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Women's world championship crew, 1974

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Women's world championship crew, 1974

Women's rowing began to be taken seriously in the late 1960s, and this crew competed at the world championships in Lucerne in 1974. They are (from left) Lesley Milne, Robyn Matheson, Liz Cato and Marion Horwell, with Vicki Colville as cox.

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David Green, Rowing – Competitive rowing in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41266/womens-world-championship-crew-1974 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Green, published 8 April 2013, updated 19 September 2016.