Balliol College (Oxford) Regatta: the prize for the 'Scratch Eights' rowing in 1876, a commemorative lidded-pewter tankard with glass base, recording
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Balliol College (Oxford) Regatta: the prize for the 'Scratch Eights' rowing in 1876, a commemorative lidded-pewter tankard with glass base, recording the eight which rowed in the College Regatta of 1876, height 20.5cm., 8in.; sold together with a scanned photograph and biographical text relating to crew member Robert Findlay (2) Each member of the eight were awarded with an identical tankard. Members of the team included; William Anthony Byam Musgrave (24th. March 1856 - 1904) Barrister and son of Sir Anthony Musgrave (Governor of Newfoundland & Queensland); Arthur Delaval Younghusband (1855 - 1931) entered Indian Civil Service and became the Commissioner in Sind Province; Robert Elmsall Findlay (25th. April 1855 - 19th. Nov. 1928) became a Manila and Japan Merchant and J.P. for Dunbarton and Algernon Philips Withlel Thomas (1857-?) who became the Professor of Biology at University College, Auckland, and who retired to New Zealand.