The Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race is the only longer side-by-side rowing event in the world, though slower stream makes the Yale–Harvard Race one to three minutes longer.
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17 June — the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, first held in 1829, is revived and the 2nd race takes place on the Thames between Westminster and Putney.
He rejoined the BBC from the mid-1980s, working as a reporter and commentator for Football Focus and Match of the Day and covering other sports, such as rowing where he commentated on some of the Steve Redgrave / Matthew Pinsent Olympic successes, and covering the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in the early 1990s, succeeding Harry Carpenter but soon replaced by Barry Davies.
Horsfall stroked Oxford in the Boat Race in 1913 and became the first stroke to win the Boat Race after being behind at Barnes Railway Bridge.
Cambridge lost the Boat Race in 1885 and in the same year Pitman challenged in the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls but was beaten in both by the holder W. S. Unwin.
Thomas Selby Egan (1814–1893), first cox to win the Boat Race for Cambridge University
The boat race is conducted by the Thriprayar Arts and Sports Club in front of the Shree Rama Temple.