The 162nd annual Boat Race on the River Thames has been won by the Cambridge crew.

The students from the East Anglia-based university were rated as the pre-race favourites by the bookmakers and they lived up to that billing.

With 1km remaining, Cambridge held a two-length lead over their Oxford counterparts and they went on to extend that by around a further four lengths prior to crossing the finishing line unchallenged.

The victory means that Cambridge have also lengthened their overall lead on Oxford to 82-79, with one dead heat.