BOWING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17110, 15 March 1919, Page 12

BOWING.

TEE) LATE CANON NELSON, OLD CAMBRIDGE! BLUB. Willi the death, In Auckland, of Canon Nelson .has passed, away it ona-tlme good mqittaan and athlete and oarsman. Canon Nelson was a member of the Cambridge Cni. wsity eight of 1870, befog the coxswain who guided the crew to victory, * after the many consecutive Oxford successes. Throughout hi,« life Canon Nelson took » lively interest in all sports, particularly rowing. He was an enthusiastic Cantobrian. and Keenly followed too fortunes of bis old university, ' SPORT ON THE THAMES. At a, Richmond charity regatta on Boxing Day tha chief event was'a race for scratch eights, in which crews weie. stroked by H. T. Blank«t»ne,(olyapic champion, WW), W. D. KirmeaTjOlppio champion, 1812). J. Beresfoi'd (captain, Thames Bowing Club) and C. A. Healey (of the N.Z.E.F.). Blackstaffs ■ crew, which wor< tile first heat, in. eluded Private D, C, H»dfl<ild, the New Zo> .land amateur champion, and W. 0. Coonibes, N.Z.E.I';, and their opponents-Kinnear'a included 0. H. Wilson, of New Zealand. . In tho second tetM'tojteM, which included also T. Wright, N.Z.E.F., won by a, narrow margin from Bowford'a. in which W. J. .Patterson pulled. In the final, after Blackataffe'e eight had lod for half the distance. Henley's won by ft few feet, , » .