The Boat Race 1929

The victory, their sixth in a row and their tenth in the previous eleven years, levelled the overall record for the first time since 1863, at 40 wins each.

[9] Bad weather plagued the practice and build-up to the race: Heavy fog caused the postponement of at least one outing.

[10] The Times rowing correspondent described Cambridge's style as "so easy as to be almost sluggish" while Oxford were "lively to the point of punishing their boat".

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

Level past the boathouses, Cambridge edged ahead to hold a canvas-length lead by Craven Steps.

Taking advantage of the Dark Blues' struggle in rough water by Craven Cottage,[17] Cambridge slowly drew ahead and held a three-quarter length lead by the time the crews passed the Mile Post.

A push from the Dark Blues saw them keep in contention until Hammersmith Bridge where, according to L. Cecil Smith writing in The Observer, they "went ahead so fast and steadily as to suggest that even had they lost the toss they would have been able safely to take the Surrey water" while Oxford "had been taken out of their stride".