| 2nd Women's Boat Race | |
| Winner: | Cambridge |
| Winning Time: | 3 minutes 32 2/5 seconds |
| Overall: | 1–1 |
| Prevseason: | 1927 |
| Nextseason: | 1930 |
The 2nd Women's Boat Race took place on 16 March 1929. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Thames along a half-mile course.
The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927.[1] No race was held in 1928.
Cambridge were represented by Newnham while Oxford saw a mix of St Hilda's and Oxford Home-Students.
| Seat | Cambridge | Oxford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | College | Name | College | ||||
| E. M. Furtado | Hodd | St Hilda's | |||||
| 2 | M. Hall | Collingwood | St Hilda's | ||||
| 3 | M. W. Young | Montgomery | Oxford Home-Students | ||||
| 4 | D. A. Payne | Cattle | Oxford Home-Students | ||||
| 5 | M. Crosseley | Fenning | Oxford Home-Students | ||||
| 6 | D. J. Thompson | Hammond | Oxford Home-Students | ||||
| 7 | G. M. Wiseman | Boyd | St Hilda's | ||||
| M Hill | Francombe | Oxford Home-Students | |||||
| M Evans | Harris | St Hilda's | |||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||
The crews were forbidden from racing side-by-side, so Cambridge rowed the 0.5miles course first, followed by Oxford. The contest was won by Cambridge in a time of 3 minutes 32.4 seconds, beating Oxford by 0.4 seconds.[3] The victory took the overall record in the competition to 1 - 1.[4]