Was the boat race and the grand national ever on the same day?

Answer 1

Contrary to a popular myth The Grand National, Boat Race and FA Cup semi Finals have NOT all been on the same day, well not in the last 55 years at least. The closest this came to occurring was in 1992 when the National and Boat Race were both on Saturday 4 April and the FA Cup Semi Finals were held a day later on Sunday 5 April. A same day Grand National/FA Cup Semi Finals double is a more common occurrence than a Grand National/Boat Race double, the former last occurring as recently as 2012, whereas the latter has only occurred three times since 1970 (1981, the aforementioned 1992 and of course 2015). In both 1981 and 2015 the FA Cup semi Finals were held a week after the National/Boat Race double. The National and Boat Race usually do their best to avoid being held on the same day. Indeed there are instances when both were on the same weekend but with the boat race taking place on the Sunday to avoid the Grand National which is always on a Saturday. Finally, although Easter regularly falls in late March or early April I cannot find any occasion in the last 50 years when the Grand National has been run on Easter Saturday.

Answer 2

1954

Answer 3

1968