 Four of the Oxford crew were studying at Magdalen College while five of the Cambridge crew had matriculated to Trinity Hall . Two rowers were registered as non @-@ British , F. Wilkinson for Oxford and Edward Wason Lord for Cambridge both hailed from Australia . Wilkinson was forced to leave the Oxford crew during practice as he suffered from influenza ; he was considered sufficiently fit to return to the crew but , according to Drinkwater , " never found his real form again " . 
