A NEW ZEALAND ROWING EIGHT OF TWENTY-NINE YEARS AGO. The arrival of two eight-oared boats for the Otago Rowing Association last week establishes an interesting link with the past, for in the Otago Harbour in the earlier days some thrilling eight-oared contests were rowed. A picture of the northern eight, which rowed against the Otago eight at the Championship Regatta at Dunedin in 1898. The crew are: J. B. Norris and R. F. Crosbie (Canterbury), R. Crawford and J. Calnan (Wellington), A. Smith and T. M.Cormick (Picton), F. Seymour (Blenheim), C. Fredrichs (Picton), and G. Ross (cox, Wellington). The Canterbury men were champions in 1894-97, the Wellington men won the Champion Pairs in 1898, and the Marlborough men the Champion Fours in 1898.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 44
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123A NEW ZEALAND ROWING EIGHT OF TWENTY-NINE YEARS AGO. The arrival of two eight-oared boats for the Otago Rowing Association last week establishes an interesting link with the past, for in the Otago Harbour in the earlier days some thrilling eight-oared contests were rowed. A picture of the northern eight, which rowed against the Otago eight at the Championship Regatta at Dunedin in 1898. The crew are: J. B. Norris and R. F. Crosbie (Canterbury), R. Crawford and J. Calnan (Wellington), A. Smith and T. M.Cormick (Picton), F. Seymour (Blenheim), C. Fredrichs (Picton), and G. Ross (cox, Wellington). The Canterbury men were champions in 1894-97, the Wellington men won the Champion Pairs in 1898, and the Marlborough men the Champion Fours in 1898. Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 44
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