The Boat Race 1870

27th Boat Race
27th Boat Race
	An artist's aerial view of the 1870 Boat Race
Date	6 April 1870
Winner	Cambridge
Margin of victory	1+1⁄2 lengths
Winning time	22 minutes 4 seconds
Overall record ; (Cambridge–Oxford)	11–16
Umpire	Joseph William Chitty; (Oxford)
← 1869	1871 →

The 27th Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on the 6 April 1870. Cambridge won by 1+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 22 minutes 4 seconds, their first victory since the 1860 race.