EMPIRE ROWERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1938, Page 9

EMPIRE ROWERS

STEADY PRACTICE

TURNER JOINS ENGLISH

CREW

(Received February 3, 9 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day.

The New Zealand _, eight, did quiet work yesterday morning.' In the afternoon they went over a mile at threequarter pressure, rating 36 to B2 and working steadily. .The four rowed half a mile, rating 38 to 36. Their form was: very impressive. Smith was contented' with paddling over the course, mixing it with short bursts. He is in good form. , . Jackson and Smith busied themselves trying out the double sculls. Their Qxtt row revealed that they combined satisfactorily and they are likely to be stron'g contenders in the invitation double sculls event. The Australian crew did a fiveminute row yesterday afternoon at an average rating of 35 over the full distance, covering just over a mile. The English crew did a similar row half an hour later at 36 but their effort was hardly as good. ' The Canadians worked in short, sharp bursts, their coach being quite satisfied. Sir James Leigh Wood, chairman of the British Empire Games Association, made representations to the Australian Empire Games Association regarding England's desire to have Tim Turner included in the English crew. The matter was finally submitted to the competing countries and if no objection is raised to Turner's late entry it' was to be accepted. Later it, was disclosed that the New Zealand and Australian crews sportingly expressed no objection and were prepared in fact to compete against the best, crew- England could put in a boat. Thus Turner becomes stroke of the English crew, which is now as follows:—Turner, stroke; Kingsford, seven; Sturrock, six; Jackson, five; Turnbull, four; Hambridge, three; Beazley, two; Burrough, bow; Reeve, cox; Beresford, coach.