May Bumps 1998

The May Bumps 1998 were a set of rowing races held at Cambridge University from Wednesday 10 June 1998 to Saturday 13 June 1998. The event was run as a bumps race and was the 107th set of races in the series of May Bumps that have been held annually in mid-June since 1887. In 1998, a total of 172 crews took part (103 men's crews and 69 women's crews), with around 1550 participants in total.

Head of the River crews

Caius Boat Club Caius men bumped Downing to take their first headship since 1987.

Pembroke College Boat Club Pembroke women rowed-over in 1st position, achieving the headship for the 2nd consecutive year.

Highest 2nd VIIIs

Lady Margaret Boat Club The highest men's 2nd VIII for the 9th consecutive year was Lady Margaret.

Jesus College Boat Club The highest women's 2nd VIII for the 5th consecutive year was Jesus.

Links to races in other years

Preceding year	Current year	Following year
May Bumps 1997	May Bumps 1998	May Bumps 1999
Lent Bumps 1997	Lent Bumps 1998	Lent Bumps 1999

Bumps Charts

Below are the bumps charts for all divisions. The men's bumps charts are on the left, and women's bumps charts on the right. The bumps chart represents the progress of every crew over all four days of the racing. To follow the progress of any particular crew, simply find the crew's name on the left side of the chart and follow the line to the end-of-the-week finishing position on the right of the chart.

Pos	Crew	Men's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos	Crew	Women's Bumps Chart	Crew	Pos
1	Downing		Caius	1	Pembroke		Pembroke	1
2	Caius		Jesus	2	Emmanuel		Emmanuel	2
3	Jesus		1st & 3rd Trinity	3	Jesus		Lady Margaret	3
4	Queens'		Downing	4	Clare		Jesus	4
5	Trinity Hall		Lady Margaret	5	Trinity Hall		Newnham	5
6	1st & 3rd Trinity		Queens'	6	Churchill		Clare	6
7	Magdalene		Pembroke	7	Lady Margaret		Caius	7
8	Robinson		Trinity Hall	8	Queens'		Trinity Hall	8
9	Lady Margaret		Emmanuel	9	Newnham		Queens'	9
10	Churchill		Magdalene	10	Downing		Churchill	10
11	Pembroke		Churchill	11	Caius		Downing	11
12	Christ's		Robinson	12	Homerton		Homerton	12
13	Emmanuel		Fitzwilliam	13	St. Catharine's		Selwyn	13
14	Sidney Sussex		Christ's	14	New Hall		Christ's	14
15	Peterhouse		St. Catharine's	15	Christ's		Magdalene	15
16	Fitzwilliam		Sidney Sussex	16	Sidney Sussex		St. Catharine's	16
17	Lady Margaret		Peterhouse	17	Selwyn		Robinson	17
18	Clare		Clare	18	Magdalene		New Hall	18
19	Selwyn		Lady Margaret	19	1st & 3rd Trinity		1st & 3rd Trinity	19
20	St. Catharine's		1st & 3rd Trinity	20	Corpus Christi		Sidney Sussex	20
21	Downing		Downing	21	Robinson		Fitzwilliam	21
22	Girton		Queens'	22	Jesus		Peterhouse	22
23	1st & 3rd Trinity		Selwyn	23	Fitzwilliam		Corpus Christi	23
24	Queens'		Caius	24	Girton		CCAT	24
25	King's		Girton	25	King's		Jesus	25
26	Corpus Christi		King's	26	Peterhouse		Girton	26
27	Jesus		Trinity Hall	27	Lady Margaret		Emmanuel	27
28	Caius		Churchill	28	CCAT		King's	28
29	Trinity Hall		Corpus Christi	29	Emmanuel		Newnham	29
30	Pembroke		Emmanuel	30	Newnham		Darwin	30
31	Clare		Jesus	31	New Hall		Lady Margaret	31
32	Churchill		Christ's	32	Queens'		New Hall	32
33	Emmanuel		Pembroke	33	Homerton		Clare	33
34	St. Catharine's		Wolfson	34	Trinity Hall		Trinity Hall	34
35	Christ's		Clare	35	Clare		Homerton	35
36	Fitzwilliam		St. Catharine's	36	Wolfson		Queens'	36
37	Wolfson		Fitzwilliam	37	Addenbrooke's		Churchill	37
38	Lady Margaret		1st & 3rd Trinity	38	Jesus		Jesus	38
39	1st & 3rd Trinity		Lady Margaret	39	Darwin		Pembroke	39
40	Magdalene		Selwyn	40	Magdalene		Wolfson	40
41	Girton		CCAT	41	Pembroke		Addenbrooke's	41
42	Selwyn		Girton	42	St. Catharine's		St. Catharine's	42
43	Peterhouse		Magdalene	43	Churchill		Magdalene	43
44	Jesus		Robinson	44	1st & 3rd Trinity		1st & 3rd Trinity	44
45	CCAT		Peterhouse	45	CCAT		Caius	45
46	Downing		Darwin	46	Girton		Girton	46
47	Sidney Sussex		Jesus	47	Lady Margaret		CCAT	47
48	Robinson		Lady Margaret	48	1st & 3rd Trinity		Lady Margaret	48
49	Corpus Christi		Downing	49	Caius		Jesus	49
50	Darwin		Corpus Christi	50	Fitzwilliam		Fitzwilliam	50
51	Trinity Hall		Sidney Sussex	51	Clare Hall		Downing	51
52	Queens'		St Edmund's	52	Jesus		1st & 3rd Trinity	52
53	Lady Margaret		Queens'	53	Christ's		Robinson	53
54	Hughes Hall		Hughes Hall	54	Robinson		Homerton	54
55	Churchill		Trinity Hall	55	Sidney Sussex		Clare Hall	55
56	Pembroke		Churchill	56	Downing		Selwyn	56
57	Clare		Clare	57	Clare		Christ's	57
58	St Edmund's		Jesus	58	Selwyn		Darwin	58
59	Jesus		King's	59	Homerton		Clare	59
60	1st & 3rd Trinity		Pembroke	60	Darwin		Caius	60
61	Downing		1st & 3rd Trinity	61	Corpus Christi		Sidney Sussex	61
62	King's		Lady Margaret	62	New Hall		New Hall	62
63	Selwyn		St. Catharine's	63	St. Catharine's		St. Catharine's	63
64	Emmanuel		Downing	64	Caius		King's	64
65	Lady Margaret	Homerton	65	Magdalene	Corpus Christi	65
66	St. Catharine's	Christ's	66	Emmanuel	Newnham	66
67	Christ's	Selwyn	67	King's	Darwin	67
68	Clare	Emmanuel	68	Darwin	Magdalene	68
69	Homerton	1st & 3rd Trinity	69	Newnham	Emmanuel	69
70	Jesus	Clare	70
71	Girton	CCAT	71
72	Churchill	Girton	72
73	CCAT	Fitzwilliam	73
74	Trinity Hall	Jesus	74
75	1st & 3rd Trinity	Churchill	75
76	Addenbrooke's	Trinity Hall	76
77	Fitzwilliam	Darwin	77
78	King's	Addenbrooke's	78
79	Wolfson	Clare Hall	79
80	Queens'	1st & 3rd Trinity	80
81	1st & 3rd Trinity	King's	81
82	Clare Hall	Caius	82
83	Corpus Christi	Queens'	83
84	Darwin	Selwyn	84
85	Selwyn	Wolfson	85
86	St. Catharine's	Corpus Christi	86
87	Caius	Lady Margaret	87
88	Lady Margaret	Homerton	88
89	Homerton	St. Catharine's	89
90	Clare	Darwin	90
91	Girton	1st & 3rd Trinity	91
92	1st & 3rd Trinity	1st & 3rd Trinity	92
93	St Edmund's	Clare	93
94	Darwin	Vet School	94
95	Jesus	Girton	95
96	1st & 3rd Trinity	Jesus	96
97	Vet School	St Edmund's	97
98	Emmanuel	Jesus	98
99	1st & 3rd Trinity	Emmanuel	99
100	Robinson	1st & 3rd Trinity	100
101	Jesus	Robinson	101
102	Caius	Caius	102
103	Caius	Caius	103

References

• Durack, John; Gilbert, George; Marks, Dr. John (2000). The Bumps: An Account of the Cambridge University Bumping Races 1827-1999 Template:ISBN