111th Boat Race | |||
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Date | 3 April 1965 | ||
Winner | Oxford | ||
Margin of victory | 4 lengths | ||
Winning time | 18 minutes 7 seconds | ||
Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 61–49 | ||
Umpire | G. A. Ellison (Oxford) | ||
Other races | |||
Reserve winner | Isis | ||
Women's winner | Cambridge | ||
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The 111th Boat Race took place on 3 April 1965. Held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. The race was won by Oxford, who led from the start, by three-and-three-quarter-lengths, in the third fastest time in Boat Race history. Isis won the inaugural reserve race while Cambridge won the Women's Boat Race.