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The Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford. 1956. The race was held from the starting
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The Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford. 1956. The race was held from the starting
The Boat Race, Cambridge v Oxford. 1956.
The race was held from the starting point at Putney Bridge on The River Thames in London, to the finish line at Chiswick Bridge in the Mortlake area of West London. The Boat Race course, known as the Championship Course is 4 miles, 374 yards or 6.8 km long.
The 102nd Boat Race took place on 24 March 1956. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. In a race umpired by former rower Kenneth Payne, Cambridge won by one-and-a-quarter lengths in a time of 18 minutes 36 seconds, the fourth-quickest time in the history of the event. The victory took the overall record to 56-45 in their favour.
Picture taken 24th March 1956
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