 Cambridge were coached by N. B. M. Clack ( who had rowed in the 1952 race ) , James Crowden ( who had represented Cambridge in the 1951 and 1952 races ) and R. H. H. Symonds ( who had rowed in the 1931 race ) . Oxford 's coaches were Hugh Edwards ( a Blue in 1926 and 1930 ) , W. J. Llewellyn @-@ Jones , J. H. Page and A. D. Rowe ( who had represented Oxford in the 1948 and 1949 races ) . The race was umpired for the fourth time by the former British Olympian Kenneth Payne , who had rowed for Cambridge in the 1932 and 1934 races . 
