The head of water this year was R.H. Coke Q.S.
There remained of the eight –
3. C. Batley 4. E.J.H Brendon 5. R.H. Coke 6. W.W. Bury 7. R.T. Squire cox. G.G. Phillimore
School Pairs were rowed on July 4th in two heats.
| Heat I | ||
| Surrey | Centre | Middlesex |
| R. Berens T.B. (bow) | T. Morison T.B. (bow) | C.S. Gillman (bow) T.B |
| H. T. Clarke Q.S. (stroke) | E.T. Brandon Q.S. (stroke) | R. Beames T.B. (stroke) |
| R. Vavasseur Q.S. (cox) | V.H. James T.B. (cox) | C.N. Clarke T.B. (cox) |
Brandon won easily Clarke beating Beames for 2nd place.
| Heat I | ||
| Surrey | Centre | Middlesex |
| E. Poland T.B. (bow) | H.W. Waterfield Q.S. (bow) | O. Scoones Q.S. (bow) |
| R.H. Coke Q.S. (stroke) | R.T. Squire T.B (stroke) | W.W. Bury Q.S. (stroke) |
| S.H. Clarke Q.S. (cox) | G.G. Phillimore Q.S. (cox) | R. de Carteret TB. (cox) |
Coke won by 1 1/6 lengths from Bury
In the first final heat Brandon won by a length
John Barwick Hodge
for W.L. Benbow Prin. Opp.
July 6th Scratch Fours –
Centre station R.H. Coke’s crew _____________ 1
Surrey station E.J.H. Brandon’s crew _________ 2
Surrey centre T. Morison’s crew ____________ 3
Middlesex station R.T. Squire’s crew ____________ 4
Middlesex station W.W. Bury’s crew ____________ 0
Squire’s boat went off with the lead which it held till the point where Coke headed him and won by 2 lengths the rest finishing in the order given above. The winning crew was made up as follows
E.J. Logan T.B. (bow)
- R. Berens T.B.
- W.M. Meredith T.B.
R.H. Coke Q.S. (stroke)
R.M. de Carteret (cox)
July 9th T.B Rudder
Centre station W.M. Meredith, R. Berens (stroke), G.G. Phillimore (cox) 1
Middlesex station R. Beames, C.B. Crews (stroke), J.E.R. Wimbush 2
Three other boats stroked by E.C. Frere, T. Morison and A.C.W. Jenner also started. Berens won by a length and a half.
The Senior Sculls were won by E.T.H. Brandon Q.S.
The Junior Sculls by E.C. Frere T.B.
The Leander Race was rowed on July 16th and resulted in a crushing defeat for the school. Coke, determined to signalize his captaincy in the only way he could think of, had made up his mind not to fill up the Eight; this determination naturally disgusted those fellows who had been ‘wiring up’ for their pinks and one of them (E. Poland T.B) who would have had to suffer considerable personal inconvenience in order to row wrote to Coke declining to row unless the Eight were filled up. This the latter refused to do and so Poland did not row. Squire also could not and Morison could not row – In consequence of these defections the Eight had only been out twice before the race and as the Leander had practised diligently the ‘pink’ of Westminster was left hopelessly in the rear. Our defeat however would not have been by so much as it was (namely three lengths) had Brandon made any real spurt. Our crew was made up as follows –
H.W. Waterfield (bow) Q.S.
- C.B. Crews T.B. (Emergency)
- W.M. Meredith T.B. (Emergency)
- O. Scoones Q.S. (Emergency)
- H.T. Clarke Q.S.
- W.W. Bury Q.S.
- R.H Coke Q.S.
E.T.A. Brandon (stroke) Q.S.
G.G. Phillimore (cox) T.B.
I omitted to state that R.C. Batley T.B. was unable to row
J Barwick Hodge
for W.L. Benbow Prin. Opp.