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Lemesurier (stk)\u003cbr\u003eRG Oxenham (cox)”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis trophy was presented to the Poona crew after achieving first place  in a rowing competition. These lightweight boats had four rowers, hence the term ‘challenge four’, with a steersman or coxswain sitting at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this team, the coxswain was Robert George Oxenham, the principal of Deccan College. To make a good coxswain, he would probably have been a light man of small stature. Oxenham was closely involved with the rowing club and presented cups himself in the years following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Poona Boat Club practiced on the Mula-Mutha River and the club is still open today. Amongst the club’s most notable fans was Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, who commanded the Bombay army from 1886 – 1890. 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The underside of the drinking bowl with deeply gadrooned petals, chased with acanthus leaves to the surface. The bowl arises from an ornamental shaped and pendant skirt, possibly a stylised depiction of a lotus, supported by a knopped stem and circular domed foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn inscription on the front of the cup reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e“CHALLENGE FOURS\u003cbr\u003eWON BY – POONA CREW\u003cbr\u003e1ST SEPT. 1879\u003cbr\u003eI – F. G. Selby            2 – H. Maclaine\u003cbr\u003e3 – S. W. Tyndall       T.A. Lemesurier (stk)\u003cbr\u003eRG Oxenham (cox)”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis trophy was presented to the Poona crew after achieving first place  in a rowing competition. These lightweight boats had four rowers, hence the term ‘challenge four’, with a steersman or coxswain sitting at the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this team, the coxswain was Robert George Oxenham, the principal of Deccan College. To make a good coxswain, he would probably have been a light man of small stature. Oxenham was closely involved with the rowing club and presented cups himself in the years following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Poona Boat Club practiced on the Mula-Mutha River and the club is still open today. Amongst the club’s most notable fans was Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, who commanded the Bombay army from 1886 – 1890. The club was later re-named after him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWeight 336 grams,  Diameter 10 cms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eItem: #308\u003c\/p\u003e"}