# May Bumps 1997

The May Bumps 1997 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 11 June 1997 to Saturday 14 June 1997. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 106th set of races in the series of May Bumps which have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. In 1997, a total of 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with around 1550 participants in total.

## Head of the River crews

Downing rowed over to retain the headship.
Pembroke bumped Emmanuel on the first day to take the Mays headship for the first time.

## Highest 2nd VIIIs

The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 8th consecutive year was Lady Margaret II, who bumped into Division 1.
The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 4th consecutive year was Jesus II.

## Links to races in other years

| Preceding year | Current year | Following year |
| May Bumps 1996 | May Bumps 1997 | May Bumps 1998 |
| Lent Bumps 1996 | Lent Bumps 1997 | Lent Bumps 1998 |

## Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all divisions. The men's bumps charts are on the left, and women's bumps charts on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.
| Pos | Crew | Crew | Pos | Crew | Crew | Pos |
| 1 | Downing | Downing | 1 | Emmanuel | Pembroke | 1 |
| 2 | Trinity Hall | Caius | 2 | Pembroke | Emmanuel | 2 |
| 3 | Magdalene | Jesus | 3 | Jesus | Jesus | 3 |
| 4 | Jesus | Queens' | 4 | Trinity Hall | Clare | 4 |
| 5 | Lady Margaret | Trinity Hall | 5 | Newnham | Trinity Hall | 5 |
| 6 | Caius | 1st & 3rd Trinity | 6 | Clare | Churchill | 6 |
| 7 | Churchill | Magdalene | 7 | Churchill | Lady Margaret | 7 |
| 8 | Queens' | Robinson | 8 | Homerton | Queens' | 8 |
| 9 | Emmanuel | Lady Margaret | 9 | Lady Margaret | Newnham | 9 |
| 10 | 1st & 3rd Trinity | Churchill | 10 | New Hall | Downing | 10 |
| 11 | Pembroke | Pembroke | 11 | Queens' | Caius | 11 |
| 12 | Robinson | Christ's | 12 | Downing | Homerton | 12 |
| 13 | Christ's | Emmanuel | 13 | Caius | St. Catharine's | 13 |
| 14 | Clare | Sidney Sussex | 14 | Sidney Sussex | New Hall | 14 |
| 15 | Sidney Sussex | Peterhouse | 15 | Magdalene | Christ's | 15 |
| 16 | Fitzwilliam | Fitzwilliam | 16 | St. Catharine's | Sidney Sussex | 16 |
| 17 | St. Catharine's | Lady Margaret II | 17 | Christ's | Selwyn | 17 |
| 18 | Peterhouse | Clare | 18 | Selwyn | Magdalene | 18 |
| 19 | Selwyn | Selwyn | 19 | Corpus Christi | 1st & 3rd Trinity | 19 |
| 20 | Lady Margaret II | St. Catharine's | 20 | Jesus II | Corpus Christi | 20 |
| 21 | Downing II | Downing II | 21 | Girton | Robinson | 21 |
| 22 | Girton | Girton | 22 | Peterhouse | Jesus II | 22 |
| 23 | Corpus Christi | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | 23 | 1st & 3rd Trinity | Fitzwilliam | 23 |
| 24 | Jesus II | Queens' II | 24 | Lady Margaret II | Girton | 24 |
| 25 | Queens' II | King's | 25 | Robinson | King's | 25 |
| 26 | King's | Corpus Christi | 26 | Emmanuel II | Peterhouse | 26 |
| 27 | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | Jesus II | 27 | Fitzwilliam | Lady Margaret II | 27 |
| 28 | Pembroke II | Caius II | 28 | King's | CCAT | 28 |
| 29 | Emmanuel II | Trinity Hall II | 29 | CCAT | Emmanuel II | 29 |
| 30 | Trinity Hall II | Pembroke II | 30 | Newnham II | Newnham II | 30 |
| 31 | Caius II | Clare II | 31 | New Hall II | New Hall II | 31 |
| 32 | Fitzwilliam II | Churchill II | 32 | Homerton II | Queens' II | 32 |
| 33 | Clare II | Emmanuel II | 33 | Addenbrooke's | Homerton II | 33 |
| 34 | Churchill II | St. Catharine's II | 34 | Clare II | Clare II | 34 |
| 35 | St. Catharine's II | Christ's II | 35 | Jesus III | Trinity Hall II | 35 |
| 36 | Magdalene II | Fitzwilliam II | 36 | Queens' II | Wolfson | 36 |
| 37 | Christ's II | Wolfson | 37 | Trinity Hall II | Addenbrooke's | 37 |
| 38 | Selwyn II | Lady Margaret III | 38 | Magdalene II | Jesus III | 38 |
| 39 | Lady Margaret III | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | 39 | Wolfson | Darwin | 39 |
| 40 | Jesus III | Magdalene II | 40 | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | Magdalene II | 40 |
| 41 | Wolfson | Girton II | 41 | Pembroke II | Pembroke II | 41 |
| 42 | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | Selwyn II | 42 | Darwin | St. Catharine's II | 42 |
| 43 | Sidney Sussex II | Peterhouse II | 43 | St. Catharine's II | Churchill II | 43 |
| 44 | Girton II | Jesus III | 44 | Girton II | 1st & 3rd Trinity II | 44 |
| 45 | Peterhouse II | CCAT | 45 | Lady Margaret III | CCAT II | 45 |
| 46 | Corpus Christi II | Downing III | 46 | Churchill II | Girton II | 46 |
| 47 | CCAT | Sidney Sussex II | 47 | Jesus IV | Lady Margaret III | 47 |
| 48 | Trinity Hall III | Robinson II | 48 | CCAT II | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | 48 |
| 49 | Lady Margaret IV | Corpus Christi II | 49 | Christ's II | Caius II | 49 |
| 50 | Downing III | Darwin | 50 | Caius II | Fitzwilliam II | 50 |
| 51 | Queens' III | Trinity Hall III | 51 | Sidney Sussex II | Jesus IV | 51 |
| 52 | Robinson II | Queens' III | 52 | 1st & 3rd Trinity III | Christ's II | 52 |
| 53 | Churchill III | Lady Margaret IV | 53 | Clare III | Robinson II | 53 |
| 54 | Clare III | Hughes Hall | 54 | Fitzwilliam II | Sidney Sussex II | 54 |
| 55 | Darwin | Churchill III | 55 | Hughes Hall | Downing II | 55 |
| 56 | Pembroke III | Pembroke III | 56 | Robinson II | Clare III | 56 |
| 57 | Magdalene III | Clare III | 57 | Homerton III | Hughes Hall | 57 |
| 58 | Hughes Hall | St Edmund's | 58 | CCAT III | Selwyn II | 58 |
| 59 | Sidney Sussex III | Magdalene III | 59 | Downing II | Homerton III | 59 |
| 60 | Jesus IV | Jesus IV | 60 | Selwyn II | Darwin II | 60 |
| 61 | King's II | 1st & 3rd Trinity IV | 61 | Queens' III | CCAT III | 61 |
| 62 | St Edmund's | Sidney Sussex III | 62 | Homerton IV | Churchill III | 62 |
| 63 | Lady Margaret V | Downing IV | 63 | Darwin II | Queens' III | 63 |
| 64 | St. Catharine's III | King's II | 64 | Corpus Christi II | Homerton IV | 64 |
| 65 | Emmanuel III | Selwyn III | 65 | Churchill III | Corpus Christi II | 65 |
| 66 | Clare IV | Emmanuel III | 66 | New Hall III | New Hall III | 66 |
| 67 | 1st & 3rd Trinity IV | Lady Margaret V | 67 | St. Catharine's III | St. Catharine's III | 67 |
| 68 | Downing IV | St. Catharine's III | 68 | Newnham III | Newnham III | 68 |
| 69 | Selwyn III | Christ's III | 69 | Lady Margaret IV | Lady Margaret IV | 69 |
| 70 | Churchill IV | Clare IV | 70 | | | |
| 71 | Jesus V | Homerton | 71 | | | |
| 72 | Trinity Hall IV | Jesus V | 72 | | | |
| 73 | Christ's III | Girton III | 73 | | | |
| 74 | Girton III | Churchill IV | 74 | | | |
| 75 | Homerton | CCAT II | 75 | | | |
| 76 | Addenbrooke's | Trinity Hall IV | 76 | | | |
| 77 | CCAT II | 1st & 3rd Trinity V | 77 | | | |
| 78 | Pembroke IV | Addenbrooke's | 78 | | | |
| 79 | King's III | Fitzwilliam III | 79 | | | |
| 80 | Fitzwilliam III | King's III | 80 | | | |
| 81 | Wolfson II | Pembroke IV | 81 | | | |
| 82 | 1st & 3rd Trinity V | Wolfson II | 82 | | | |
| 83 | Queens' IV | Queens' IV | 83 | | | |
| 84 | Corpus Christi III | 1st & 3rd Trinity VI | 84 | | | |
| 85 | 1st & 3rd Trinity VI | Clare Hall | 85 | | | |
| 86 | Clare Hall | Corpus Christi III | 86 | | | |
| 87 | Selwyn IV | Darwin II | 87 | | | |
| 88 | Queens' V | Selwyn IV | 88 | | | |
| 89 | Christ's IV | St. Catharine's IV | 89 | | | |
| 90 | Darwin II | Queens' V | 90 | | | |
| 91 | St. Catharine's IV | Christ's IV | 91 | | | |
| 92 | Girton IV | Caius III | 92 | | | |
| 93 | Homerton II | Lady Margaret VI | 93 | | | |
| 94 | St Edmund's II | Homerton II | 94 | | | |
| 95 | Caius III | Clare V | 95 | | | |
| 96 | Lady Margaret VI | Girton IV | 96 | | | |
| 97 | Clare V | 1st & 3rd Trinity VII | 97 | | | |
| 98 | 1st & 3rd Trinity VII | St Edmund's II | 98 | | | |
| 99 | Churchill V | Downing V | 99 | | | |
| 100 | Downing V | Churchill V | 100 | | | |
| 101 | Darwin III | Darwin III | 101 | | | |
| 102 | Corpus Christi IV | Jesus VI | 102 | | | |
| 103 | Jesus VI | Corpus Christi IV | 103 | | | |