Distance: 2 1⁄2 miles
Time: 13.33
Margin: 5 feet, a canvas, 2 lengths and 6 lengths. |
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1st TAS – Bow: R J Clark, 2: A Bucirde,
3: R Goyen, 4: F C Hansch, 5: A A Pitt, 6; C Williams, 7: Arch
A Robb, Str: Fred A House, Cox: A Griggs, Cch: Cecil McVilly
2nd SA – Bow: G H S Oliver, 2: W H
Ffeiffer, 3: W E H Jarvis, 4: A V Scott, 5: F A Atkinson, 6;
A B Sladden, 7: E H Joyce, Str; W M Sladden, Cox: R Woodhead,
Emergs: J Millen & A R G Fearly, Cch: H Edward Higgs, Mgr:
A R G Fearly
3rd WA – Bow: A H Macartney,
2: Arthur L Sadler, 3: J S Harrison, 4: James A Child, 5: T J Hughes,
6: S Hooper, 7: George W Mettam, Str: George E Rogers, Cox: Roy Elsgood,
Emerg: W G Hastings, Cch: James (Jim) Chute
4th VIC – Bow: D Laird, 2: A Harvey,
3: B Nolan, 4: R Jenkin, 5: A S McGregor, 6: H C Disher, 7:
F Johnson, Str: H S Dickinson, Cox: R Duncan, Emerg: R Cunningham,
Cch: M G Scott, Selectors: W Potter, M G Scott, J A Williams,
D Ross & E Kenny
5th NSW – Bow: Rupert
Symons, 2: John Goswell, 3: Sydney R Grant, 4: Alma Cox, 5: E J Holborn,
6: Ernest A Cody, 7: Stuart S Amess, Str: Henry Green, Cox: R G
Ken Waley, Emerg: William A Audsley, Cch: George Gunning, Mgr: Oswald
J Wood
QLD did not finish – Bow: R D Leslie,
2: W E J Taylor, 3: S Henderson, 4: L Petrie, 5: L Law, 6: C
Horn, 7: R S Billington, Str: A Petrie, Cox: K Petrie, Cchs;
E Colclough & J H Kohn
The eights race was regarded as the finest ever since the
championship had begun. The race was stopped after a foul in
the first half mile and the race restarted. After lying in
third position until about 100 yards from the finish, the Tasmanians
sprinted to win by five feet to SA with WA third by less than
a canvas. What makes this race even more interesting is that
only the cox and one rower in the Tasmanian crew had raced
at the Interstate level previously. Further their coach was
Cecil McVilly who also won the interstate sculling championship
at the same regatta. The Tasmanian stroke and seven went onto
be members of the No 1 AIF crew who won the King’s Cup
in 1919. The 1913 winning crew from Murray Bridge had to make
do with second place.
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