 The 44th Boat Race took place on 26 March 1887 . The Boat Race is an annual side @-@ by @-@ side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Umpired by Robert Lewis @-@ Lloyd , Cambridge won the race by two and a half lengths after one of the Oxford crew snapping his oar . The race was watched by a crowd of 100,000 people .
 sierpniu 1908 roku, kiedy to wypadł z łodzi na rzece Thames, a jego ciało nie zostało nigdy odnalezione .