Women's Boat Race 1929
# Women's Boat Race 1929

The 2nd Women's Boat Race took place on 16 March 1929. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Thames along a half-mile course.

## Background

The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. No race was held in 1928.

## Crews

Cambridge were represented by Newnham while Oxford saw a mix of St Hilda's and Oxford Home-Students.

| Seat | Cambridge | Cambridge | Oxford | Oxford |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Seat | Name | College | Name | College |
| Bow | E. M. Furtado | Newnham | Hodd | St Hilda's |
| 2 | M. Hall | Newnham | Collingwood | St Hilda's |
| 3 | M. W. Young | Newnham | Montgomery | Oxford Home-Students |
| 4 | D. A. Payne | Newnham | Cattle | Oxford Home-Students |
| 5 | M. Crosseley | Newnham | Fenning | Oxford Home-Students |
| 6 | D. J. Thompson | Newnham | Hammond | Oxford Home-Students |
| 7 | G. M. Wiseman | Newnham | Boyd | St Hilda's |
| Stroke | M Hill | Newnham | Francombe | Oxford Home-Students |
| Cox | M Evans | Newnham | Harris | St Hilda's |
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## Race

The crews were forbidden from racing side-by-side, so Cambridge rowed the 0.5-mile (0.80 km) course first, followed by Oxford. The contest was won by Cambridge in a time of 3 minutes 32.4 seconds, beating Oxford by 0.4 seconds. The victory took the overall record in the competition to 1–1.

