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Reviewer: Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) 21:30, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A 20th century one - oh go on then

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  • "Although Oxford used swivel rowlocks for the first time in the history of the race, Cambridge won by five lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds" - not sure about the "Although" - Cambridge didn't win because their lack of rowlocks?
    Actually, it seems that it actually didn't help them, and given that swivel rowlocks are used 113 years later, it's like saying "we gave Oxford a jetpack, but they got thrashed...." The Rambling Man (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Background

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  • "The umpire for the race for the thirteenth and final year in a row" - not sure about "final year in a row" - maybe "for the thirteenth and last time"
    Reworded, not exactly as you have suggested, but similarly to other articles. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd take the "Recently patented" bit out of the start of the image caption, changing it to "Oxford were the first crew to use the recently patented technology for the 1902 Boat Race"
    Done. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
When I became MP I felt the most important thing was to put hyphens back in great British towns. Have you met my best mate David Cameron? Bloody nice bloke. I keep telling him to change his town to Witney-On-Windrush. Much better. Bloody chavs.

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Race

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