NZ Champion
His first professional race was for the Championship of New Zealand against James Stanbury, an Australian who was five times World Champion from 1891 to 1896 and again from 1905 to mid 1906. The race was run on the Whanganui River, New Zealand, on 26 December 1906 with a purse of £200 a side. Stanbury was nearing the end of his racing career and put up a good row but was well beaten by Webb in a time of 18m.50s for the three mile course. See also New Zealand Sculling Championship.
Read more about this topic: William Webb (rower), Professional Sculling
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