page_title: The Boat Race 1922
section_title: Crews
hierarchical_section_title: The Boat Race 1922 / Crews
caption_attribution_description: English: Andrew Irvine (1902-1924) during his college years at Merton (Oxford)
context_page_description: The 74th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1922. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the previous year's race, and had the significantly heavier crew. Four of the Oxford crew and three of the Cambridge crew had previous Boat Race experience. In this year's race, umpired by former rower Frederick I. Pitman, Cambridge won by ​4 ¹⁄₂ lengths in a time of 19 minutes 27 seconds. It was Cambridge's fourth consecutive victory, the largest winning margin since 1914 and the fastest winning time since 1911.
context_section_description: The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 11 lb (81.0 kg), 7 pounds (3.2 kg) per rower more than their opponents.  Five of the Oxford crew had previous Boat Race experience, including cox W. H. Porritt who was making his third appearance in the event.  Cambridge's crew also included five individuals who had previously represented the university, including Humphrey Playford and P. H. G. H-S. Hartley who were rowing for the Light Blues for the third consecutive year.   Two of the participants were silver medallists in the men's eight at the 1920 Summer Olympics: Oxford's Sebastian Earl, and Guy Oliver Nickalls.  All of the participants in the race were registered as British.
caption: A. C. Irvine rowed at number 2 for Oxford.
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