Jim Stanbury

James Stanbury (25 February 1868 – 11 December 1945)[1] was a world champion sculler.

Jim Stanbury
Born25 February 1868
Mullet Island, New South Wales
Died11 December 1945(1945-12-11) (aged 77)
Ryde, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
TitleWorld champion sculler
Term1890-1896
PredecessorJohn McLean (rower)
SuccessorJacob Gaudaur

Stanbury was born on Mullet Island[1] on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales and was the successor of John McLean in the rowing championship of the world. In 1887 he won the first prize in the Lake Bathurst handicap, but was beaten the same year by Christian Neilson in a race over the Parramatta championship course.[2] The next year he defeated Julius Wulf, but was himself defeated by Searle in a very toughly fought contest.[2] In 1890 Stanbury twice defeated O'Connor, the American champion, who the year previously had been beaten by Searle on the Thames, in each case over the Parramatta course. On 29 April he defeated John McLean, another New South Wales sculler, over the same course for the championship of the world. In 1892 he also beat Tom Sullivan, the New Zealand sculler, over the Parramatta course.[2]

In 1905, Stanbury regained the world championship.[1]

References
  1. Bennett, Scott. "Stanbury, James (Jim) (1868–1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 7 September 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Stanbury, James" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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