Women's Boat Race 1982
37th Women's Boat Race | |||
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Date | 21 March 1982 | ||
Winner | Cambridge | ||
Margin of victory | 4 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 24–13 | ||
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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 ![]() | ||||
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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[]
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[]
- ^ "Women's Boat Race – Confetti, Streamers, and Toy Trumpets". Western Daily Press. 16 March 1927. p. 5. (subscription required)
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Women's Boat Race
- 1982 in English sport
- 1982 in English women's sport
- March 1982 sports events in the United Kingdom
- 1982 in women's rowing
- 1982 sports events in London
- Rowing stubs