Rowing Medals & Awards

Lot 2220    Day 2    Rowing Medals & Awards

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

JUDGE'S BAY AMATEUR REGATTA, 1885, prize medal in silver (27.5mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'L.Wilson/Sculling/Race/1885'; Hobson's Bay Regatta, prize medal in silver (23.5mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won/by/A.L.Wilson/1885'; J.B.R.C. (Judge's Bay Rowing Club), 1887, prize medal in silver and gold (32x32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/L.Wilson/Junior Dingy/Race'; Unnamed athletics prize medal, 1887, in silver and gold (34x34mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/A L Wilson/1/2 Mile'; Printers Picnic, 1889, prize medal in silver and gold (32x32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Printers/Picnic/1/2 Mile Handp/First Prize/Won By/A.L.Wilson/1889'. Hairlines and contact marks, otherwise very fine. (5)

Arthur Liston Wilson was born in Auckland on 5 August 1870, the grandson of William Chisholm Wilson, the founder of the New Zealand Herald newspaper. He attended Auckland Grammar School where he excelled in athletics and gymnastics. After completing his schooling he spent many years on the staff of the Herald.