The Boat Race 1925

Umpired by former rower Frederick I. Pitman, Cambridge won in a time of 21 minutes 50 seconds after Oxford became waterlogged and were unable to finish the race.

[9] Similarly, Cambridge were affected by illness, in particular the boat club president Robert Morrison, who was forced to leave the crew.

Cambridge's crew included six participants with Boat Race experience, all of whom had made their first appearance in the event the previous year.

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

[5] According to author and former Oxford rower George Drinkwater, the race was "a complete 'washout' in the literal sense of the word".