The Boat Race

[missesbell]

Can anyone tell me how many times the Boat Race has been won by the team that lost the toss?

[Mick-Talbot]

I could tell you how many times I have watched the boat race and not given a toss who won.....if that is of any help?

[Mattk]

Ditto.
Have zero interest in a bunch of posh lads rowing a boat.

[New Judge]

Cannot answer your question, misses, but the Surrey and Middlesex Stations have seen a very similar number of wins. Since given the choice (certainly in recent years) crews tend to choose the Surrey Station ( to take advantage of the long Surrey Bend about a mile after the start) and given that the toss has probably been won about 50% of the time by each team it would suggest that the side losing the toss must have won the race on quite a number of occasions.

Sorry, mattk, but you really should grow up a bit. Not all lads that go to Oxbridge are posh and not all lads that row are posh. (I rowed for my school and I am certainly not posh, not that there is anything wrong in being so). You should also realise that there are no sporting scholarships available at either Oxford or Cambridge and rowers are selected on their rowing ability not their academic prowess (or their poshness). Having said that there is certainly enough evidence to support the accusation that both universities have parachuted in world class rowers who may otherwise not have been at the university. But they are still not necessarily "posh".

[Sqad]

Mattk.......your point is well taken and probably shared by tens of thousands, but just for the record, perhaps you could enlighten us to how you define "Posh lads."

Thanks.

[baza]

don't know about the lads but posh ladies don't come they arrive. ^^

[skycarey1]

Have watched the Olympic Games, the time between also has the impression but now forgotten, you can find on the Internet.

[DangerUXD]

Mattk illustrates his intellect! any sport can be summarised in those terms, what sport do you like? Soccer pehaps? load of blokes kicking a bag of air round a field! Golf ruination of a good walk! Tennis? wacking a small bag of air over net? Geddit. Mick-T, just don't comment then.

[missesbell]

Thank you to New Judge but no thanks to the rest of you. I asked a straight forward question and get rather stupid replies.

[DangerUXD]

thank mattk and mick-talbot for running off at the mouth when it's unnecessary.