BISHOP WAS SPARE MAN
Association With Oxford Crew “I was once known as a ‘spare’ man." said the Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt. Rev. A. K. Warren) at the official welcome to the Canterbury Rowing Club's centennial celebrations at Kerr's Reach on Saturday. The Bishop, who is a former oarsman and a member of the Leander Rowing Club, Henley-on-Thames, was spare man for the number two crew’ at Oxford. “At the time we could only afford a horse for the coach of the first crew. The coach of the number two crew had to make do with a tandem bicycle and it was the job of the spare man to sit behind and peddle the coach along the tow path,” he said. Rowing was one of the oldest known sports, as well as being a means of transportation. he said. It was on record that a Lord Mayor of London (Sir John Norman) in 1454 had a noble barge with silver oars, which was rowed by watermen. “I hope to see the day when our own Mayor will arrive at Kerr's Reach in a similar manner,” said Bishop Warren.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29763, 5 March 1962, Page 7
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