The Boat Race 1902

[9] With a hard frost impeding Cambridge's practice in Ely, the crew relocated, at the invitation of Sir John Edwards-Moss, to Henley-on-Thames where parts of the river were clear of ice.

[10] Oxford disregarded Felix Warre's latest boat in favour of the previous year's vessel, however with the inclusion of the recently patented "swivel rowlock".

Oxford saw five former Blues return, including cox Gilchrist Maclagan who was steering in his fourth consecutive race.

[12] The Dark Blues also featured a pair of brothers, John George and Devereux Milburn,[13][14] who were also the race's only non-British participants, hailing from the United States having attended The Hill School in Pennsylvania before studying at Harvard University.

[15] Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Oxford.