• The 12th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 8 April 1854. Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from...
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  • The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between...
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    The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the men's senior boat clubs of the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark...
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  • race held in 1854. Cambridge led overall with seven wins to Oxford's five. No Boat Race took place in 1855 – severe frost had caused both the Thames (from...
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  • The 11th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 3 April 1852. Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from...
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  • 1854 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events The Knickerbockers adopt some rule changes agreed in conference by their delegates with...
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    The Harvard–Yale Regatta or Yale-Harvard Boat Race (often abbreviated The Race) is an annual rowing race between the men's heavyweight rowing crews of...
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    Johnny Farrell, second engineer of the Natchez: "This old idea about the two boats preparing for days for the race, tearing down bulkheads, putting up...
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  • This is a list of the Oxford University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. A coxswain or oarsman earns their rowing...
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  • Match racing (redirect from Match race)
    racing in which two similar boats go head to head in a race or set of races to decide which boat has the better crew competing on board. In sailing there are...
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    University Boat Race. Another important name in LMBC history is LHK Bushe-Fox who had a long career with LMBC, becoming President of the Club in 1897...
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    list of the Cambridge University crews who have competed in The Boat Race since its inception in 1829. Rowers are listed left to right in boat position...
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    the country, notably the Henley Royal Regatta, and regularly contributed rowers to the Cambridge boat for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. In the 1849...
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    SS Arctic disaster (category Maritime incidents in September 1854)
    SS Arctic, an American paddle steamer owned by the Collins Line, sank on September 27, 1854, 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland after a collision...
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    The question of the race of the ancient Egyptians was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries, and...
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    Steamboat (redirect from Steam boat)
    A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is used to refer to...
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    Charles Wordsworth (category Oxford University Boat Club rowers)
    instigated both the University cricket match in 1826 and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in 1829. Wordsworth was born in Lambeth, the son of the Rev. Christopher...
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  • Mark Haggard (category Oxford University Boat Club rowers)
    for his college and university. In 1845 he was a member of the Oxford crew in the Boat Race. In 1846 at Henley, Haggard partnered William Milman to win...
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  • the Cambridge University rowing eight. In that year, the schedule for the University Boat Race coincided with the Henley Royal Regatta, so the Boat Race...
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    Waterman (occupation) (category Water transportation in the United States)
    also be a person who navigates a boat carrying passengers. These boats were often rowing boat or boats with sails. Over the years watermen acquired additional...
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    Mrs. H. Houldsworth at 13:00hrs on Saturday 24 June 1854. Length 170'; beam 21' (exclusive of the paddle boxes) 39' overall. Ellan Vannin was powered...
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  • William Bagshawe (category Cambridge University Boat Club rowers)
    Boat Race. Oxford challenged Cambridge to a boat race re-row in December in which he took part, but the race was awarded to Oxford after a foul by the Cambridge...
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    July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first...
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    States. The first Indigenous President of the Americas was José María Melo, of Pijao descent, and led Colombia in 1854 starting on April 17, 1854. José...
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    The Boat Race The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is not held this year America's Cup The yacht America beats the Royal Yachting Squadron in a race around...
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    The College Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania is the rowing program for University of Pennsylvania Rowing, which is located in the Burk-Bergman...
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    James Messenger (category Sportspeople from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)
    was the world champion from 1854 to 1857. He served as the Queen's Bargemaster from 1862 to 1901. He resided in Teddington. In 1854 he became the Champion...
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    Metairie Jockey Club. The race track was the site of the famous Lexington-Lecomte Race, April 1, 1854, billed as the "Great States" race. Former President...
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    University Pitt Club (category Clubs and societies of the University of Cambridge)
    notable in the annals of rowing and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Geoffrey Cornewall (1869–1951), British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer...
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    to steer the vessel via generating a difference in propulsion between the two sides of the watercraft. The paddle is not connected to the boat, unlike...
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