The 28th Women's Boat Race took place on 12 March 1973.
The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Cam.
[1] The race took place on a 1,200-yard (1,097 m) stretch of the River Cam between the Stop to Peter's Posts.
The contest was won by Cambridge by two and a half lengths in a time of 4 minutes 7 seconds.
[3] Vicky Markham of Newnham College, the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club president was thrown into the Cam in traditional celebration.