The Boat Race 1891

[1] The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.

[11] Two rowers were registered as non-British, F. Wilkinson for Oxford and Edward Wason Lord for Cambridge both hailed from Australia.

[13] Oxford were pre-race favourites,[13] and won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing the Surrey side of the river to Cambridge.

[11] The race commenced at 11:09 a.m.,[16] in a northerly wind, and despite being outrated by Cambridge, the Dark Blues took an early lead and were a quarter of a length ahead as the crews passed Craven Steps.

[16] The Dark Blues passed the finishing post with a half-length lead in a time of 21 minutes 48 seconds.

It was their second consecutive victory and the narrowest winning margin since the 1867 race, taking the overall record to 25–22 in Oxford's favour.