Full title: [Collection of newspaper cuttings, maps, photographs, correspondence and ephemera on mainly Australian rowing and rowers, from the Davis Sporting Collection No. 2]

Author/creator: Coombes, M, Davis, J. C. (John Corbett), 1870-1941, Lowther, Cecil.

Date: [1839-1939]..

Call Numbers: DAVIS SPORTING COLLECTION NO. 2

Record Identifier: 74VKqQMJ3MwX

Language: English

Formats: Clippings

Contents: 10 v. 2 boxes : ill., ports., photographs., maps., Loose clippings on the career on J.H. Counihan, Mercantile Rowing Club and Harry Searle; map titled 'Championship Course, Parrarmatta River, Sydney, NSW'; 'Balmain Rowing Club - income and expenditure account and 36th annual report & balance sheet'; 'Adelaide Rowing Club - list of life members and members and 34th annual report, season 1915-1916'; Correspondence between J. C. Davis and the 'Referee' office, 1913-1931 -- Rowing 40-1: Clippings, correspondence, statistics, images, event reports and results on Sydney region public school rowing teams such as Kings School, St. Ignatius College, St. Josephs College, School Eight-Oar Rowing Championships, Great Public School Regatta, NSW School Championships and others; printed ephemera such as souviner programmes and event invitation on Sydney region public school rowing; photographs of notable figures in Sydney region public school rowing, 1915-1939 -- Rowing 40-2: Clippings, statistics, images, event reports, handwritten notes, book list and results on rowing in Australia, rowing personalities such as Ernest Barry, Alfred Felton, Dick Arnst, Tom Sullivan and others; obituraires on notable figures such as George Bubear, John Lang, Bill Beach and others in Australian rowing; clippings on sporting recollections by John Spencer and others; rules and regulations from authorities such as the New South Wales Sculling and Rowing League and events such as the Sculling Championships of Australia; photographs captioned 'William Beach', 'Sculling Championship of Australia', 'G. S. Hall, Chas Howard, Bob Ford, Leo Ford', 'Northern Star, Lismore', 'G. Sadler', 'Tasmanian rowing team' and many others uncaptioned or illegible; ephemera such as entry forms, event invitations, postcards and event programmes on rowing events in Australia; Correspondence including letters from M. Coombes and Cecil Lowther, 1912-1935 -- Rowing 41-1: Clipping on Champions Eight, Stawell Races, Elmore Racing Club events and others; obituaries of notable figures in Australian rowing such as William Elliott, John Deeble, C. L. Quist and others; handwritten notes on rowers birthdays, 1881-1919 -- Rowing 41-2: Clippings, correspondence, statistics, handwritten notes, images, event reports and results covering international rowing events and the Sculling Championships of Australia; notable rowing rivalries such as Casey v Ford, Arnst v Barry, Trickett v Ross and others; 'Supplement to "The Weekly Press", September 28th, 1910', 'The Arnst-Barry race on the Zambesi for the world Sculling Championship'; ephemera including event invitations and event programmes; photographs of Edward Trickett's thomb stone, trophy from the Sculling Championships of Australia, E. Hanlan and others; obituaries of E. Hanlan, Trickett and others; a map of [Emu Plains/Nepean river], 1863-1933 -- Rowing 41-3: Clippings, correspondence, statistics, handwritten notes, images, event reports and results covering the Intercolonial, Interstate, King's Cup, Interuniversities, Eight Oar, Henley Regatta and other rowing events in Australia and England, Australian rowing clubs such as Richmond Rowing Club, Melbourne Rowing Club, Parramatta River Sculling Club and others; printed ephemera including event programmes, rowing association booklets, membership listing and annual reports; Course map noting the Maribyrnong river and Coode island; correspondence from E. W. Marks; obituaries on notable figures such as Judge Backhouse, 1839-1939 -- Rowing 41-4: Clippings, correspondence, statistics, handwritten notes, images, event reports, results covering rowing events, teams, clubs and rowers such as the King's Cup, NSW Eight, Oxford Rowing Club, Cambridge Rowing Club, Henley Royal Regatta, Ted Phelps, Sydney Rowing Club and others; obituaries on notable figures such as A. Baynes, G. Priddle and others; printed ephemera including recepts and regatta fixtures, 1929-1935 -- Rowing 41-5: 'Sculling Championship souvenir - Wanganui Herald Illustrated Edition, Saturday, February 29, 1908'; Clippings, images, correspondence, statistics, handwritten notes, event reports and results covering the Great Public Schools Regatta including teams such as St. Ignatius, St. Joseph, King's School, Scot's College and others; 'The 1931 Head of the River Crews, "the Referee", 29/4/1931', 1908-1933 -- Rowing 41-6: Clippings on rowing in the 1870's including events and clubs such as the Double Bay Regatta, Balmain Regatta, Gardiner Cup, Oxford Univeristy v Cambridge University, Mercantile Rowing Club, Sydney Rowing Club and others, 1875-1878 -- Rowing 41-7: Clippings covering rowing events such as Trickett v Hanlan, Cummings v George, wrestling matches between Miller v Dinnie, Whistler v Miller, athletics races between O'Loughlin v Hunt, O'Brien v Livingstone and others.

Publishers: [1839-1939].

Notes: Title supplied by cataloguer.

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MMS ID: 991020363519702626