World Professional Sculling Championships

1905 Jim Stanbury (AUS) defeats George Towns (AUS)

Stanbury won the title back again from George Towns by a small margin. However this was again a short lived title.

1905 James Stanbury

1906 George Towns (AUS) defeats Jim Stanbury (AUS)

George Towns regains his title with a 25 length win over Stanbury.

George Towns

James Stanbury

Jim Stanbury

1908 Richard Arnst (NZL) defeats William Webb (NZL)

Richard Arnst

Richard Arnst was born in New Zealand but learned all his sculling in Australia. He has been claimed by both Australia and New Zealand as one of their athletes. He was also an accomplished professional cyclist before turning to sculling.

Perhaps most interesting is Arnst's longevity at the top of his sport. He regained the title after World War I and was in his late thirties when he finally lost the title in between the wars.

William Webb

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