page_title: The Boat Race 1886
section_title: Crews
hierarchical_section_title: The Boat Race 1886 / Crews
caption_attribution_description: English: Muttlebury, Stanley Duff - “One of the Presidents” - Spy - March 22, 1890
context_page_description: The 43rd Boat Race took place on 3 April 1886. The Boat Race is an annual side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Repairs to Hammersmith Bridge restricted the crews to pass through a single arch. Umpired by Robert Lewis-Lloyd, Cambridge won the race by two-thirds of a length in a time of 22 minutes 30 seconds, becoming the first crew to come from behind at Barnes Bridge to win.
context_section_description: The Oxford crew weighed an average of 12 st 3.75 lb (77.7 kg), 4 pounds (1.8 kg) more than their opponents.  Cambridge's crew contained three former Blues, including their boat club president Frederick Islay Pitman and Steve Fairbairn, both of whom were rowing in their third Boat Race.  Oxford saw six rowers return to the crew, including the boat club president Douglas McLean who was making his fourth appearance in the event, and rowing with his brother Hector for the second consecutive year.  There were two non-British registered participants in the race: Australians Fairbairn (for Cambridge) and W. St L. Robertson (for Oxford).
caption: A caricature published in Vanity Fair of Stanley Muttlebury, who rowed for Cambridge in the number six seat.
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