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T. H. M’COMBS SECURES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. The Canterbury Rowing Club held a closing day programme on the Avon on Saturday afternoon. Results:— Old Members’ Fours—First heat: F. H. Brown, E. T. Evans, S. P. Godfrey i and R. Morgan 1, D. Cox, C. Bacon, F. ’ Oborn and T. Donnelly 2. Second heat: F. Dunnage, F. W. M. Cowlishaw, P. Wratt and F. Godfrey 1, A. Johnston, E. Moon. E. Diehl and A. Douglas 2. Final: Dunnage's crew and Brown’s crew dead heat 1. Handicap Double Sculls, of a quarter of a mile—First heat: F. H. Brown and R. G. Smith 1, J. M’Giffen and N. Porterfield 2. Second heat: A. Patterson and G. Hoskin 1. S. V. Alston and G. Pritchard 2. Third heat: S. W. Cox and S. Read 1, B. Taylor and G. van Slyke 2. Closing Day Dash Fours, of a quarter of a mile—First heat: G. van Slyke, S.
W. Cox, J. M’Giffen and E. H. Carew 1, I. G.- Smith. T. R. Evans, D. V. Alston and S. Read 2. Championship Single Sculls —First heat: T. U. M’Combs beat F. H. Brown by a bare length, in a race in which tha winner, by better condition, was able to make up a big leeway from Cowlishaw’s Corner. Final: M'Combs beat D. M. Patterson by a length. Thomas Memorial Pairs—S. W. Read and L. Hosking beat T. H. M’Combs and J. B. Taylor. Sa-pffford Doubles—J. O. M’Giffen and C. K. T. Pritchett beat I. G. Smith and V. A. Smith by a length.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 76, 30 March 1931, Page 4
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