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![The course of the Boat Race on the River Thames in London; Oxford and Cambridge first rowed against each other in 1829, and the Boat Race has been held annually since 1856 apart from the two World Wars.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/University_Boat_Race_Thames_map.svg/400px-University_Boat_Race_Thames_map.svg.png)
The course of the Boat Race on the River Thames in London; Oxford and Cambridge first rowed against each other in 1829, and the Boat Race has been held annually since 1856 apart from the two World Wars.