The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Boat Race">Boat Race</a> between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> takes place on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="River Thames">Thames</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="London">London</a>.