The Boat Race 1931

83rd Boat Race
Date21 March 1931
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory2+12 lengths
Winning time19 minutes 26 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
42–40
UmpireJohn Houghton Gibbon
(Cambridge)

The 83rd Boat Race took place on 21 March 1931. 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 the former rower John Houghton Gibbon, Cambridge won by two and a half lengths in a time of 19 minutes 26 seconds. The victory took the overall record to 42–40 in their favour. It was the first race for which John Snagge provided a radio commentary for the BBC.