ROWING IN AUSTRALIA.
United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. j ...... .. ... . hobart. May 6. ! * *-°uth W ales retained the eight,l? < J-. ch , f,,np,on!!hi ' ) of Australia and the King s Gold Cup in a race which was rowed on the Derwent River winning by four lengths from Western i Australia, with Queensland third and Tasmania fourth. Victoria and South Australia were swamped. The crews had to battle against a head wind, with the result that the time for the three miles was 19min 36isec, the slowest since 18S4. The title-holder, Herbert Turner, was untroubled in retaining the Australian sculling title, winning by twenty lengths from R. Beauchamp (Tasmania). with C. Perler (Victoria) third. Head-of-the-river Races. Head-of-the-river races w.ere rowed in other States as follow r s:— At Perth, Western Australia: Scotch College 1, Hale School 2, Christian Brothers 3. At Brisbane. Queensland: Brisbane Grammar School 1. Southport 2, Brisbane State School 3. ■
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20298, 7 May 1934, Page 11
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