INTER-STATE ROWING
WEST AUSTRALIA WINS ElvxllT-OARED RACE
SCULLS TO PEARCE
(Rec. May 6, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, May 6.
The inster-State eight-oareu race of three miles on the Nepean River yesterday resulted: West Australia. 1; Queensland, 2; Tasmania, 3. All the States competed. West Australia won by a length and a quarter, Tasmania three-quarters of a length off. The winners hold the King's Cup.
Single Sculls, two miles and a half — Pearce (New South Wales), 1; Marsh (Tasmania), 2; Cambridge (Victoria),
Pearce won by ten lengths. Time, 15min. 30 2-ssec., a record for the event. Pearce is the Australian sculling representative for the Olympic Games.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 184, 7 May 1928, Page 10
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