World Sculling Championship
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The World Sculling Championship (1863–1957), evolved from the Championship of the Thames for professional scullers.
Championship Sculling Course Parramatta River Sydney NSW Australia 1920
Engraving printed in the Illustrated London News in September 1889 for the match between Henry Ernest Searle (left) of Australia and William Joseph O'Connor (right) of Canada
Henry Ernest Searle
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Henry Ernest Searle (1866–1889), was a professional Australian sculler, who also was the World Sculling Champion from 1888 until his premature death from typhoid in 1889.
Henry Searle Sculling Monument, Parramatta River course, near Henley.
"Professional Champion Sculler of the World" Searle as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1889
Plaque on river-front at Maclean NSW