Woodgate, Walter Bradford
Date Born/Est
20 Sep 1840
Date Died/Ceased
01 Nov 1920
Biographical Display
W.B.'GUTS' WOODGATE, oarsman, coach, writer and journalist, lawyer
Walter Bradford Woodgate (1840-1920), known as 'Guts', was educated at Radley and Brasenose College, Oxford. Called to the bar, he preferred journalism, writing and good fellowship. Unmarried, he had a wealth of friends and a robust approach to life.
This latter was especially obvious in his attitude to rowing. A winning blue for Oxford in 1862 and 1863, he had many victories at Henley for Brasenose and Kingston RC. He engineered the introduction of coxwainless fours at the Regatta during the late 1860s and early 1870s. He had a simple, straightforward view of amateurism, namely that a gentleman was by definition an amateur.
Walter Bradford Woodgate (1840-1920), known as 'Guts', was educated at Radley and Brasenose College, Oxford. Called to the bar, he preferred journalism, writing and good fellowship. Unmarried, he had a wealth of friends and a robust approach to life.
This latter was especially obvious in his attitude to rowing. A winning blue for Oxford in 1862 and 1863, he had many victories at Henley for Brasenose and Kingston RC. He engineered the introduction of coxwainless fours at the Regatta during the late 1860s and early 1870s. He had a simple, straightforward view of amateurism, namely that a gentleman was by definition an amateur.
Place Of Birth
Belbroughton/Worcestershire/England
