Ken Boswell (rower)

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Ken Boswell
Personal information
Birth nameKenneth James Boswell
Born (1912-09-16) 16 September 1912 (age 111)
Waihi, New Zealand
Died20 February 1984(1984-02-20) (aged 71)
Auckland, New Zealand
EducationPetone Technical High School
OccupationFitter
Sport
SportRowing
ClubPetone Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
National finalsCoxed four champion (1937)
Double sculls champion (1939, 1940)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1938 Sydney Coxed four

Kenneth James Boswell (16 September 1912 – 20 February 1984) was a New Zealand rower who won a silver medal representing his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.[1]

Biography[edit]

Born in Waihi on 16 September 1912, Boswell was the son of Mary Ellen Boswell (née Grant) and David McLaren Boswell, a miner and union member who was involved in the Waihi miners' strike.[2][3][4][5] The family moved to Petone, and Ken Boswell was educated at Petone Technical High School.[6] He played as a forward for the Petone Rugby League Club senior team,[7] and rowed for the Petone Rowing Club.

Boswell was a member of the Wellington provincial representative rowing eight in five seasons between 1934 and 1939, usually in the 6 or 7 seat.[8]

At the 1937 New Zealand Rowing Championships held at Akaroa in February 1937, the Petone four of Jim Clayton (stroke), Albert Hope, Boswell, and John Rigby, coxed by George Burns, won the senior men's coxed four title.[9] The same combination were selected to represent New Zealand in the same event at the 1938 British Empire Games, where they won the silver medal.[10][11]

Boswell gained two further national rowing titles, winning the men's double sculls at Picton in 1939 and Wellington in 1940, both with Petone clubmate Pat Abbott in the stroke seat.[12][13]

Boswell died on 20 February 1984, and he was cremated at the North Shore Memorial Park, Albany.[2][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Summary of All PRC Members". Petone Rowing Club. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Death search: registration number 1984/28170". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1912/17905". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Kenneth James Boswell". Maureen Wilton's family tree. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Waihi Trades Union of Workers: clearance certificate". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Examination passes". Evening Post. 21 November 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ "League football". Evening Post. 27 June 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Petone—a sporting community". Petone's first hundred years. Wellington: L. T. Watkins. 1940. pp. 223–226. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Champion oarsmen". Evening Post. 27 February 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Kenneth Boswell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Petone oarsmen". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXV, no. 15. 19 January 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Rowing titles". Evening Star. 13 February 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Centennial regatta". Otago Daily Times. 19 February 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Record for Kenneth James Boswell". Auckland Council. Retrieved 6 April 2021.


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