Women's Boat Race 1982

The 37th Women's Boat Race took place on 21 March 1982. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held as part of the Henley Boat Races along a two-kilometre course.

Background The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. The 1982 race was the first in the history of the event to include a male participant, in Oxford's cox Phillip Edwards. BBC One broadcast a feature on Oxford 's training on 18 March, three days before the race.

Crews

Seat Oxford Cambridge Name College Name College Bow M. Jollands St Catherine's P. NockDowning 2 F. Whiting St Hugh's H. BrownNewnham 3 M. Esslin Keble S. BarnardRobinson 4 C. Wardle Somerville S. Van Kleef Fitzwilliam 5 S. Talbot New College K. PanterDowning 6 P. Rowlands Lady Margaret Hall T. McRaeDarwin 7 S. Davies Jesus K. Marwick Girton Stroke F. Freckleton Somerville H. BurnettHomerton Cox P. Edwards Wolfson G. GodboldSidney SussexSource:

Coaches Oxford: M. Rosewell, A. Truswell, R. Emerton, A. Walsh.

Cambridge: R. Wiggin, J. Sutherland-Smith, N. Burnet*, S. Jones, J. Gleave, N. Casey, N Kirkby*.

*Co-Chief Coach

Race Cambridge won by four seconds.

See also The Boat Race 1982

References

External links Official website