1897 Rowing Victoria State Championships

Index to Results:

Champion Men's Scull
Champion Men's Four
Champion Men's Eight

Champion Men's Scull

(3 miles)

Time: 23:03

1^st C Chapman, Wairewa (NZL)

G Browne, Essendon (Did not finish)

Champion Men's Four

(Distance - Not recorded)

Time: 19:30
Margin: 1 3/4 lengths

1^st Mercantile – Bow: Barclay G Connor, 2: William Potter, 3: J A Strong, Str: Alex B Sloan, Cox: Victor Jones, Cch: Sid Edwards

2^nd Banks

This Championship was conducted on the Lower Yarra on 11th December 1897. Mercantile won this Championship for the third time in succession.

Champion Men's Eight

(3 miles)

Time: 17:55

1^st Mercantile – Bow: Stephen J Morell, 2: Frank S Gibbs, 3: William Potter, 4: Barclay G Connor, 5: A E Hood, 6: J Strong, 7: Harold Lindgren, Str: Alex B Sloan, Cox: Victor Jones

2^nd Banks

3^rd Yarra Yarra

Champions Eight of Victoria - Mercantile Rowing Club

Back row: Stephen Morell, Barclay Connor, Syd Edwards (coach), William Potter. Front row: Frank Gibbs, Harold Lindgren, Alex Sloan, A E Hood, J Strong

Mercantile in action during a non-Championship race ahead of Albert Park

Sources

The Victorian Oarsman with a Rowing Register, by John Lang, published by A H Massina and Company 1919.

Mercantile Rowing Club Annual Report

Champion eight photographs from Mercantile Rowing Club

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