The 37th Women's Boat Race took place on 21 March 1982. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held as part of the Henley Boat Races along a two-kilometre course.
| 37th Women's Boat Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 21 March 1982 | ||
| Winner | Cambridge | ||
| Margin of victory | 4 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 24–13 | ||
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Background edit
The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927.[1] It was the first race in the history of the event to include a male participant, in Oxford's cox Phillip Edwards.[2]
Crews edit
| Seat | Oxford 
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Cambridge 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | College | Name | College | |||
| Bow | M. Jollands | St Catherine's | P. Nock | Downing | ||
| 2 | F. Whiting | St Hugh's | H. Brown | Newnham | ||
| 3 | M. Esslin | Keble | S. Barnard | Robinson | ||
| 4 | C. Wardle | Somerville | S. Van Kleef | Fitzwilliam | ||
| 5 | S. Talbot | New College | K. Panter | Downing | ||
| 6 | P. Rowlands | Lady Margaret Hall | T. McRae | Darwin | ||
| 7 | S. Davies | Jesus | K. Marwick | Girton | ||
| Stroke | F. Freckleton | Somerville | H. Burnett | Homerton | ||
| Cox | P. Edwards | Wolfson | G. Godbold | Sidney Sussex | ||
| Source:[2] | ||||||
Coaches edit
Oxford: M. Rosewell, A. Truswell, R. Emerton, A. Walsh.
Cambridge: R. Wiggin, J. Sutherland-Smith, N. Burnet*, S. Jones, J. Gleave, N. Casey, N Kirkby*.
*Co-Chief Coach
Race edit
Cambridge won by four seconds.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Women's Boat Race – Confetti, Streamers, and Toy Trumpets". Western Daily Press. 16 March 1927. p. 5. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Railton, Jim (11 March 1982). "The Wolfson man who is strictly for the birds". The Times. p. 19.
- ^ Railton, Jim (22 March 1982). "Two crews break Head record". The Times. p. 22.
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