The Boat Race 1950

96th Boat Race
Date1 April 1950
WinnerCambridge
Margin of victory3+12 lengths
Winning time20 minutes 15 seconds
Overall record
(Cambridge–Oxford)
52–43
UmpireKenneth Payne
(Cambridge)
Other races
Women's winnerOxford

The 96th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1950. 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. The Cambridge crew contained three Olympic silver medallists from the 1948 Summer Olympics; six of their crew rowed for Lady Margaret Boat Club. In a race umpired by the Olympic medallist and former Cantabrigian rower Kenneth Payne, Cambridge won by 3+12 lengths in a time of 20 minutes 15 seconds, taking the overall record in the event to 52–43 in their favour.