SCULLING TITLES

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 185, 4 May 1936, Page 9

SCULLING TITLES

New South Wales Successes (Received May 3, 6.30 p.m.) Perth, May 3. New South Wales led all the way to win the King’s Cup race for the eightoared championship of Australia which was held on the Swan River yesterday. The Olympic Games representative Cecil Pearce, had no difficulty in wining the Australian sculling championship from the only other competitor, K. Langley, who in 1929 sculled an excellent race against Bobby Pearce on the Swan River. Cecil Pearce's win gave New South Wales its ninth sue cessive victory in the sculling title and the King’s Cup win was the State’s fourth successive victory. No members of the New South Wales champions, the police crew, were included in the State eight as they remained at Sydney to train as a combination for the Olympic Games. Results:—

KING’S CUP. three miles:—New South Wales, 1: South Australia. 2: Western Australia. 3: Victoria. 4. Two lengths and a half: three lengths Timo. 16min. 22sec. PRESIDENT’S CUP (Australian Amateur Sculling Championship), two miles and a half.—C. Pearce (New South Wales), 1: K. Langley (Western Australia), 2. Won by eight lengths. Time, Iflmin. ssec.