"Eliminating races are also necessary in the Diamond Sculls, in which there are quite a number of little-known scullers who have not won a senior sculling match. It therefore seems surprising that SEJ Hart, who has won a senior sculling race and has competed in the Wingfield Sculls, has been selected to row in an eliminating heat and scullers without such a qualification have been passed over." [The Times]

(Because of a subsequent scratching, Hart was not required to row an eliminating race.)