[Poster published 23 July 1862]
To L.W. Jarvis, Esq., the Mayor of Lynn
We, the undersigned, being anxious to promote the Annual Regatta in this port, respectfully request that you will convene a Public Meeting of the inhabitants to take the subject into consideration.
Walter Moyse, George Wells, John Andrews, Thos. F. Cadman, W. Burkitt, W. Clifton Jr., W. Clark, W.W. Moyse, Edmd. Green, William Ess, W.K. Patrick, W. Jones, F. Jones, C. Harding, J.H. Gregory, James Rix, Junr., John Greenacre, G.G. Sadler, Robt. G. Jones, H.H. Cook, J.M. Poullin, Alfred Dodman, J. Stocking, Herbert W. Day, James Green, A.E. Aikin, Benj. Thos. Birch, H.W. Allen, R. Fuller, Wm. R. Mills, Household, Geo. Atmore, Robt. Frank, W. Eggett, Henry Cross, John Clark, Henry Spencer, M.G. Tilson, H.J. Smith, Thomas Batterbee, Geo. Holditch, John Holmes, J.W. Bailey, W. Johnson, J.H. Horsley.
In compliance with the foregoing requisition, a Public Meeting will be held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening next, at seven o'clock.
L.W. JARVIS, Mayor
[Reported in the Lynn Advertiser Saturday 26 August 1865.]
The course for the minor races was from the Committee's boat near the railway bridge, rounding a flag boat moored about half a mile up the cut, and returning to the Committee's boat. The course for the four-oared gig race and the Great Sweepstakes was from the upper end of the Championship course, finishing at the Committee's boat, a distance of 3,300 yards.
Four-oared Match for Lynn ships' boats . First£3 10s; second £1 10s.
| Boats' names |
Owners |
Places |
| Vivid |
R. Ellis |
1 |
| Enchantress |
R. Ellis |
2 |
| Mitten Hill |
J. Oakes |
3 |
Sculling Match in gigs, not outrigged, for the Ouze Cup, value £3. Hornigold sculled in a very superior boat and won easily. A protest was entered on the ground that his boat was not a gig.
| W. Hornigold |
1 |
| R. Bayes |
2 |
| A. Drake |
3 |
Four-oared Match for Lynn Tidesmen's boats. First £3 10s; second £1 10s. An objection was lodged against the second boat, on the ground that it was not entered in time.
| Boats' names |
Owners |
Places |
| Unknown |
J. Palmer |
1 |
| Alabama |
F. Dickerson |
2 |
| Mitre |
J. Lee |
3 |
| Surprise |
T. Smith |
|
Four-oared Match for amateurs , in gigs not outrigged, for five handsome cups. The Cambridge Town Club took the lead all the way and won easily by a length; a good race between the second and third, the former (though one of them broke an oar) winning by a small space.
| Clubs |
Crews |
Boats |
Places |
| Cambridge Town |
B. Diver, J. Hodson,
W. Harvey,
H. Emerson,
cox J. Rogers. |
- |
1
|
| Lynn Rowing |
G. Murrell, F. Jones,
H. Green,
F. Walker,
cox T. Massingham. |
Queen |
2
|
| Lynn Neptune |
W. Howlett, O. Moyse,
J. Stocking,
W.W. Moyse,
cox M. Wilson. |
Undine |
3
|
Shovel Match for ships' boats belonging to Lynn. First £3 10s; second £1 10s.
| Boats' names |
Owners |
Places |
| Mitten Hill |
J. Oakes |
1 |
| Vivid |
R. Ellis |
2 |
| Enchantress |
R. Ellis |
3 |
Sculling Match for Lynn amateurs , in outriggers, for a handsome cup.
| T. Meadows King |
1 |
| W. Barrett |
2 |
| H.F. Smith |
- |
[Reported in the Lynn Advertiser Saturday 21 September 1867.]
Lynn Amateur Scullers Race of one mile for a silver cup of the value of £5. Bennell took in so much wat er before making the start that he was unable to race. Holmes was similarly handicapped and Jones won easily.
| Scullers |
Clubs |
Stations |
Places |
| F. Jones |
King's Lynn Rowing Club |
west |
1 |
| J. Holmes |
Alexandra Rowing Club |
east |
2 |
| R. Bennell |
King's Lynn Rowing Club |
|
disabled |
Open Scullers' Race of two miles over the championship course. Cooper drew ahead of Sadler after 150 yards and succeeded in taking better water on the west station. The race remained close but Cooper won by three quarters of a length.
| Scullers |
Homes |
Stations |
Places |
| Robert Cooper |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
east |
1 |
| William Sadler |
Putney |
west |
2 |
| Robert Chambers |
Wallsend |
|
non-starter |
Four Oared Ships' Boats Race of one mile.
| Boats' names |
Owners |
Places |
|
| The Sarah Ann |
R. Ellis |
1 |
by two lengths |
| Susannah |
W. Couzens |
2 |
|
| Iris |
Brook |
3 |
|
| Merlin |
Smith |
0 |
|
Four Oared Gig Race of one mile for amateurs belonging to the Lynn clubs.
| Clubs |
Crews |
Places |
|
| King's Lynn Rowing Club |
R. Bennell, R.D. Rust,
R. Markham,
F. Jones,
cox E.R. Thrower. |
1 |
by six lengths |
| Alexandra Rowing Club/ Lynn |
R. Birch, J. Metcalfe,
J. Rutter,
J.V. Cunnington,
cox J. Holmes. |
2 |
|
| Lynn Neptune Boat Club |
|
|
non-starter |
Shovel Race of one mile.
| Boats' names |
Owners |
Places |
|
| Susannah |
Couzens |
1 |
by a length and a half |
| Merlin |
Smith |
2 |
|
| Sarah Ann |
R. Ellis |
3 |
|
| Celerity |
Hammond |
0 |
|
| Iris |
Brook |
0 |
|
| Yar |
Johnson |
0 |
|
Four Oared Outrigger Race . King's Lynn Rowing Club rowed over; Pride of the Ouse crew absent.
Amateur Canoe Race for a handsome cup. J. Rutter, Alexandra Rowing Club paddled over.
Sadler v Percy for £400, two miles over the championship course. See chapter 8 of Glimpses of Fiddaman's Lynn.
[Reported in the Lynn Advertiser 8 June 1867.]
King's Lynn Amateur Race, scullers , a Challenge Cup and silver medal, value £11. Lynn amateurs. One mile. Both got excited at starting, and coming in contact after going about a quarter of a mile, a foul resulted, and Harding's skiff capsized, Bennell being left to row over.
| R. Bennell |
King's Lynn Rowing Club |
1 |
| C.W. Harding |
Lynn Neptune Boat Club |
0 |
Championship of the Ouze, scullers. Open. The first man to receive the title, twenty sovs. and the medal; the second to receive five sovs. About two miles.
First heat. All three started well together, but it was soon apparent that the race belonged to Taylor, who won easily, Caffin giving up some way from home.
| James Taylor |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
1 |
| James Boyde |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
2 |
| J.A. Caffin |
Wandsworth |
3 |
Second heat. After a false start, the pair got off together, when Hoare took the lead and won easily by 50 yards.
| Thomas Hoare |
Hammersmith |
1 |
| Mat. Taylor |
Ouseburn |
2 |
Final heat. When the two men were a quarter of a mile from the starting-point, Taylor's boat parted at midships. Hoare thus became Champion of the Ouze for the third time.
| T. Hoare |
1 |
| James Taylor |
2 |
Sandringham Goblets , value £10, pair oars. Amateurs. One mile.
Row over by London Rowing Club - Bow, R.W. Willis; stroke, R.G. Graham.
West Norfolk Prize . Five handsome cups, four-oared gigs, Lynn amateurs. About one mile. This was decidedly the best race of the day. After an even start, Victory took a slight lead, but was soon overhauled by the Undine, which then took the lead by a length and maintained it to the end.
| Lynn Neptune Boat Club |
R. Howlett, S.M. Wilson,
A. Goebbels,
C.W. Harding,
cox W.J. Freeman. |
Undine |
1 |
| King's Lynn Rowing Club |
G. Murrell, I. Rix,
F. Jones,
J.W. Brown,
cox W. Churchman. |
Victory |
2 |
Prince of Wales' Prize. Five silver cups value 25 guineas. Amateurs, four-oared outriggers. One mile.
First heat. The London Rowing Club rowed over. S.Le B. Smith, R.G. Graham, R.W. Willis, J.C.F. May, cox, P. Weston.
Second heat. Third Trinity took the lead after a good start, and maintained it the whole distance, winning by a length and a half.
| Third Trinity Club |
Cambridge |
J. Rigden, C. Oldman,
Sir A. Lambe,
J. Blake Humphrey,
cox A.J. Goodford. |
1 |
| Pembroke College |
Cambridge |
J.B. Colgrove, G. Henderson,
H.T. Nadin, G.E. Wright,
cox G.G. Kemp. |
2 |
Final heat. The London Rowing Club rowed over.
Amateur Championship of the Ouze. Challenge Cup, and a silver medal, value sixteen guineas. Scullers in outriggers. Amateurs. About two miles.
First heat. Finche took the lead at starting, followed by Diver and Slater. Finche and Diver soon cleared the Londoner, and at 400 yards Diver drew level with Finche and shortly afterwards began to head him. Finche in his turn spurted, and Slater having settled to his work came up, and at half a mile they were all nearly as level as possible. Diver then came away and got half a length clear of Finche, both steering wildly, and at three quarters of a mile a foul occurred, which Finche claimed and the referee allowed, notwithstanding which Diver raced after Slater, who won easily.
| W.L. Slater |
West London Rowing Club |
|
1 |
| G. Diver |
Petrel Rowing Club |
Ipswich |
0 |
| A.J. Finche |
Lady Margaret Club |
Cambridge |
0 |
Second heat. Walker gradually came away, and by the time they reached the first quarter-mile post Walker had cleared Shann and taken his water, and shortly led by a couple of lengths. This order was maintained for about a mile, when Shann put it on and raced up to the Corpus man; but Walker gamely answered spurt with spurt till the mile and a half had been covered, when regularly beaten by his own exertions and the ebbing tide he stopped and allowed Shann to go in and win.
| George Shann |
First Trinity |
Cambridge |
1 |
| Bryan Walker |
Corpus College |
Cambridge |
2 |
Final heat. The winner of last year's Colquhoun sculls came away from the Londoner at the start, and gradually increasing his lead all the way down, won by five or six lengths.
| George Shann |
First Trinity |
Cambridge |
1 |
| W.L. Slater |
West London Rowing Club |
|
2 |
Members' Plate, five cups, £10 10s, four-oared outriggers, Lynn amateurs. One mile. This was an easy victory for the Neptune Club.
| Lynn Neptune Boat Club |
R. Howlett, S.M. Wilson,
A. Goebbels,
J.W. Barrett,
cox S. Sharp. |
1 |
| King's Lynn Rowing Club |
T. Lindsey, J. Metcalf,
R. Bennell,
F. Jones,
cox W. King. |
2 |
King's Lynn Challenge Cup , and nine silver medals, value £40. Eight oared. Amateurs. One mile. The race was between the two Cambridge boats, the Lynn crew being nowhere. After a good race the First Trinity came in first by a length and a half. This club were the holders of the cup last year.
First Trinity Club,
Cambridge |
M. Longridge, A. Barrett, W.V. Bagshawe,
W.H. Christie, F. Ayers, J.D. Inverarity,
H.C. Watson, C.E. Malden, cox J.L. Seager. |
1 |
Christ's & Pembroke College
Amalgamation |
Patterson, Colgrove, Holme,
Henderson, Nadin, Linsell,
Watson, Wright. cox Fox. |
2 |
Lynn Neptune Boat Club &
King's Lynn Rowing Club
Amalgamation |
J. Metcalfe, T.O. Moyse, G. Murrell,
R.D. Rust, A. Goebbels, T.C. Carey,
J. Brown, F. Jones, cox J.W. Barrett. |
3 |
Alexandra Plate. A purse of £25; watermen's four-oared outriggers. One mile. This was a good race between the London watermen, who kept nearly level the whole distance; the Alexandra crew putting on a fine spurt at 100 yards from home, came in winners by nearly a length.
| Alexandra Crew |
T. Hoare - Hammersmith; J. Tagg - Moulsey;
J.A. Caffyn - Wandsworth; J. Pedgrift - Surbiton;
cox W.P. Weston - L.R.C.. |
1 |
| Prince of Wales' Crew |
T. Wise - Hammersmith; J. Callas - Richmond;
W. Sadler - Putney; G. Cannon - Blackwall;
cox Mr. J. Coyte - Clare College Cambridge. |
2 |
A Scratch Match in eight-oared outriggers , which was a row over, finished the sports of the day.
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