VETERAN OARSMAN
The performance of A. H. Tucker, ft Veteran Auckland oarsman, who at the ago of (il vears, recently won a points competition * staged by the Essendon -Rowing Club, of Melbourne, has created a great deal fitc°d ye the gout, "which" had" been troubling him for «ome time, and he succeeded injunn n" a sculling race. Tucker, who was coached hv "the well-known Auckland .achitect, Mr. X Wade first showed ability at robins a "member of the Auckland Club, for wh eh he won four maiden events and a gulling race in 3 001. He is regarded as probably the oldest competitive oarsman in Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23758, 11 September 1940, Page 5
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