The King Cup 1932

Date 27 May 1932
Source Windsor & Eton Express
Reference EE01-0093
Volume Eton Excelsior Rowing Club, Volume 1
Collection Eton Excelsior

Transcript

The King Cup

27th May 1932; Windsor & Eton Express

The race for the above Cup took place on Tuesday of last week. The times were exceptionally fast owing to the abnormal state of the river.

HEAT 1.  Radbourne (bow), Gullick 2, Sharratt 3, Powell stroke, 1: Stubbs (bow), Smyth 2, Littlewood 3, Bond stroke, 2.  Won by 3 feet.  Time, 2mins. 15secs.

HEAT II. Cumper (bow), Hughes 2, Corps 3, Shackell stroke, 1; Imray (bow), Harvey 2, Watson 3, White (stroke), 2.  Won by 1½ lengths.  Time, 2mins. 46secs.

FINAL. Shackell’s crew, 1; Powell’s crew 2.  Won easily.  Time, 2 mins 2 secs.

Walton Regatta

A Junior-Senior Four is representing the Club at the above Regatta tomorrow.  W. Brown (bow), L. Barrett 2,  W. Buck 3, V. Wood (stroke).

[handwritten addendum “abandoned floods]

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27 May 1932; Windsor & Eton Express