The Aquatic Championship
! ■ l*«-- CNiTKiGf pfeius ASsociiTiow. j- - j -'■■"• SivsßTS December iSJ John McLean beat Peter Kemp da th* Parramatta to-day for the Championship of the w&rld and i£2oo a-side, -The- men kept together to the Beacon, whenv McLean 'got in to, Kemp's water, and hiasculls touched to» latter**. Kemp claimed a foul, and stopping rowing lost h*& a. length. He then spurted, and rgreat excitement prevailed as he gainedithetlctefc ground,' and got a lead.. -.- McLean, however, was .soon: on eye^terms, and gradually forged ahead, winning by six lengths. Time r 22uasin 13sec. The foul was given iniMcLean^ &yofc ;,-/ ::;;. ;'<Afl|ij .•-; I"' I'" 1 -- :.y. <Y:Un?. ,3!hi*Da|it Kemp, being dissatisfied with yesterday's. r»ce, ; McLean, states he is. willing to row him , or Stansbury for;. a-eidft any time after lipnL' . *
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 77, 16 December 1890, Page 2
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128The Aquatic Championship Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 77, 16 December 1890, Page 2
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