SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 September 1901, Page 4

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Towns having defeated Gaudaur the championship again comes to Australia which has 23 wins to its credit against 6 to America. The number of contests won by individual scullers is as follows :

The last race for the championship prior to the present contest was in 1896, when Gaudaur easily defeated James Stanbury, of New South Wales, over the Thames course. Stanbury had earlier in the year wrested the tillc from “Wag Harding, an English sculler, and remained in England to meet the Canadian.

Towns is a native of New South Wales and lias for some years been looked upon as a probable holder of the championship. He was successful in his various races in his native colony before lie left for London in 1899. In that year he won the sculling Championship of England, and in 1900 he successfully defended it against James Wray, another Australian. It will be recollected that Towns was recently associated with Mr. Spencer Gollan and Tom Sullivan in breaking tlio rowing record for the course between Oxford and Putney. Towns is a comparatively young man, being some twelve or fifteen years younger than ids opponent, who is about 40 years of age.

In tliis race for the Championship of the World, Towns rowed in a new “ short ” Clasper boat, 25ft long, llin in in beam. The course rowed over was u*)t a straight one, but included two or throe bends, which favoured the Canadian. The Australian conceded a stone weight to Gaudaur, who was recently de- f scribed by a well-known acquatic writer as being " in the sere and yellow leaf now so far as athletic vigor is concerned.’

Beach ... 7 Hanlan ... 5 Kemp ... ’ ... 5 Stanbury ... 4 Tricke'lt ... 8 Seavle 2 Gaudaur !!! i Towns ... i

TABLE OF CHAMPIONSHIP HACf S. Y1‘ Winner. Loser Course. Time. 70 Trickett Saddler Thames 25 23 77 Trickett Kush Parram’ta 23 27 79iTrickett Laycock Barram'ta 23 391 80 Manlaa Trickett Thames 26 12 81 Haul an • Laycock Tliames 25 40 82 Haulan Boyd Tyne 21 25 83 Hanlan Trickett Thames 23 0 84 Han lan Laycock N epean 22 45 84 Beach Hanlan Parram’ta 20 281 85 Beach Clifford Parram’ta 2G 0 85 Reach Haulan Parram’ta 22 51 85 Beach Matterson Parram’ta 24 1U 80 Beach Gaudaur Thames 22 29 86 Beach Koss Thames 23 5 87 [Beach Hanlan Nepean 19 55 88 Kemp Clifford Parram’ta 23 47 88 Kemp Hanlan Parram’ta 21 8G 88 Kemp Ilanlan Parram’ta 21 25 88 Seavlc Kemp Parram’ta 22 44i 89 Scarlc O’Connor Thames 22 42 90 Kemp Matterson Parram’ta 21 13J 90 Kemp M’Leau Parram’ta 21 4Ga 90 M'Lean Kemp Parram’ta 22 13 91 Stanbury M'Leau Parram’ta 22 154 91 Stanbury M‘Lsan Parram’ta 18 25 93 Stanbury Sullivan Parram’ta 18 26i 96 Stanbuay [Harding Thames 21 51' 9G Gaudour Stanbury Thames 23 1 01 Towns 1 Gaudaur K Portage 20 30