Talk:The Boat Race 1871

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Review: January 1, 2014. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

Latest comment: 9 years ago8 comments2 people in discussion

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Boat Race 1871/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Good888 (talk · contribs) 10:44, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Found four issues this time:

Crews

"along with the cox Henry Erskine Gordon." Link cox.
Thus linked. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
"Similarly, Oxford saw five of their crew return, including S. H. Woodhouse at bow" Link bow.
Ditto. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Race

Who were the pre-race favourites?
No indication in any sources. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
"The umpire, Chitty, the race got underway at 10.08am" Do you mean: "The umpire, Chitty, got the race underway at 10.08am"?
My error, fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

I will promote once these are addressed. good888 (talk) 10:44, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks again! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Lovely. Promoting to GA class! good888 (talk) 16:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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