st 4 lb (46 kg) A. Burnham 7 st 6 lb (47 kg)
Source:
Notes
  1. The method of numbering the men in boats was different in the two countries at the time; the modern convention starting at the bow has been used here.
  2. There are many different weights given by sources, such as Blaikie (1869). The weights used are from Macmicheal (1870), who states they are from race day and also gives weights prior to training.
  3. The weights used are from Macimicheal (1870) so be consistent with the source used for the Oxford crew. Sources differ and Blaikie (1869) notes that "the Harvard men neglected to weigh before the race".
  4. Although Macmicheal (1870) lists as the cox as "J. Hall", other sources such as names the cox as F. H. Hall...

The Race

The Harvard crew won the toss and elected to race on the "Middlesex side" from the north station.

Footnotes

  1. Durick 1988, pp. 46–47.
  2. Smith 1988, p. 39.
  3. ^ Blaikie 1869, p. 66.
  4. ^ Blaikie 1869.
  5. Macmichael 1870, pp. 364, 366.
  6. ^ Macmichael 1870, p. 366.
  7. NYT 1869, p. 1.
  8. Conway 1869.

References