Antique Pembroke College Cambridge Senior 8s 3 Handled Pewter Rowing Trophy 1890
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:3690208 | Period: Pre 1900s |
| Sport: Rowing | Type: Tankard |
This is a large trophy which is 18 cm tall and the base is 15 cm in diameter. It is unusually round at the bottom but triangular at top.
The original glass base has been replaced at some point with perspex but this is now cracked too.
It is made from Pewter by the Company MUNSEY of Cambridge.
It is inscribed on each of its 3 sides.
One shows the coat of arms for Pembroke College
The second is inscribed "PCBC - SENIOR - TRIAL EIGHTS - 1890"
The third side lists the... members of the crew and their weights in stones and pounds as follows:
BOW PM Nix 9 . 82 H Forman 10 . 53 HW Peploe 10 . 104 CD Hoste 10 . 55 BN Keymer 11 . 56 EL Davys 11 . 57 JB Atkins 11 . 4STKH Clayton 10 . 2COX BRM Forbes 7 . 11
A little research found that JB Atkins appears on Wikipedia as John Black Adams and describes him as follows:He was the third son of James Bucknell Atkins of Anerley, born on 5 November 1871. He was educated at Marlborough College, matriculating in 1889 at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1892 and M.A. in 1896.[3] At Cambridge, he ran against William Beach Thomas of Oxford University when competing in the Cambridge University athletics team.[4]After Cambridge, Atkins joined the Manchester Guardian. He left England on 23 April 1898[5] as the first special correspondent of the newspaper[1] to cover the Spanish–American War of 1898 in both Cuba and Puerto Rico.[6] Atkins covered the Battle of El Caney[6] and accompanied General William Rufus Shafter's army in the Capture of Santiago[7] in Cuba. In Puerto Rico he covered the attack on Asomante Heights and interviewed General Nelson A. Miles.Atkins was specially chosen by Charles Prestwich Scott, the then editor of the Manchester Guardian to cover the Second Boer War for his journalistic skills. Scott who sought to reflect his newspaper as a neutral force in the opposition of the war chose Atkins for his non-imperialistic views. Yet as the war progressed Atkins tended to support the war effort sticking only to the facts.[8]Atkins made friends with fellow correspondent Winston Churchill (who later went on to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) whom he described as "slim, slightly reddish-haired, pale, lively, frequently plunging along the deck".[9] He later published the book The Relief of Ladysmith based on his experience in the Boer War.[6] On his return to England he was promoted to London editor in 1901.[1] He left the Manchester Guardian in 1907 and joined The Spectator as an assistant editor. He held that position until 1926.[
The original glass base has been replaced at some point with perspex but this is now cracked too.
It is made from Pewter by the Company MUNSEY of Cambridge.
It is inscribed on each of its 3 sides.
One shows the coat of arms for Pembroke College
The second is inscribed "PCBC - SENIOR - TRIAL EIGHTS - 1890"
The third side lists the... members of the crew and their weights in stones and pounds as follows:
BOW PM Nix 9 . 82 H Forman 10 . 53 HW Peploe 10 . 104 CD Hoste 10 . 55 BN Keymer 11 . 56 EL Davys 11 . 57 JB Atkins 11 . 4STKH Clayton 10 . 2COX BRM Forbes 7 . 11
A little research found that JB Atkins appears on Wikipedia as John Black Adams and describes him as follows:He was the third son of James Bucknell Atkins of Anerley, born on 5 November 1871. He was educated at Marlborough College, matriculating in 1889 at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1892 and M.A. in 1896.[3] At Cambridge, he ran against William Beach Thomas of Oxford University when competing in the Cambridge University athletics team.[4]After Cambridge, Atkins joined the Manchester Guardian. He left England on 23 April 1898[5] as the first special correspondent of the newspaper[1] to cover the Spanish–American War of 1898 in both Cuba and Puerto Rico.[6] Atkins covered the Battle of El Caney[6] and accompanied General William Rufus Shafter's army in the Capture of Santiago[7] in Cuba. In Puerto Rico he covered the attack on Asomante Heights and interviewed General Nelson A. Miles.Atkins was specially chosen by Charles Prestwich Scott, the then editor of the Manchester Guardian to cover the Second Boer War for his journalistic skills. Scott who sought to reflect his newspaper as a neutral force in the opposition of the war chose Atkins for his non-imperialistic views. Yet as the war progressed Atkins tended to support the war effort sticking only to the facts.[8]Atkins made friends with fellow correspondent Winston Churchill (who later went on to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) whom he described as "slim, slightly reddish-haired, pale, lively, frequently plunging along the deck".[9] He later published the book The Relief of Ladysmith based on his experience in the Boer War.[6] On his return to England he was promoted to London editor in 1901.[1] He left the Manchester Guardian in 1907 and joined The Spectator as an assistant editor. He held that position until 1926.[
