# Jim Stanbury

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{{short description|Australian rower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jim Stanbury
| birth_date  = 25 February 1868
| birth_place = Mullet Island, [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales)
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1945|12|11|1868|02|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Ryde](/source/Ryde), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales)
| title       = World Champion [sculler](/source/rowing_(sport))
| term        = 1890-1896
| predecessor = [John McLean (rower)](/source/John_McLean_(rower)) and [George Towns](/source/George_Towns_(rower))
| successor   = [Jacob Gaudaur](/source/Jacob_Gaudaur) and [George Towns](/source/George_Towns_(rower))
}}
'''James Stanbury''' (25 February 1868 – 11 December 1945)<ref name=adb>
{{Australian Dictionary of Biography
 |first=Scott |last=Bennett
 |title=Stanbury, James (Jim) (1868–1945)
 |id2=stanbury-james-jim-8618
 |accessdate=7 September 2013
}}</ref> was a [world champion](/source/World_Sculling_Championship) [sculler](/source/Sculling).

Stanbury was born on [Mullet Island](/source/Dangar_Island)<ref name=adb/> on the [Hawkesbury River](/source/Hawkesbury_River), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales)  and was the successor of [John McLean](/source/John_McLean_(rower)) in the rowing championship of the world. In 1887, he won the first prize in the Lake Bathurst handicap, but was later beaten the same year by Christian Neilson in a race over the Parramatta championship course.<ref name=Mennell/> The next year he defeated Julius Wulf, but was himself defeated by Searle in a very toughly fought contest.<ref name=Mennell/> In 1890 Stanbury defeated O'Connor, the American champion, twice. O'Connor had been beaten by Searle on the Thames in the previous year, in each case over the Parramatta course.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

On 28 April 1891 he defeated [John McLean](/source/John_McLean_(rower)), another New South Wales sculler, over the same course for the Championship of the World. The time was 22m.15s. These two had a return Title match on 7 July with Stanbury the victor in a time of 18m.25s. The course was the Shorter Parramatta course.  On 2 May 1892 he had another win for the World Title when he beat [Tom Sullivan](/source/Tom_Sullivan_(rower)), the New Zealand sculler, over the Parramatta course.<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Stanbury, James}}</ref> Again this was on the short course and the time was 17m.26s.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Stanbury had another Title win on 13 July 1896 when he beat [Charles R Harding](/source/Charles_R_Harding) on the Thames in a time of 21m 51s. On 7 Sept 1896, he lost the Title to [Jacob Gaudaur](/source/Jacob_Gaudaur) (known as 'Jake') on the Thames course in the time of 23m.1s. Gaudaur had a couple of Title Races and eventually lost to another Australian [George Towns](/source/George_Towns_(rower)).{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

On 22 July 1905, Stanbury regained the World Championship.<ref name=adb/> by beating Towns on the Parramatta Course in a time of 19m.4s. In a return match a year later (26 July 1906) Stanbury failed to retain the Title with Towns securing it for the second time. Thus Stanbury raced in seven title races and won five of them.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

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