Croker Oars was started by Howard Croker in Sydney Australia. Howard was an enthusiastic coach and for some years 1975 -76 he coached at Scots College in Sydney.
His Oars were used by mainly by school boy crews and expanded to be used by local Australian rowing club, State and Australian Crews.
Croker had been an ardent supporter of Robert Peel, but finally broke with him when he began to advocate the repeal of the Corn Laws.
Croker was occupied for several years on an annotated edition of Alexander Pope's works.
Croker was generally supposed to be the original from which Disraeli drew the character of "Rigby" in Coningsby, because he had for many years had the sole management of the estates of the marquess of Hertford, the "Lord Monmouth" of the story.
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