SCULLING.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1926, Page 5

SCULLING.

T. D. A. Collett, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, is probably the greatest Amateur sculler that England has produced, certainly the greatest of recent years. He is not officially recognised as amateur champion of England, however, as the title is held by Beresford, who won from Collett on a foul when they met for the Wingfield Sculls, which carries with it the amateur championship. The umpire for that race was subjected to a deal of criticism frr his decision, but the contestants settled the ' matter by agreeing to row a private match over the same course. Collett won, and he followed this up by winning the championship of the Seine from Rieder, a Swiss, who was one of the crew that won the European championship double sculls this year. Beresford won the single sculls at the last Olympic Games, and last year defeated Hoover, the American champion, in a race for the Philadelphia Gold Cup, which is generally regarded as being emblematic of the world’s amateur championship.