World Professional Sculling Championships
- Introduction
- Record of Racing—table summarising racing results from 1831 to 1958
- Brief History of Australians in World Professional Sculling
- 1926 Rules Governing World Professional Sculling
- 1863 Chambers (GBR)
def Green (AUS) - 1876 Trickett (AUS)
def Sadler (GBR) - 1877 Trickett (AUS)
def Rush (AUS) - 1879 Trickett (AUS)
def Laycock (AUS) - 1880 Hanlan (CAN)
def Trickett (AUS) - 1881 Hanlan (CAN)
def Laycock (AUS) - 1882 Hanlan (CAN)
def Trickett (AUS) - 1884 Hanlan (CAN)
def Laycock (AUS) - 1884 Beach (AUS)
def Hanlan (CAN) - 1885 Beach (AUS)
def Hanlan (CAN) - 1886 Beach (AUS)
def Ross (UK) - 1887 Beach retires & forfeits to Kemp (AUS)
- 1888 Kemp (AUS)
def Hanlan (CAN)—twice - 1888 Searle (AUS)
def Kemp (AUS) - 1889 Searle (AUS)
def O'Connor (CAN) - 1890 McLean (AUS)
def Kemp (AUS) - 1891 Stanbury (AUS)
def McLean (AUS) - 1896 Stanbury (AUS)
def Harding (GBR) - 1901 Towns (AUS)
def Gaudaur (CAN) - 1904 Towns (AUS)
def Tressider (AUS) - 1905 Stanbury (AUS)
def Towns (AUS) - 1906 Towns (AUS)
def Stanbury (AUS) - 1908 Arnst (NZL)
def Webb (NZL) - 1910 Arnst (NZL)
def Barry (GBR) - 1911 Arnst (NZL)
def Pearce (AUS) - 1912 Barry (GBR)
def Arnst (NZL) - 1913 Barry (GBR)
def Pearce (AUS) - 1914 Barry (GBR)
def Paddon (AUS) - 1919 Felton (AUS)
def Barry (GBR) - 1920 Barry (GBR)
def Felton (AUS) - 1921 Arnst (NZL) regains title by forfeit from Barry (GBR) who retires
- 1921 Arnst (NZL)
def Hannan (NZL) - 1922 Hadfield (NZL)
def Arnst (NZL) - 1922 Paddon (AUS)
def Hadfield (NZL) - 1923 Paddon (AUS)
def Hadfield (NZL) - 1925 Goodsell (AUS)
def McDevitt - 1925 Goodsell (AUS)
def Hannan (NZL) - 1925 Goodsell (AUS)
def Paddon (AUS) - 1926 Goodsell (AUS)
def Saul (AUS) - 1927 Goodsell (AUS)
def Barry (GBR) - 1927 Barry (GBR)
def Goodsell (AUS) - 1932 Phelps (GBR)
def Goodsell (AUS) - 1933 Pearce (AUS)
def Phelps (GBR) - 1934 Pearce (AUS)
def Miller (USA) - 1938 Pearce
def Paddon (AUS) - 1948 Paddon (AUS)
def Fisher (AUS) - 1949 Cook (AUS)
def Paddon (AUS) - 1950 Paddon (AUS)
def Cook (AUS) - 1952 Saul (AUS)
def Paddon (AUS) - 1952 Paddon (AUS)
def Saul (AUS) - 1953 Fischer (AUS)
def Paddon (AUS)
1932 E A (Ted) Phelps (GBR) defeats Major L Goodsell (USA) in Long Beach California
Goodsell had by then become an American citizen. The race was won in the time of 17m 52s.The Saul family recalled that Mr Goodsell led an interesting life in America after his retirement. He owned 3 fishing boats in Baja, California USA and played roles in US movies such as ‘The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi’ that had a rowing theme.
Ted Phelps
1933 Henry (Bobby) Pearce (AUS) defeats Ted Phelps (GBR) on Lake Ontario CAN in 19.26
This mismatch had some severe implications for the sport of professional sculling. Pearce won by so much that it was doubted whether further matches could be made for high stakes. The race was conducted before a crowd of some 70,000 people.
Bobby Pearce
1934 Henry (Bobby) Pearce (CAN) defeats W G (Bill) Miller (USA) at Toronto in 19.52.2
This challenge was raced as part of the Canadian National Exhibition and this time against 3 challengers, Eric Phelps (Ted's younger brother), Ernest Barry and Bob Miller, the US amateur champion.
Miller and Pearce won the heats and Pearce won the final by some 15 lengths. Pearce was now a permanent resident of Canada and so is now noted as Canadian.
Bobby Pearce
9th Sept 1938 Henry (Bobby) Pearce (CAN) defeats Evans Paddon (AUS) in Toronto in 20.35.5
Pearce offered Paddon a fare to Toronto to race for the title and £500 a side. Pearce went out to an 8 length lead than paddled.
Bobby Pearce
Evans Paddon
Evans Paddon was the son of World Champion sculler Jim Paddon and resided in the small fishing town of Evans Head on the north coast of New South Wales. He was the first student at the Evans Head Public School, but was not academically inclined and left at an early age to fish with his father and scull. He served with distinction in WWII in the RAAF.