The Boat Race 1930

In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Charles Burnell, Cambridge won by two lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds.

[10] They performed well in their practice rows during the build-up to the race: they broke the record to the Mile Post by four seconds.

[13][14] Just one participant in the race was registered as non-British in Cambridge's cox, the American Robert Egerton Swartwout.

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

[17] Oxford's stroke Martineau responded to a push from Cambridge and were nearly a length ahead as both crews passed the Harrods Furniture Depository.

The crews passed below Barnes Bridge with Cambridge holding a length's advantage and out-rated their opponents, who kept rowing to the end.

[17] Cambridge won by two lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds, their seventh consecutive victory and the eleventh in the previous twelve years.