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Champion Fours 1939, Port Adelaide Rowing Club [SRG 873/1/40] • Photograph

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Summary

Digital copy of a photograph of the Port Adelaide Rowing Club, 1939-1940 season, winners of the Tub Slides at the Opening Regatta on 28 October 1939, Port Adelaide Regatta on 18 November 1939, Tailem Bend on 2 December 1939, and Champion Fours on 16 December 1939. Back: Mr. R.A. Francis (Coach). Middle row: Fred Wormleighton (Bow), Haydn Phillips (2), Jack Lock (3), Ron Bruton (Stroke). Front: Charlie Davis (Cox). They rowed in the boat WR Lock, a Tub Four built by Harold Lounder of Adelaide and launched on Opening Day 1939. The boat had an outstanding run of success from the time it was launched and crewed by Bruton, Lock, Phillips, Wormleighton and Davis. They were never beaten as a crew. [Adapted from the Port Adelaide Rowing Club website, History page, accessed 6/2/2015].

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 17.4 x 22.4 cm, on mount 24.7 x 30.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1939

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Rowing Club Collection

Subject

Port Adelaide Rowing Club
Rowing -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide
Regattas -- South Australia

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General notes

Part of a photographic scrapbook album of the Port Adelaide Rowing Club.

Digitisation information

Date

25/03/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,352 x 6,003 pixels (44.1 MP)

Size

132.43 MB

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