ROWING.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 11

ROWING.

INTER STATE CARNIVAL. The annual inter-state rowing carnival was held yesterday in the presence of a large crowd of spectators. The eight-oared contest resulted as follows: —Tasmania, 1; Victoria, 2; New South Wales, 3. It was a great race between the first two boats, notwithstanding that heavy rain fell during the progress of the contest. The Queensland crew were first away, but the representatives of tho island State assumed the lead after a quarter of a mile, and rowing grandly led to the finish, winning by a bare length from Victoria.* The course was the same as In 1904, starting at the meat works at Queensport, and finishing at Toombul Wharf. The time was 19m. The champion eculling contest proved

an easy win for the New South Wales representative, the result being as follows: —J. Towns (New South Wales), 1; Coverdale (Tasmania), 2; Denni* (Queensland), 3; Richards (Victoria), 4. The time for the race was 10 J in. Following are the names and weights of the Tasmanian crew:—A. Forsythe, 11.6; M. Easton, 12.0; W. Needham, 12.6; J. Woodhouse, 13.4; V. Lithgow, 12.7; D. Munro, 11.12; K. Heritage, 12.8; J. Artie, 10.9 (stroke); C. Coogan (eox); J. Coogan (coach); R. W. Dean (emergency).