1902-1903 Rowing Victoria State Championships— Lower Yarra

Index to Results:

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

Champion Men's Scull

(2 1/2 miles)

Time: 15:12.5
Margin: 1/2 length

1^st Percy C Ivens, Mercantile

2^nd Harold D Brash, Mercantile

3^rd C E Suffren, Ballarat

4^th Charles Stamper, Albert Park

This event was held on 25^th October 1902. A foul occurred about a quarter of a mile from the start, and the Umpire restarted the race from the point where the foul happened. The race was largely between the Mercantile scullers with the other scullers well behind.

Charles Stamper from Albert Park Rowing Club

Champion Men's Pair

(1 1/2 miles)

Time: 14:07

1^st Albert Park – Bow: Alex Chamley, Str: Charles Donald, Cox: T Buchanan

2^nd Nagambie

3^rd Ballarat

4^th Footscray City

Rowed on the Salt Water River (Lower Yarra) on the 4^th April, 1903

Champion Men's Four

(Distance - Not recorded)

Time: 14:47

1^st Albert Park – Bow: E W Tulloch, 2: Charles Donald, 3: Alex Chamley, Str: James Donald, Cox: T Buchanan

2^nd Ballarat

Rowed on Saltwater River (Lower Yarra) on November 29^th, 1902.

James Donald, known as the Prince of Oarsmen

Champion Men's Eight

(Distance - Not recorded)

Time: 13:02.6

1^st Albert Park – Bow: W C Low, 2: C H Kohn, 3: T Rider, 4: M G Scott, 5: E W Tulloch, 6: Charles Donald, 7: Alex Chamley, Str: James Donald, Cox: T Buchanan

2^nd Banks

This race was conducted on the Saltwater River (Lower Yarra) on 21st March 1902.

Sources

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

Victorian Rowing Association, Reports 1903 - 1944.

Mercantile Rowing Club Annual Report

Photo of James Donald from the Guerin collection

Photo of Charles Stamper from the Charles Stamper Collection, Albert Park South Melbourne Rowing Club

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