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{{short description|New Zealand rower and rugby union footballer}}
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'''Ben Waters''' was a [[New Zealand]] [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed at the [[1930 British Empire Games]].
'''Edward Arthur''' "'''Ben'''" '''Waters''' (13 October 1907 &ndash; 30 October 1992) was a New Zealand [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who won two medals at the [[New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games|1930 British Empire Games]]. He later unsuccessfully stood as a [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] parliamentary candidate at several elections.


==Early life and family==
In 1930 he was a member of the New Zealand Coxed Four team that won the gold medal in the British Empire Games in Hamilton. He was also part of the Men's Eight that earned a silver medal at the same Games.<ref>[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=26309&id=1 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website]</ref>
Born at [[Marton, New Zealand|Marton]] on 13 October 1907, Waters was the son of Thomas Edward Waters and Grace Hannah Eliza Waters (née Mainwaring).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5544&indiv=try&db=canadianpl&h=1188612 |title=Canadian passenger lists, 1865–1935 |year=2010 |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=14 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths |title=Birth index registration number 1907/21873 |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> He married Kathleen Mary Dobson on 12 August 1933,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages |title=Marriage index registration number 1933/4776 |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> and the couple went on to have five children.<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/>

==Sporting career==
===Rowing===
A member of the Hamilton Rowing Club, Waters began rowing as a 17-year-old.<ref name="BOP Times 1930">{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19300514.2.27 | title=Rowing: a wonderful record | date=14 May 1930 | work=[[Bay of Plenty Times]] | accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=4 | volume=LVIII | issue=10376}}</ref> In 1929 he was a member of the Hamilton four that won the national championship.<ref name="BOP Times 1930"/> In March of the following year, he participated in a trial race for selection of the New Zealand team to compete at the 1930 British Empire Games in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], but was not initially chosen for the 12-man squad.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19300324.2.156 | title=Test trial race | date=24 March 1930 | work=The New Zealand Herald| accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=12}}</ref> However, he was included in the final squad selected in late June,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19300623.2.69 | title=Empire Games: N.Z. rowing eight final selection | date=23 June 1930 | work=Northern Advocate | accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=6}}</ref> and competed in both the men's eight and coxed four at the 1930 Empire Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/ben-waters/ |title=Ben Waters |year=2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the [[Rowing at the 1930 British Empire Games|coxed four]], alongside [[Mick Brough]], [[Jack Macdonald (sportsman)|Jack Macdonald]], [[Bert Sandos]], and [[Arthur Eastwood]] (cox), and a silver medal in the eights, finishing three-quarters of a boat length behind the victorious English crew.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301018.2.143.5 | title=Rowing | date=18 October 1930 | work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]] | accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=22}}</ref>

Selected for the New Zealand rowing squad to compete at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], Waters was unable to afford to attend.<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/>

Waters later served as chairman of the Hamilton Rowing Club for almost 25 years.<ref name="NZ Herald 1990">{{cite news | title=A sorry time for sport | date=17 January 1990 | work=The New Zealand Herald| page=9 | first=Kingsley | last=Field}}</ref>

===Other sports===
Waters played two [[rugby union]] matches as a [[Rugby union positions#Forwards|forward]] at a provincial level for {{Rut|Waikato}} in 1929, and was later a Waikato rugby administrator.<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/><ref name="NZ Herald 1946">{{cite news | title=Election reviews | date=29 October 1946 | work=The New Zealand Herald| page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mooloo.co.nz/history/waikato-players/?sort_order=capno&start=125 |title=Waikato players |publisher=Waikato Rugby Union |accessdate=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207200900/http://www.mooloo.co.nz/history/waikato-players/?sort_order=capno&start=125 |archive-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290803.2.123 | title=To-day's rugby match: Auckland and Waikato | date=3 August 1929 | work=The New Zealand Herald| accessdate=9 July 2017 | page=15}}</ref> He also played representative [[cricket]] and [[tennis]].<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/>

==Politics==
Waters was a carpenter and union organiser,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19430619.2.63 | title=Waitomo seat | date=19 June 1943 | work=[[Auckland Star]] | accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=6}}</ref> and was described as an "incisive critic of [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] policy".<ref name="NZ Herald 1946"/> During [[World War II]] he was serving as a [[leading aircraftman]] in the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] when he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the {{NZ electorate link|Waitomo}} electorate at the [[1943 New Zealand general election|1943 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19430705.2.79.3 | title=Waitomo Labour nominee | date=5 July 1943 | work=[[Auckland Star]] | accessdate=14 June 2017 | page=5}}</ref> He finished second, 1881 votes behind the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] incumbent, [[Walter Broadfoot]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1944 |title=The general election, 1943 |url=http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1944-I.2.2.5.38 |journal=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |pages=26–27 |accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref>

At the [[1946 New Zealand general election|1946 general election]], Waters contested the newly created {{NZ electorate link|Piako}} electorate, losing by 5111 votes to [[Stan Goosman]] of the National Party.<ref name="Norton">{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Clifford |title=New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987 |year=1988 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science |location=Wellington |isbn=0-475-11200-8}}</ref> Waters stood for Labour in the {{NZ electorate link|Hamilton}} electorate at the [[1951 New Zealand general election|1951 election]], but was defeated by National's incumbent MP, [[Hilda Ross]], by 2252 votes.<ref name="Norton"/> In [[1954 New Zealand general election|1954]], Waters again stood against Ross in Hamilton, reducing her majority to 1430.<ref name="Norton"/> Following Ross's death in 1959, Waters contested the resulting [[1959 Hamilton by-election|by-election]], but lost to [[Lance Adams-Schneider]] from National by 2988 votes.<ref name="Norton"/>

==Later life and death==
Waters became a builder and building supervisor.<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/> He lived in retirement in Hamilton,<ref name="NZ Herald 1990"/> and was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen, in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=waters&forename=kathleen+mary |title=Cemetery search |publisher=Hamilton City Council |accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> Waters himself died on 30 October 1992, and he was buried at Hamilton East Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=waters&forename=edward+arthur |title=Cemetery search |publisher=Hamilton City Council |accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 04:52, 9 July 2023

Ben Waters
Waters in 1960
Personal information
Birth nameEdward Arthur Waters
Born(1907-10-13)13 October 1907
Marton, New Zealand
Died30 October 1992(1992-10-30) (aged 85)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Spouse
Kathleen Mary Dobson
​
​
(m. 1933; died 1973)​
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
ClubHamilton Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 Hamilton Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1930 Hamilton Eight
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929 Waikato 2 (0)

Edward Arthur "Ben" Waters (13 October 1907 – 30 October 1992) was a New Zealand rower who won two medals at the 1930 British Empire Games. He later unsuccessfully stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate at several elections.

Early life and family

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Born at Marton on 13 October 1907, Waters was the son of Thomas Edward Waters and Grace Hannah Eliza Waters (née Mainwaring).[2][3] He married Kathleen Mary Dobson on 12 August 1933,[4] and the couple went on to have five children.[5]

Sporting career

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Rowing

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A member of the Hamilton Rowing Club, Waters began rowing as a 17-year-old.[6] In 1929 he was a member of the Hamilton four that won the national championship.[6] In March of the following year, he participated in a trial race for selection of the New Zealand team to compete at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, but was not initially chosen for the 12-man squad.[7] However, he was included in the final squad selected in late June,[8] and competed in both the men's eight and coxed four at the 1930 Empire Games.[9] He won a gold medal in the coxed four, alongside Mick Brough, Jack Macdonald, Bert Sandos, and Arthur Eastwood (cox), and a silver medal in the eights, finishing three-quarters of a boat length behind the victorious English crew.[10]

Selected for the New Zealand rowing squad to compete at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Waters was unable to afford to attend.[5]

Waters later served as chairman of the Hamilton Rowing Club for almost 25 years.[5]

Other sports

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Waters played two rugby union matches as a forward at a provincial level for Waikato in 1929, and was later a Waikato rugby administrator.[5][11][12][13] He also played representative cricket and tennis.[5]

Politics

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Waters was a carpenter and union organiser,[14] and was described as an "incisive critic of National Party policy".[11] During World War II he was serving as a leading aircraftman in the Royal New Zealand Air Force when he stood as the Labour Party candidate for the Waitomo electorate at the 1943 general election.[15] He finished second, 1881 votes behind the National Party incumbent, Walter Broadfoot.[16]

At the 1946 general election, Waters contested the newly created Piako electorate, losing by 5111 votes to Stan Goosman of the National Party.[17] Waters stood for Labour in the Hamilton electorate at the 1951 election, but was defeated by National's incumbent MP, Hilda Ross, by 2252 votes.[17] In 1954, Waters again stood against Ross in Hamilton, reducing her majority to 1430.[17] Following Ross's death in 1959, Waters contested the resulting by-election, but lost to Lance Adams-Schneider from National by 2988 votes.[17]

Later life and death

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Waters became a builder and building supervisor.[5] He lived in retirement in Hamilton,[5] and was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen, in 1973.[18] Waters himself died on 30 October 1992, and he was buried at Hamilton East Cemetery.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "For Canada: N.Z. rowing team". Auckland Star. 23 June 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Canadian passenger lists, 1865–1935". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Birth index registration number 1907/21873". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Marriage index registration number 1933/4776". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Field, Kingsley (17 January 1990). "A sorry time for sport". The New Zealand Herald. p. 9.
  6. ^ a b "Rowing: a wonderful record". Bay of Plenty Times. Vol. LVIII, no. 10376. 14 May 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Test trial race". The New Zealand Herald. 24 March 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Empire Games: N.Z. rowing eight final selection". Northern Advocate. 23 June 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Ben Waters". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Rowing". The Evening Post. 18 October 1930. p. 22. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Election reviews". The New Zealand Herald. 29 October 1946. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Waikato players". Waikato Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ^ "To-day's rugby match: Auckland and Waikato". The New Zealand Herald. 3 August 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Waitomo seat". Auckland Star. 19 June 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Waitomo Labour nominee". Auckland Star. 5 July 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  16. ^ "The general election, 1943". Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives: 26–27. 1944. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. ^ a b c d Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand parliamentary election results, 1946–1987. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Department of Political Science. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  18. ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  19. ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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