1932 Rowing Victoria State Championships

1^st C F W Peppler, Yarra Yarra

Other competing crews:

G Anderson, Albert Park

L Crothers, Mildura

R Jelbart, Melbourne University

E F Johnson, Mercantile

The 2 1/2 miles Championship Sculls was held on Saturday, 20^th February, 1932, five scullers contesting the title. C. F. W. Peppler (Yarra Yarra) won with the greatest of ease by 200 yards. 

1^st Albert Park – Bow: K V Rathauskey, Str: A W McLeish, Cox: B Williams

2^nd Footscray City

3^rd Ballarat City

4^th Wendouree

5^th Essendon

6^th Ballarat

7^th South Melbourne

8^th Hawthorn

9^th Yarra Yarra

The Pair-oared Championship was rowed at Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on Saturday, 14^th May, 1932. Nine crews competed, and Albert Park won a well-contested race by a length from Footscray City, Ballarat City a length and a quarter away third. Albert Park are congratulated on their second successive victory in the Championship Pairs.

1^st Richmond – Bow: V Callaghan, 2: M Edmunds, 3: B Thompson, Str: J Barton, Cox: A Harvey

2^nd Albert Park

3^rd Banks

4^th Footscray City

5^th Hawthorn

6^th Mercantile - Bow: G R B Patterson, 2: A Finlay, 3: Fred Shore, 4: J Bailey, Cox: J Cowling, Cch: James M Macfarlane

7^th Melbourne University

Seven crews competed for the Four-oared Championship, rowed on Saturday, 19^th December, 1931, over a course of 2 1/2 miles, starting at the 2 mile 50 chain mark, and finishing at the 10 chain mark. Richmond won by one and a half lengths from Albert Park, with Banks four lengths away third. Richmond are congratulated on their victory.

1^st Albert Park – Bow: A R Duncan, 2: M J Grenfell, 3: E W Cooke, 4: R White, 5: K Rathauskey, 6: G Plant, 7: C E Aslop, Str: A W McLeish, Cox: C Orme, Coach: H E Duncan

2^nd Hawthorn

3^rd Richmond

4^th Mercantile - Bow: A P Miller, 2: R S Bolton, 3: T Fogarty, 4: A Gibbs, 5: Jack South, 6: Doug C Brooke, 7: Fred Shore, Str: J Bailey, Cox: M Green, Cch: James M Macfarlane

The Champion Eights were held on Saturday, 20^th February, 1932, over a course of 2 1/2 miles, starting at the 2 mile 50 chain mark, and finishing at the 10 chain mark. Four crews entered. Albert Park won by two lengths from Hawthorn, Richmond half a length away third, and Mercantile.

1^st George Anderson, Albert Park

2^nd H E Ricketts, Yarra Yarra

3^rd W C Davis, Richmond

4^th R S Bolton, Mercantile

The distance of the One Mile Sculling Championship was this season changed to 2,000 metres, to accord with the distance of the Olympic sculling race. The race was held on Saturday, 19^th December and resulted in a victory by a canvas by G. Anderson, H. E. Ricketts second. 

1^st Richmond – Bow: R Dunn, 2: J Hanger, 3: K Reed, 4: J Baird, 5: A Welch, 6: W Maher, 7: M Brady, Str: A Pitt, Cox: D Calnin, Coach: James Barton

2^nd Wendouree

3^rd Banks

4^th Footscray City

5^th Mercantile - Bow: W Stevenson, 2: Keith Bilney, 3: Norman C Cairns, 4: H P Hamilton, 5: R Church, 6: J Blight, 7: R Ryall, Str: S C Macrae, Str: Cox: C Stirling, Cch: A P Miller

6^th Albert Park

7^th Preston

8^th Essendon

9^th Yarra Yarra

For the first time an Open Lightweight Eights race was rowed over a course of 1 1/2 miles, from the 1 mile 50 chain mark to the 10 chain mark, on Saturday, 16^th April, 1932. The race was open to all oarsmen ten stone or under, irrespective of status, and did not count points towards the premiership. A splendid entry of nine crews was received, the race being won by Richmond by two lengths from Wendouree, with Banks two feet away third. Richmond are congratulated on their victory in the first Open Lightweight Eights race.

1^st Mercantile – Bow: G H Smith, 2: F W Payne, 3: A V Card, 4: W Bayly, 5: S McKay, 6: J Clemens, 7: T Fogarty, Str: P Radich, Cox: J Cowling, Coach: G Smith

2^nd Hawthorn

3^rd Essendon

4^th Melbourne University

5^th Melbourne

6^th Banks

7^th Shepparton

8^th Richmond

9^th Albert Park

Disqualified – Footscray City

An excellent entry of ten crews was received for the fourth annual junior Eight-oared Championship, rowed over a course of two miles from the 2 mile 10 chain mark to the 10 chain mark. The start was a magnificent sight, the ten crews breaking the line together. The use of amplifiers materially helped the starter in his difficult start. The Footscray City crew was first past the post, but was disqualified by the Umpire for leaving its course and impeding the other crews. 

Mercantile Champion Junior Eight

1^st Preston Ladies - Bow: V Radcliffe, 2: Stella Peters, 3: Edna Twite, Str: Doreen Kamphfhenkel, Cox: Sylvia Pridham

2nd Albert Park Ladies - Bow: E Patterson, 2: I de Zoete, 3: F Thomas, Str: M deZoete, Cox: D Hassell

3rd Warrnambool - Bow: G Edwards, 2: A Marr, 3: L Cornes, Str: M Tray, Cox: A Rayner

The Championship was conducted on 13th February 1932 on Albert Park Lake at the VLRA regatta. At the quarter mile all crews were level. Preston then gained a slight advantage which it then increased to win by a canvas.

1^st Essendon Ladies - Bow: M Smith, 2: A Matthews, 3: M Giles, Str: G Spiller, Cox: W Cahir

2nd Preston Ladies - Bow: L MacIntosh, 2: N James, 3: M Thomas, Str: D Langley, Cox: V Allander

3rd Albert Park Ladies - Bow: D Oldfield, 2: M Curran, 3: K Jensen, Str: G Knott, Cox: D Hassell

The Championship was conducted on 13th February 1932 on Albert Park Lake at the VLRA regatta.