page_title: The Boat Race 1905
section_title: Crews
hierarchical_section_title: The Boat Race 1905 / Crews
caption_attribution_description: English: Caricature of Banner Carruthers Johnstone. Caption read: "Bush".
context_page_description: The 62nd Boat Race took place on 1 April 1905. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the previous year's race. In this year's race, umpired by former rower Frederick I. Pitman, Oxford won by three lengths in a time of 20 minutes 35 seconds. The victory took the overall record to 34–27 in their favour.
context_section_description: The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 0 lb (76.0 kg), 1.375 pounds (0.6 kg) per rower more than their opponents.  Oxford's crew contained five rowers with Boat Race experience, including A. K. Graham who was rowing in his third consecutive race.  Cambridge saw four rowers return to their crew, including P. H. Thomas who was making his fourth appearance in the event.  All of the participants in the race were registered as British.  
  According to former Oxford rower and author George Drinkwater, the Dark Blues, while they "had no great difficulties in training ... never got really together or attained any great place".  Conversely, the Cambridge crew "suffered many misfortunes."   Old Etonian W. P. Wormald was forbidden from joining the crew by doctors, his replacement Stanley Bruce had to stand down soon after the Light Blues arrived at Putney, and he was replaced by novice P. H. Thomas who was unfit having recently returned from Africa.
caption: Banner Johnstone rowed at number three for Cambridge.
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