Attired in cricketing flannels, he went for a row on Saturday afternoon. His skiff got in the way at the start of the senior double sculls race, - he was asked to pull through between the two boats. No, he would not do that, he decided, he would rather pull into the bank while the race passed- The irn- 1 pact put. a dent into the bank and threw bin* out of the boat, up to his waist in mud. and weeds. He. did not, show despair before the crowd at the starting-post, but gamely tried to pull the boat alongside the bank. His efforts brought him up to his shoulders 1 in weeds and water. There he was over a mile from the boatsheds, and those immaculate trousers and shirt ) soaked in water, mud, and weeds I j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18056, 17 January 1927, Page 7
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