 The event, subsequently referred to as The Boat Race, or the University Boat Race, was held for a second time seven years later, in 1836 on the River Thames. It was then held intermittently until the 1856 race after which it became an annual event, interrupted only by the First and Second World Wars. As of 2016, 162 Boat Races have been contested; Cambridge lead overall with 82 victories to Oxford's 79, excluding the one "dead heat" recorded in the 1877 race.
