Bad weather severely reduced the numbers of spectators who lined the banks of the Thames between Putney and Mortlake to watch the 1952 University Boat Race, but it could not mar a truly spectacular struggle which, though rowed in a blizzard, provided one of the most closely fought contests in the race’s history. The highly fancied Cambridge crew, left, led for much of the way, but by Mortlake Brewery Oxford had drawn level, and a tremendous spurt from that point took them home the winners by a canvas
(From Times Photo Gallery)
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