P C Dowling
Barwon Rowing Club (VIC) and Banks Rowing Club (VIC)
Dowling was a noted rowing administrator in the early twentieth century. He was an elected committee member of the Victorian Rowing Association from 1907 to 1927 and also an Executive Committee member of the Melbourne Amateur Regatta Association from its inception until WWI.
Thought to be a banker given his membership of Banks Rowing Club and his contribution to John Lang's Victorian rowing history on the inter-bank competition, the Banks Challenge Cup.
Andrew Guerin
January 2025
Sources
- The Victorian Oarsman by John Lang published in 1919 by Massina & Co
- Rowing Victoria annual reports
- Melbourne Amateur Regatta Association annual reports