 The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 10 @.@ 75 lb ( 80 @.@ 9 kg ) , 2 pounds ( 0 @.@ 9 kg ) per rower more than their opponents . Oxford 's crew contained five participants with prior Boat Race experience , including cox Alastair Palsgrave @-@ Brown . Cambridge saw one rower return to the crew in number five Paul Bircher . The Light Blue 's crew contained three Olympic medallists : Charles Lloyd , Bircher and Paul Massey won silver when they finished second in the men 's eights at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . 
