AUSTRALIAN OARSMEN IN ENGLAND.

Kumara Times, Issue 3043, 4 August 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN OARSMEN IN ENGLAND.

In regard to the Australian scullers now in England, a private letter received in Sydney by the Ust mail states ms follows.—lt is signed by W. Beach, P. Kemp, and J. DeeUe, and dated from the York Hotel, Waterloo - Road, London : —They say that they had a very mugh trip through the Bay of Biscay and the English "Channel. This complete "flattened' - out Kemp, and Beacfrfs*}sie effects of it. They soon lecivered -once they got ashore, and they have never felt better. Beach says that when the letter left he felt like a " two-year-old," and able to pull all fhe water out of the Thames. At the York they appear to have fallen into very comfortable quartets, everything being first-class. Beach says that he cannot give a proper clesci iption of the stenks which they get for breakfast, and Kemp was getting so fat that he would have a lot of reducing work to do. Deebesays that Beach made an excellent speech in public. Hanlan's challenge has been accepted* but D< eble is of opinion that lie does uot me ui business, and that none of them will pull Beach. They had a good look over London, and were completely "knocked out" with what they saw. They had also been over the river, but did not like it so well as the Parrawere of opinion that beat Perkins. If hey shouldget a match on, they have very comfortable quarters to go to wiili a private boathouse, etc. Beach and party were to go and p-e the Derby run, and appeared to lie li vdng a very good time of it. The London cot respondent of the Auckland Herald writes :—" Neil Matter.son, of Sydney, has done a little towards retrieving his reputation as a sculler by the defeat he inflicted a week last Monday upon David Godwin, the veteran sculler of Battersea. After a good deal of negotiation a match was finally arranged between the two over the Thames championship course, for .£IOO a side, and wheu this came off it resulted in an easy victory for the New South Welshman. It should, however be remembered that the negotiations had been broken off once, and Godwin had gone out of training. They were then suddenly resumed and the date fixed, and the match left Godwin only twelve days to get himself back into condition again, and consequently he was in very bad form when the match cuue off. Matterson has now arranged another match with George Perkins,"of Uotherhithe, for .£2OO a side, but 'the date has not been fixed.