 The 31st Boat Race took place on the 28 March 1874 . The Boat Race is an annual side @-@ by @-@ side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Joseph William Chitty , Cambridge won by three and a half lengths in their fifth consecutive victory. nobody had ever beaten them before.
The race was watched by a crowd of 100,000 people.
Cambridge won by three and a half lengths in their fifth consecutive victory.
nobody had ever beaten them before.
The race was watched by a crowd