 The Oxford crew weighed an average of 12 st 3 @.@ 75 lb ( 77 @.@ 7 kg ) , 7 @.@ 75 pounds ( 3 @.@ 5 kg ) per rower more than their opponents . Cambridge saw four former Blues return to the boat , in Gilbert Francklyn , Edmund Towers Fison , John Friend Rowlatt and Cambridge University Boat Club president Gerard Elin . Oxford 's crew contained four rowers with Boat Race experience , including Guy Nickalls who was rowing in his fourth consecutive race , this year alongside his brother Vivian . The Dark Blues also featured cox John Pemberton Heywood @-@ Lonsdale for the third time in a row . 
