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The Oxford verses Cambridge Boat Race, on the River Thames, March 1968
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The Oxford verses Cambridge Boat Race, on the River Thames, March 1968
The Oxford verses Cambridge Boat Race, on the River Thames, March 1968. Picture shows the canoes going under Hammersmith Bridge.
The 114th Boat Race took place on 30 March 1968. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race, umpired by Harold Rickett, was won by Cambridge by three-and-a-half lengths. Goldie won the reserve race and Cambridge won the Womens Boat Race.
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.
Picture taken 30th March 1968
Anne Ward
Daily Mirror
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London
Greater London
England
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