1955 NSW AAGPS Head of the River
Marker Boats for Course of Head-of-River (Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Apr 1955)
The G.P.S. Head-of-the-River race tomorrow, for the first time, will be rowed over a marked straight course on the Nepean River.
The Head-of-the-River is over a mile and a half course. To keep the eight crews in the race more to the middle of the Nepean and following their imaginary eight lanes, four boats, two each side, will be moored 30 yards out from the riverbanks. The boats will be moored at the half and quarter mile marks.
Coxswains of crews drawn in the first and eighth lanes will be instructed that they must keep their course on the inside of the moored boats. This system will prevent crews from being crowded on the banks of the Nepean. It will also lessen the disadvantage of crews drawn in lanes one and eight. The King’s has drawn No. 1 lane and Sydney High has drawn No. 8.
Senior 1st Eight
Major Rennie Trophy
8:02.00
¼ length
¼ length
1st Grammar – Bow: J.M. Burgess, 2: J.T. Keogh, 3: G. Greathead, 4: M.R. Binns, 5: R.C. Cooens, 6: D.B. Rochester, 7: A.R. Murphy, Str: H.M. Canvin, Cox: J.M. Goulding
2nd St. Joseph’s College
3rd Shore
Senior 1st Four
Yaralla Cup
No time
2ft
2 ½ lengths
Dead heat
1st St. Joseph’s College – Bow: B. Sobb, 2: J. Landers, 3: C. Spark, Str: E. Heinrich, Cox: P. Lange
2nd High
3rd Shore
3rd Scots College
Senior 2nd Four
5:52.00
¾ length
1 ½ lengths
1st St. Joseph’s College – Bow: R. Duncan, 2: C. Graffed, 3: B. Gruzaukas, Str: J. Byrnes, Cox: J. Colquhous
2nd High
3rd Shore
Senior 3rd Four
4:37.00
6ft
1 length
1st Shore – Bow: M.B. Shirley, 2: W.A. Thomas, 3: T.M.C. Jeffrey, Str: A.J. Lane, Cox: I.F. Firth
2nd The King’s School
3rd High
Senior 4th Four
4:28.00
1 ¼ lengths
¾ length
1st St. Joseph’s College – Bow: K. Carey, 2: A. Nowikow, 3: R. Biggs, Str: F. Spilsbury, Cox: S. Donovan
2nd High
3rd Scots College