Australians at 1958 Henley Royal Regatta

Leichhardt Rowing Club (NSW)

Bow: Bruce Evans (NSW) 
2: Neville J Clinton (NSW)
3: Ralfe R Currall (NSW)
4: Victor A Schweikert (NSW) 
5: Kenneth P Railton (NSW) 
6: Peter R Waddington (NSW)
7: Graeme K Allan (NSW) 
Str: Kevin J Evans (NSW) 
Cox: Lionel P Robberds (NSW)
Cch: Dr Eric O Longley (NSW)

This crew was the Australian crew to compete at 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Cardiff Wales racing under Leichhardt colours. The crew defeated Thames Rowing Club in the heat but were defeated by the Russians rowing under the Trud Club colours in the final. 

The crew at the Test Race at Ballarat for Commonwealth Games/Henley Royal selection

Sydney Rowing Club (NSW) - Stuart Mackenzie

Stuart was up to his tricks again angering the stewards. The situation is well described in Harry Gordon's book Young Men in a Hurry as follows. 

Significantly, by the time the 1958 Diamond Sculls arrived, the regatta rules had been altered drastically. So much controversy had surrounded the giant Australian's win the previous year that any rower moving into an opponent's lane, even when well ahead, would now be automatically disqualified. It made little difference; he beat the Russian by 20 lengths, but still managed to have him­self hooted (rather politely, of course) and accused by some of the starchier critics of "bad form". He raised his cap, while still con­testing the race, and nodded genially to the crowd on the lawns. Taxed about this behaviour later, Mackenzie retorted: "You can call it swank if you want to ... actually I was just being polite." 

In the final the red-vested Russian led at the halfway mark-to which point both had equalled the 28-year-old record for the distance-but he folded up soon after. Then Mackenzie cut loose with superb power and style, and his bulky blue singlet went farther and farther away. Yards before he reached the winning post the Australian had stopped sculling to glide home-and as he passed the press box he could be heard bellowing to the occupants: "Sorry I couldn't do any better, boys ... I've got a bad back." Having passed the line, he promptly turned round and sculled back about 50 yards along the course, bobbing and grinning to fans and officials-most of whom gazed on stonily. This victory row was construed by rowing writers as a "typically flamboyant Mackenzie gesture", and it was certainly quite unprecedented at Henley. But when I asked him about it a few days later, he explained: "Look, all I wanted to do was shake hands with that poor bloke Ivanov. He was feeling pretty bad." 

Mackenzie and Ivanov in 1958

Leichhardt Rowing Club (NSW) - Steve Roll and Kevyn Webb

Sydney Rowing Club (NSW) - Murray Riley and Mervyn Wood (NSW)