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Adelaide Rowing Club - The First Hundred Years

A Narrative History 1882-1982 - Compiled by R W Richardson

Appendix 2 . Presidents and Life Members

Adelaide Rowing Club Presidents

Year of Election Name Year of Election Name
1882 (May) W.H. Bundey, J.P. 1939 Charles Morgan, J.P.
1885 Caleb Peacock, J.P. 1948 H.V. Menz
1896 H.Y. Sparks 1953 L.T. Grummet
1897 The Hon Sir Richard C. Baker, K.C.M.G.,MLC 1959 R.D. Clark
1900 T. R. Scarfe 1960 C.S. Coogan, O.B.E.
1901 H.R. Dixson, M.P., J.P. 1962 F. Kenneth Milne
1904 E.W. Van Senden 1965 J.T. Sheppard
1905 E.W. Hawker, M.A. 1968 K.B. Forwood
1906 A.J. Roberts 1969 J.E. Vardon
1908 E.W. Van Senden 1970 R.V. Osman
1912 Rev. Canon H. Girdlestone, M.A. 1973 D. Sarah
1916 W.G. Auld 1976 D.C. Arnold
1924 J.H. Gosse 1978 J.H. Clutterbuck
1931 M.A. Fotheringham 1981 C.E. Runge



Adelaide Rowing Club Honorary Life Members

F. H. Poole 1895 F.D. Peterswald R.D. Clark R. V . Osman
H.Y. Sparks W.L. Burton D.N. Linnett R.W. Richardson
G.H. Dean C.R. Cudmore T.R. Binder C. Amiel
A.J. Grayson F.K. Milne D. Sarah C.A.D. Walker
J. J. Sharp H.V. Menz G. Hebblewhite P.D.H. Hill
W.H.G. Blain L.T. Grummet H.C. Morphett J.R. Harvey
R.F. Richardson C.S. Coogan C.E. Runge G.C. Harry 1979