Downstream

born in Cardiff in 1886, had a
glittering career, representing
Great Britain in five Olympic
Games, twice as captain of
the winning water polo team.
The Kew to Putney race for
men continued until the
outbreak of the Second World
War, while at some point a
separate race for women was
introduced. In 1921 the
‘ladies’ long distance
swimming championship’
from Kew to Putney was won