Facts Oxford Side

The heaviest oarsman ever was Christopher Heathcote, 17 stone 5lbs (110.2 kg)- 1990

The lightest oarsman ever was Alfred Higgins, 9 stone 6.5lbs (60.3 kg)- 1882

The oldest oarsman ever was Donald Macdonald, 31 and three months – 1987

In 1952, when Oxford won by a canvas, the boats were bigger and a canvas was approximately six feet (2m)

The smallest winning margin by Oxford on record is just one foot (0.30m)– 2003

In 1981 Sue Brown became the first woman to participate in the Boat Race (cox)

The Oxford boat sunk in 1925

Oxford 's crew have won the Oxford .v. Cambridge boat race 72 times and Cambridge have won 77 as of 2005

Three time Olympic gold medal winner Matthew Pinsent rowed for Oxford in 1990, 1991 and 1993

Controversy engulfed Oxford at the 1987 race when a section of the crew rose up in mutiny against the president over team selection policy. However, the dispute, which was chronicled in the book and film 'True Blue', did not prevent them from winning the race again.

In the history of the Boat Race there has been one dead heat. In 1877 the judge on the finish ("Honest John" Phelps) was asleep under a bush as the crews raced past. When awakened and asked the result he said "Dead heat to Oxford by four feet".

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