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The origins of the race date to 1829. Charles Merival of Cambridge University and Charles Wordsworth of Oxford University had been friends and crew-mates at the public school Harrow. They discussed the possibilty of a race between the two Universities, and subsequently, Cambridge issued a challenge to Oxford. The first Boat Race took place at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 10 June, 1829. Oxford were victorious. From this first race at Henley sprang two annual events: the Henley Royal Regatta and the Boat Race. The second Boat Race was held in 1836, on the Thames at Westminster, but was moved upstream to Putney in 1845 owing to river congestion. In 1856, it became an annual event, the war years excepted.
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