The two crew were also former captains of First and Third Trinity Boat Club who had broken the world record for a "two-man 1,000,000-metres on an rowing machine" by about 4.5 hours only a couple of weeks prior to the race.
It originates from a celebration of the First and Third Trinity Boat Club, after which the Ball is named, for their win in the 1838 May Bumps: this consisted in a night of heavy drinking at a local pub, the Hoop Inn.
U-boat | Trinity College | Trinity | Marylebone Cricket Club | Lancashire County Cricket Club | Sierra Club | Show Boat | club | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Club Brugge K.V. | Somerset County Cricket Club | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | Glamorgan County Cricket Club | Hampshire County Cricket Club | Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club | flying boat | Richmond Football Club | Gloucestershire County Cricket Club | Cornwall County Cricket Club | Kent County Cricket Club | Club Nacional de Football | Cambridge University Cricket Club | Collingwood Football Club | Yorkshire County Cricket Club | The Love Boat | sports club | Essendon Football Club | Port Adelaide Football Club | Jockey Club |
The First and Third Trinity Boat Club May Ball, informally known as Trinity May Ball, is an end-of-year party held annually during the month of June at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.