SCULLING TITLE
FELTON-HANNAN MATCH.
Alfred Felton, ex-championship world's ■sculler, arrived at. Wellington by the Marama to-day from Sydney, en route to Nelson, where he is to row "Paddy. Hannan, of Blenheim, for the professional sculling title of New Zealand. Felton, who is 33 years of age, and a native of Sydney, visited New Zealand previously in 1909, when he won the Foxton Handicap on the Manawatu River. In October, 1919, he beat Ernest Barry for the world's championship on the Thames, in the presence of 120,000 spectators. In August, 1920, Barry recovered the championship from Felton on the Parramatta River. Since then Felton has competed in several large handicap races in Australia. His present race is expected to take place during the first week in May. He has already done five weeks', training, and expects to row about 13 stone. His skiff, "Peace Loan," so named because it was used in launching the "Diggers' Peace Loan" in Australia, also came by the Marama. Felton proceeds to Nelson by the Ngaio this evening.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 91, 17 April 1923, Page 8
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172SCULLING TITLE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 91, 17 April 1923, Page 8
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