SCULLING.

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1925, Page 2

SCULLING.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

GOODSELL'S VICTORY.

CAREERS OF CONTESTANTS.

Goodsell, the winner of the world championship, rowed at Ulmarra on Saturday last, had not been specially prominent in the sculling world until his challenge race against Paddon, the then holder of the title, on September 20 of last year. The cabled account of that race was as follows: —

The sculling championship racc for the world title between Paddon (holder) and Goodsell (challenger) proved somewhat of a fiasco owing to a mishap to Goodsell. From an even start the contestants raced neck and neck for 200 yards, where Goodsell had a slight advantage, both doing fast time. The challenger held the champion to t]ie quarter-mile, where Goodsell, digging his right scull deep and failing to recover capsized. By the time he got back into his boat Paddon had a long lead and though Goodsell rowed a plucky stern chase he was in hopless case. Paddon did the mile in the record time of five minutes, winning by 15 length in 17min 7sec. McDEYITT. W. McDevitt is 35 years of age. He "YVcis born in South T&sm&nifl-j racing colours, purple and white. Performances: Started to row in 1912, when he rowed in a few local handicaps. At the end of 1912 he won the Broadway Handicap' on the Richmond River. Between then and when war broke out he won several small professional handicap races. He enlisted with the first contingent in New South Wales from Australia and did not row duiing the war. He was severely wounded at the war and arrived home invalided in 1917. At the end of 1918 he started to practice again and rowed W. Petersen, Reg. Short, Casey and Kemp individually, and won all the races within six months at the end of 1919 and the beginning of 1920, and won the Npw South Wales championship. I-Ie rowed Ripley, a top-notcher at the end of 1920, when he again won. In 1920 he won the Maclean Big Handicap, having five seconds off Paddon, who was second. Ripley challenged again in 1921 and lost to him. At the end of 1921 he rowed Paddon for the New South Wales Championship and lost to him on the Richmond River by two and a-lialf boat lengths, in what was reckoned to be the best race ever seen on the river. In 1923 he rowed Reg. Short and beat him by six lengths over the line, but Bill Beach disqualified him because he thought there was a foul, which decision was questioned because the same referee gave an exactly opposite - one when Felton rowed Barry under the same conditions. Prior to coming to Auckland, where he rowed Hannan, McDevitt rowed in several minor handicaps in , Australia. LIST OF CHAMPIONS. The record of world's championship contests since 1876 is as follows: 1870—Trickett winner, Sadler loser, Thames, 25min 25see. 1877 —Trickett, Rush, Thames, 23min 27£ sec. 1879 —Trickett, Laycock, Thames, 23min 39sec. ; 1880—Hanlan, Trickett, Thames, 26 min 12sec. 1881—Hanlan, Laycock, Thatoies, 25 min 40sec. 1882—Hanlan, Boyd, Tyne, 21m}n 25 sec. 1882—Hanlan, Trickett, Thames, 28 inin. 1884—Hanlan, Laycock, Nepean, 22 min 45sec. 1884—Beach, Hanlan, Parramatta, 20 min 28-Jsec. 1885—Beach, Matterson, Parramatta, 24min ll^sec. 1885 —Beach, Clifford, Parramatta, 26 • min. 18S5 —Beach, Hanlan, Parramatta, 22 min 51sec. 1886—Beach, Gaudaur, Thames, 22min 29sec. 1886—Beach, Ross, Thames, 23min 5 sec. 1887—Beach, Hanlan, Nepean, 19min 55sec. 1887 —Kemp, Clifford, Parramatta, 23 min 47sec. 1888 —Keinp, Hanlan, Parramatta, 21 min 36sec. 18S8—Kemp, Hanlan, Parramatta, 21 min 25sec. 1888—Sjearle, Kemp, Parramatta, 22 min 44-Jsec. 1889—Scarle, O'Connor, Thames, 22 min 42sec. 1890 —Kemp, Matterson, Parramatta, 21min 13|sec. 1890—Kemp, McLean, Parramatta, 21 min 45^sec. 1890—McLean, Kemp, Parramatta, 22 min 13sec. 1891 —Stanbury, McLean, Parramatta, 18min 25sec.* 1891—'Stanbury, McLean, Parramatta, 22min lo^sec. 1892—Stanbury, Sullivan, Parramatta, 18min 27sec.* 1896—Stanbury, Harding, Thames, 21 min 51sec. 1896—Gaudaur, Stanbury, Thames, 23 min lsec. 1897—Gaudaur, Johnstone, Vancouver, no time kept. 1901—Towns, Gaudaur, Canada, 20min 30sec. 1904—Towns, Tressider, Parramatta, 21min 48 4-ssec. 1905—Stanbury, Towns, Parramatta, 19min 47sec. 1906—Towns, Stanbury, Parramatta, 19min 53 l-ssec. 1907—Towns, Durnan, Nepean, 22min 27sec. 1907—Webb, Towns, Parramatta, 20 min 45sec. 1908—Webb, Tressider, Wanganui, 20 min 28see. 1908—Arnst, Webb, Wanganui, 19min 25sec. 1909 Arnst, Webb, Wanganui, 18min 25sec. 1910—Arnst, Whelch, Akaroa, 21min 50 3-ssec. 1910—Arnst, Barry, Zambesi, 20min 14 3-ssec. 1911—Arnst, Pearce, Parramatta, 19 min 46sec. 1912—Barry, Arnst, Thames, 23min Bsee. 1912—Barry, Durnan, Thames, 22min 31sec. 1913—Barry, Pearce, Thames, 24min 9sec. 1914—Barry, Paddon, Thames, 21min 2Ssee. 1919 Felton, Barry, Thames, 25min I 40sec.

1920—Barry, Felton, Parramatta, 24 min 32sec. 1921—Arnst, Hannan, Wairau, 22min I 33sec. 1922—Hadfield, Arnst, Wanganui, 19 min 45sec. 1922—Paddon, Hadfield, Wanganui, 19min 15sec. 1923—Paddon, Hadfield, Richmond Rivor, 19min 19sec. .1924 —Paddon, Felton, Brisbano River, 17min 55sec.* 1924—'(September 20): Paddon, Goodsell, Parramatta River (3 miles), 17min. 7sec. 1925—(March 21): Goodsell, McDevitt, Ulmarra, 22min 20sec. *These races wore about half a milo short of the full course. Notes. —Thames course, 4 miles 400 yards; Parramatta course, 3 miles 330 yards; Tyne course, 3 miles 713 yards; Nepean River course, about 3J miles; Wanganui course, 3£ miles; Akaroa course, 3J miles; Zambesi course, miles; Brisbane course, 3 miles.

The Parramatta course in 1905 was not the usual one and the time was unofficial.