Women's Boat Race 1982

37th Women's Boat Race
Date21 March 1982 (1982-03-21)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory4 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)		24–13
← 1981 1983 →
Oxford versus Cambridge rowing race

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.

Background

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

Seat Oxford
Cambridge
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

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

Cambridge won by four seconds.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Boat Race – Confetti, Streamers, and Toy Trumpets". Western Daily Press. 16 March 1927. p. 5. (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Railton, Jim (11 March 1982). "The Wolfson man who is strictly for the birds". The Times. p. 19.
  3. ^ Railton, Jim (22 March 1982). "Two crews break Head record". The Times. p. 22.

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