The Boat Race 1930

82nd Boat Race
Date12 April 1930 (1930-04-12)
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory2 lengths
Winning time19 minutes 9 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
41–40
UmpireCharles Burnell
(Oxford)
Other races
Women's winnerCambridge

The 82nd Boat Race took place on 12 April 1930. 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. In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Charles Burnell, Cambridge won by two lengths in a time of 19 minutes 9 seconds. Their seventh consecutive victory, it took the overall record to 41–40 in their favour, the first time for 68 years that they held the lead in the event.