History of AAGPS Head of the River Rowing Regatta

1962 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

Close Fight By 5 Crews (Terry Smith, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Apr 1962)

Scots College won the G.P.S. Head of the River yesterday after the eight crews had been delayed 50 minutes at the start.

Five crews crossed within two boat lengths. Newington were placed second a half a length behind Scots, with Grammar a further canvas back third. St. Joseph’s, The King’s and Shore were all within a length and a quarter of the placed crews. Scots did not take the lead until less than a quarter mile from the finish. St. Joseph’s had led up to this point.

A crowd of 40,000 excited spectators watched the race. Only previous win for the Scots was in 1946. The delay at the start began when Newington bow man Peter Meier broke an outrigger. A Launch went scurrying away to get another. The gusty southerly wind caused further delay and the eight crews had to start from weighted buoys instead of the usual cable across the river.

The delay upset most of the boys. One crew particularly affected was the fancied St. Joseph’s College. A wonderful Scots crew certainly lived up to their rating as favourite before yesterday’s race. They finished a great second to Leichhardt in the State junior championship four weeks ago. Wily coach Alan Brown withdrew his crew from the Riverview Gold Cup after this effort in order to retain a physiological advantage over their rivals.

Senior 1st Eight

Major Rennie Trophy

7:53.20

½ length

Canvas

1^st Scots College – Bow: H.C. McDougall, 2: G.R. Drury, 3: J.M. Brain, 4: W.H. Chalmers, 5: A.C. Fountain, 6: G.E. Bowman, 7: P.T. Hampshire, Str: M.S. Robertson, Cox: A.C. Donaldson

2^nd Newington

3^rd Sydney Grammar

4^th St. Joseph’s College

5^th The King’s School

6^th Shore

7^th Riverview

8^th Sydney High

Senior 1st Four

Yaralla Cup

5:39.00

¼ length

1^st The King’s School – Bow: D.Roxborough, 2: J. Armytage, 3: M.D. Jones, Str: S.G. Anthony, Cox: R. Blackmore

2^nd Sydney Grammar

3^rd St. Joseph’s College

4^th High

5^th Newington

6^th Shore

7^th Scots College

8^th Riverview

Senior 2nd Four

5:53.60

1 ¼ lengths

2ft

1^st Sydney Grammar – Bow: D. Murray, 2: D.R. Pritchett, 3: D.R. Raffin, Str: P.A. Tanner, Cox: R.L. Bruce

2^nd The King’s School

3^rd St. Joseph’s College

4^th Shore

5^th Newington

6^th Scots College

7^th High

8^th Riverview

Senior 3rd Four

4:14.80

1 ½ lengths

1 ¼ lengths

1^st Scots College – Bow: G.S. Murray, 2: R.F. Reid, 3: J.R. Poole, Str: R.A. Sillar, Cox: R.J. Thomas

2^nd Shore

3^rd Sydney Grammar

3^rd St. Joseph’s College

5^th The King’s School

6^th Newington

7^th High

8^th Riverview

Senior 4th Four

4:21.80

½ length

1^st Sydney High – Bow: P.E. Mav, 2: T.J. Goodsell, 3: G.A. Andrews, Str: R.L. Grant, Cox: P. Nosworthy

2^nd Scots College

3^rd The King’s School

4^th St. Joseph’s College

5^th Shore

6^th Grammar

7^th Riverview

8^th Newington

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1962 NSW AAGPS Head of the River

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