The Boat Race 1912

The 69th Boat Race was a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames which took place on 30 March 1912, with a re-row on 1 April 1912. The event is held annually between the universities. Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won The Boat Race 1911. Umpired by former Cambridge rower Frederick I. Pitman, the first running of the race ended with Cambridge sinking and Oxford waterlogged. Pitman declared the result as "No Race", and in the subsequent re-row the following Monday, the race was won by Oxford by six lengths. Oxford's fourth consecutive victory made the overall record in the event 38–30 in their favour (the 34th edition, The Boat Race 1877, had ended in a dead heat and so was not counted towards either team's total).