Key Information
Reference code
K/PP132/11/4
Title
Papers relating to the discussion of the comparative merits of sculling versus rowing, 1886
Date(s)
- 1886 Oct - Dec (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent
21 items
Scope and content
Papers and correspondence in response to Furnivall's circular 'Sculls or oars. Maurice Rowing Club. To the scullers, present and future, of the club,' 12 October 1886, in which he stated his belief that sculling was superior as a sport to rowing, includes: letters to Furnivall from Edmund Warre, headmaster of Eton College and George Wirgman Hemming; newspaper cuttings from Oxford and Cambridge papers criticising Furnivall's opinions. 21 items