South Australia - Sport

Rowing

"Crack Rowing Match" is in the Register,
5 January 1859, page 2h.

Information on the Pelican Rowing Club is in the Chronicle,
6 April 1861, page 6f.
Rowing matches are reported in the Register,
4 and 6 May 1861, pages 2h and 3d and
information on the Pelican Rowing Club on
24 November 1865, page 2f and
7 September 1867, page 2e,
19 October 1869, page 2h.

A history of the sport is in the Register,
10 May 1902, page 6c and
reminiscences on
7 May 1904, page 4a,
15 January 1918, page 7c,
4 October 1924, page 9g.
Also see under "Port Adelaide".

The formation of the Nautilus Rowing Club is reported in the Register,
31 December 1866, page 2h; also see
Express,
21 May 1867, page 2c.

"A Reminiscence of 1867" is in theRegister,
7 May 1904, page 4a.

The formation of the Adelaide Rowing Club is reported in the Register,
3 May 1867, page 2g; also see
3 June 1867, page 3b,
3 and 7 November 1879, pages 6b and 5g,
Express,
1 October 1886, page 3a,
Observer, 4 May 1889, page 20b,
The Critic, 21 and 28 March 1903, pages 15 and 14,
21 August 1903, page 1 (photographs).
Its history is in The News,
14 October 1927, page 10a.

The formation of the SA Rowing Club is reported in the Register,
21 December 1868, page 3d and
the SA Amateur Rowing Association on
9 September 1881, page 5a; also see
Chronicle,
26 December 1868, page 11e.

Advice to rowing coaches is in the Observer,
5 December 1868, page 9g.

Reminiscences of rowing in 1869 are in the Register,
7 May 1904, page 4a.

Inter-colonial Rowing" is in the Observer,
8 June 1872, page 9g.

Information on a proposed rowing club is in the Observer,
26 February 1876, page 6a,
11 March 1876, page 4e,
on the Adelaide Amateur Rowing Club in the Express,
27 November 1878, page 2f.

Information on the Adelaide Amateur Rowing Club is in the Register,
3 and 7 November 1879, pages 6b and 5g.

A proposal from bank officers to form a rowing club is in the Register,
4 February 1881, page 5a; also see
5 and 26 February 1881, pages 5c and 5d.

Information on the Banks' Rowing Club is in the Express,
26 February 1881, page 2b,
15 June 1882, page 2d,
30 October 1886, page 3b.

The formation of the I Zingari Rowing Club is reported in the Register,
22 April 1881, page 5b.

Information on the SA Rowing Association is in the Observer,
10 September 1881, page 19a.

Alleged class distinction in the SA Amateur Rowing Association is the subject of a letter in the Register on 22 August 1882 (supp.), page 1b:

[The association has passed a resolution whereby] a respectable young man who is guilty of earning his livelihood as a mechanic would be debarred from competition in a boatrace against clerks, professional men, etc... It is evident to the nearest comprehension that [it is] utterly out of place in South Australia, where the dignity of labour is preached and respected...

This epistle prompted a reply from a citizen signing himself as "Universities" on 23 August 1882, page 7b:

Manual labour men, by their avocation, are naturally more used to hard work than gentlemen... Amongst gentlemen too much bodily exercise would be injurious to the brain power on which their living depends... Continual rowing with manual labour can encourage familiarity... Gentlemen would lose cast in their set if they continually associated with those below them...

An older citizen lost no time in responding to this exhortation on 24 August 1882, page 7a:

I think [his letter] is snobbishness to the extreme... (for no one but a boy, who is just feeling himself, would write such a letter unless, as Mark Twain says, "It was wrote sarcastic")...

This lively debate is continued - see three letters in the Register
on 25 August 1882, page 7a.

Information on the Legal Rowing Club is in the Express,
11 October 1882, page 2c,
on the Zingari club on
26 February 1883, page 2e,
the Elder club on
8 March 1883, page 2f.

A proposed inter-colonial 8-oared race is discussed in the Register,
30 July 1883, page 5b;
also see 10 and 13 April 1885, pages 7b and 3g.
A photograph of the 1886 (1885?) crew is in The Critic,
10 December 1906, page 9.

"Boating - By an Oarsman" is in the Register,
1 November 1883, page 6d.

"Rowing Matters in SA" is in the Register,
24 January 1885, page 6g,
2 February 1885, page 6a.

A meeting of the Adelaide Rowing Association is reported in the Register,
24 February 1885, page 5b.

"Rowing in South Australia" is in the Chronicle,
2 May 1885, page 15e.

An Adelaide Rowing Club Association Regatta is reported in the Express,
21 December 1885, page 4c.

"Arrival of Beach [Champion Sculler]" is in the Register,
6 April 1886, page 7c.

Information on the Commercial Rowing Club is in the Express,
26 May 1886, page 7e,
on the Adelaide Rowing Association in the Advertiser,
20 July 1886, page 6d,
31 August 1886, page 7b.

Information on rowing is in the Express,
18 October 1886, page 3d.

"Old Rowing Records" in respect of the Mercantile Club is in The News,
25 February 1926, page 15d.
A photograph is in the Observer,
11 January 1908, page 31,
also see Advertiser, 6 July 1937, page 19a.

The "first" eight-oar race is reported in the Register,
13 and 15 November 1886, pages 6h and 6g.
The jubilee inter-colonial eight-oar race is reported in the Register,
21 November 1887, pages 4g-5b; also see
27 March 1897, page 4h,
15 December 1900, page 4e.

A presentation to A.E. Webb is reported in the Register,
5 December 1887, page 5c.

An editorial appears in the Advertiser,
16 March 1889, page 4d.

Details of the club's losses due to a flood are reported in the Register,
29 April 1889, page 7c. Also see
16 December 1889, page 6g.

A photograph of the members of the SA Rowing Association in 1889 is in The Critic,
24 October 1906, page 9.

"The Torrens Lake and Rowing" is in the Register,
16 March 1889, page 4h, 16 July 1889, page 7d.
Also see under "River Torrens - Boating".

"The Inter-University Boat Race" is in the Register,
21 and 23 December 1889, pages 5a and 4h-5b-7a,
"Inter-colonial Boat Race" on 29 September 1890, page 7f.

"An Adelaide Oarsman [W.J. Bonnin]" is in the Register,
26 April 1890, page 5b.

An annual general meeting of the SA Rowing Association is reported in the Express,
20 August 1890, page 7c:

Owing to the foul state of the Torrens no regatta [was] held...

"Rowing on the Torrens" is in the Register,
2 February 1891, page 6b.

"The Four-Oared Boat Race" is in theRegister,
14 December 1891, page 6d,
"The Rowing Contest" on 21 December 1891, pages 4g-6c.

"The University Boat Race" is in the Register,
25 April 1892, pages 4h-6c,
"The Eight-Oar Race" on 12 December 1892, page 4f.

Information on the South Adelaide Rowing Club is in the Express,
19 February 1894, page 3e.

"The Eight-Oar Championship" is in the Register,
26 February 1894, pages 4f-7a.
"History of the Eights" is in the Register,
10 May 1902, page 6c.

"South Australian Rowing" is in the Register,
16 April 1894, page 4f,
"The Rowing Season" on 5 November 1894, page 4f.

"The Association Regatta" is in the Register,
10 December 1894, pages 4f-7e.

"The Inter-colonial Public Schools Boatrace" is in the Register,
19 and 22 April 1895, pages 5a and 4f.

A sketch at a farewell to Adelaide Rowing Club members departing to the Boer War is in The Critic,
27 January 1900, page 8.

"The Rowing Season of 1896-7" is in the Register,
27 March 1897, page 4h.

A photograph of a rowing eight is in The Critic,
2 June 1900, page 6.

"Rowing" is in the Register,
15 December 1900, page 6e.

Rowing is the subject of editorials in the Advertiser,
23 March 1896, page 4e and
4 April 1901, page 6d.

A photograph of prizegiving at the Adelaide Rowing Club is in the Chronicle,
19 April 1902, page 34a,
of the South Australian crew on
21 June 1902, page 40 and
the opening of the rowing season on
1 November 1902, page 42 and
5 November 1904, page 28; also see
3 November 1906, page 27; also see
Observer,
3 November 1906, page 27,
18 April 1908, page 27,
The Critic,
30 December 1914, page 13, 20 January 1915, page 13.
A photograph of William Forrester and biographical information are in the Observer,
27 July 1907, pages 29-40a,
An obituary of William Forrester is in the Register,
20 July 1907, page 9e -
"All his official work in connection with athletic organizations was performed honorarily... He did much to advance rowing in this state..."

A photograph of an opening day of the Mercantile Rowing Club is in The Critic,
26 October 1904, page 15;
also see 26 December 1906, page 9.
A sketch of the Mercantile Rowing Club boathouse is in the Express,
20 June 1912, page 7;
photographs are in The Critic,
6 November 1912.

A photograph of a University rowing team is in The Critic,
6 June 1906, page 10, 3 June 1908, page 8.

"Rowing" is in the Register,
1 May 1907, page 4c.

"The Interstate Eights" is in the Register,
4 May 1907, page 5b.

A photograph of the committee of the SA Rowing Association is in The Critic,
8 May 1907, page 16.

"A Rowing Record" is in the Advertiser,
25 August 1908, page 6g.

Information on rowing on the Torrens Lake is in the Register,
18 August 1909, page 7c,
"On the Lake - The Season's Outlook" on 15 November 1909, page 9a.

Biographical details of J.J. Sharp are in the Register,
18 December 1911, page 6h.

"A Rower's Status - Professional or Amateur" is in the Register,
29 August 1912, page 8f.

"The Rowing Dispute" is in the Observer,
5 April 1913, page 48b.

"Ladies' Rowing" is in the Register,
22 April 1907, page 6g,
28 April 1919, page 7h,
"Women Rowers" in The News,
15 and 21 March 1929, pages 10a and 4d,
"Our Women Rowers" in the Advertiser on
14 March 1934, page 16i.

Photographs of rowers is in the Observer,
27 April 1907, page 29,
30 April 1921, page 26,
The Critic,
1 April 1914, page 14,
29 March 1916, page 15,
24 January 1917, page 13,
7 November 1917, page 13,
15 May 1918, page 19,
12 June 1918, page 18,
of the first ladies' rowing regatta in the Chronicle,
4 April 1914, page 29,
of an 8-oar contest on
5 February 1916, page 26,
of the Barcarolle Club on
31 March 1928, page 29,
13 April 1929, page 41; also see
5 March 1931, page 38.
Photographs are in the Observer,
29 March 1919, page 28,
also see The Critic,
24 March 1915, page 12.

A sketch of the Mercantile Rowing Club boathouse is in the Express,
20 June 1912, page 7.

"Professional or Amateur? - Action by Rowing Association" is in the Advertiser,
29 August 1912, page 11d; also see
Express,
17 April 1913, page 8c.

"The Rowing Dispute" is in the Observer,
5 April 1913, page 48b,
"The Rowing Trouble" in the Express,
7 April 1914, page 3d.

A photograph of members of the Torrens Rowing Club is in the Express,
22 December 1911, page 6,
of the unveiling of an Honour Roll at the Torrens Rowing Club in the Chronicle,
17 February 1917, page 28,
of the Torrens Boating Club on
22 December 1928, page 54; also see
16 February 1933, page 32.

A photograph of members of the Torrens Rowing Club is in the Express,
22 December 1911, page 6,
of the unveiling of an Honour Roll at the Torrens Rowing Club in the Chronicle,
17 February 1917, page 28,
of the Torrens Boating Club on 22 December 1928, page 54;
also see 16 February 1933, page 32.

"Oarsmen and the War" is in the Observer,
16 September 1916, page 31e.

Information on a ladies' rowing club is in the Register,
22 January 1917, page 9c, 3 November 1919, page 5d,
22 March 1920, page 5g.
"Women's Four-Oar Race" is in the Register,
20 April 1925, page 11g.

"Oarswomen Disband" is in The News,
19 October 1923, page 5e,
"Women's Rowing" on
6 January 1926, page 4e,
"Women as Rowers - Practice Condemned" on
14 July 1927, page 9d,
"Rowing for Girls" in The Mail,
30 March 1929, page 19.
The first anniversary of the Adelaide Ladies' Rowing Club is reported in the Advertiser,
18 December 1931, page 14f.

"Our Soldier-Oarsmen" is in the Register,
26 March 1917, page 6e.

An obituary of H.F. Skiffington is in the Observer,
2 February 1918, page 40b.

"Big Rowing Event" is in the Register,
1 April 1922, page 8g.

"Drowned in the Torrens - Tragic Death of an Oarsman" is in the Register,
17 February 1922, page 7h.

"The Rowing Triumph" is in the Register,
8 May 1922, pages 6c-7c.

"Murray Bridge Style Baffles Experts" is in The Mail,
19 May 1923, page 3f.

An editorial on "Champion Rowing" is in the Advertiser,
17 February 1923, page 13a; also see
23 February 1923, page 18d,
18 and 20 April 1923, pages 13d and 13e,
4 and 6 June 1923, pages 13c and 13e.

See also Place Names - Murray Bridge for references to the Murray Bridge Rowing Club, which provided the team, which represented Australia at the Paris Olympics .

"The Rowing Season" is in the Advertiser,
27 October 1923, page 12i.

Historical information on the Adelaide Rowing Club is in the Register,
20 October 1925, page 11c and
on "Australian Rowing" in the Advertiser,
30 April 1928, page 10e.

"Oarsmen's Annual Festival" is in the Register,
7 December 1925, page 10b.

Photographs appertaining to the Adelaide Rowing Club are in the Register,
12 March 1928, page 12.

"Interstate Varsity Rowing" is in the Register,
1 and 4 June 1928, pages 12e and 12a.

"Mr G.E. Phillips - Noted Oarsman" is in the Advertiser,
8 October 1929, page 7c.

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