The Boat Race 1971

Held annually, it is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames.

[19] They won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station,[16] consigning Oxford to Middlesex, from which the losers of the last ten consecutive races had commenced.

[11] After a good start, and despite a "desperate attack" from the Dark Blues, Cambridge were three seconds ahead at the Mile Post.

The Light Blues were clear soon after and by the time the crews shot Hammersmith Bridge, they held a three length, ten-second lead over Oxford.

[22] In the reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie beat Oxford's Isis by fifteen lengths, their fifth consecutive victory.