More Info →Winners of the Australasian Championship

Description

G Watchorn was involved in many sporting activities and competed in the Australasian Boxing Championship in 1910. He was awarded the gold medal for the most scientific boxing in the tournament. According to papers from the time, he won the competition against his competitor, Mr Ongley. He had been the New Zealand "welter weight" champion and runner-up in the Sydney Australiasian Championship in 1909. The people in this picture are: Back row, from left: A Porley (Pooley?), Mathewson, G Watchorn. From row, from left: P King, Lacey, Read.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sp 85

Date

1910

Digitisation ID

2014N_Sp85_008547

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