A running commentary by John Snagge and Edgar Tomlin from the Launch ' Magician ' following the Crews
A novel feature is to be introduced to fill up the time before the crews go off from ' the hard ', in a preliminary commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe and Captain Venables, who between them will describe the activity on the towing path, the carrying out of the boats, the toss of the coin (it is hoped), and personalities to be seen.
When the crews are afloat-and Oxford, as challengers, will take the water first-listeners will be taken over to the launch for the commentary on the race. Edgar Tomlin , who rowed in the Oxford boat in 1935, will help John Snagge , another Oxford man, to describe the race. And with them will be '1'. A. Brocklebank , who stroked Cambridge to victory three years in succession, in 1929, 1930, and 1931, just to see that these Oxford men are not being partial.
When the crews get to Hammersmith there will be a flash to the roof of Harrods' warehouse where Michael Standing will be waiting to tell listeners the distance between the boats-a distance which the commentators in the launch behind can only guess at. Then back to the launch until the finish of the race.
An air-photo plan of the course will be found on page 15.