History of AAGPS Head of the River Rowing Regatta

1928 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Shore broke Sydney High's winning streak with 3/4 length win over Grammar, with High a further half length behind followed by King's a few feet further behind. Shore led all the way but each of the other three crews in the final through out challenges over the last few hundred yards.

It was Shore's first win since 1916 and was noted by those at the time as the best school crew since eights competed in this competition. The crew was coached by L C Robson.

Shore also won all three events, the first eights and first and second fours.

Index to Results:

Head of the River
First Four
Second Four

Organising Committee and Officials

Organising Committee: AAGPS

Head of the River

Time: Not known
Margins: 3/4 length & 1/2 length

1st Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) - Bow: D E Woods, 2: J E Read, 3: D K Phillips, 4: N W Carey, 5: A L Mackenzie, 6: A D Hudson, 7: J C Orr, Str: R S Miller, Cox: I H Macdonald, Cch: L C Robson
2nd Sydney Grammar School
3rd Sydney High School
4th The King's School

First Four

Time: Not known

1st Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore)

Second Four

Time: Not known

1st Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore)

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

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1928 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Organising Committee and Officials

Head of the River

First Four

Second Four

NSW AAGPS Head of River

Summaries