Date 16 March 1929 | Overall record(Cambridge–Oxford) 1–1 | |
Winning time 3 minutes 32 2/5 seconds Champion Cambridge University Women's Boat Club People also search for Women's Boat Race 1975 | ||
The 2nd Women's Boat Race took place on 16 March 1929. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Thames along a half-mile course.
Contents
Background
The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. No race was held in 1928.
Crews
Cambridge were represented by Newnham while Oxford saw a mix of St Hilda's and Oxford Home-Students.
Race
The crews were forbidden from racing side-by-side, so Cambridge rowed the 0.5-mile (0.80 km) course first, followed by Oxford. The contest was won by Cambridge in a time of 3 minutes 32.4 seconds, beating Cambridge by 0.4 seconds. The victory took the overall record in the competition to 1–1.
References
Women's Boat Race 1929 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA