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Frederick C Moor

North Shore Rowing Club (NSW)

1 January 1869 in Balmain, and died 27 December 1951

1892 – Intercolonial Men’s Eight Championship stroke – Second

1893 – Intercolonial Men’s Eight Championship stroke – First

1894 – Intercolonial Men’s Eight Championship stroke – Second

Committee member,² Captain⁵ then President⁶ North Shore Rowing Club

1894 NSW Crew

Photograph appearing in The Sydney Mail, Saturday 26 May 1894.
Back L-R: A Holmes (Hon Sec RA), CL Quist (coach), AH Aldworth (4), HG Williams (emergency), W Goulding (bow), FC Moor (stroke).
Front L-R: CR Keenan (3), GG Higgs (7), S Hellings (cox), A Ramsay (5), H Waters (6), EA Pearson (2).

Frederick Moor appears to have been quite a sportsman. Newspaper reports in 1892 show that he both rowed and sculled successfully¹.

Despite finishing his intercolonial career in 1894, he continued to race until at least 1900³.

Not only an excellent oarsman, Moor also a proficient cyclist. He undertook road racing at the same time as he was rowing with newspaper reports in 1889 providing his results. The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that just for the pleasure of it, he and his friends Messrs W & F J Ives cycled to Melbourne from Sydney. In those days the road was not easy to navigate but they obviously enjoyed the adventure and hospitality received along the way⁴.

Peter Moor and Andrew Guerin
January 2023

Sources:

NORTH SHORE ROWING CLUB. (1892, July 28). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), p. 8 (SPECIAL EDITION). Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227304488
ROWING. (1900, July 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28247352
AQUATICS. (1900, April 23). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 2. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113715700
CYCLING. (1899, May 20). Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW),
ANNUAL DANCE. (1932, July 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16908411
NORTH SHORE CLUB. (1933, July 22). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16993263

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