Oswald Denison

Rowing A member of the Waitemata Rowing Club, Denison was the stroke of the Auckland eight that finished third at the interprovincial eights championship in March 1937.

In May 1937, Denison was named as an emergency for the rowing squad to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games, but was later confirmed as a member of the New Zealand eight. At the games, he rowed in the two seat, and won a bronze medal, with the New Zealand eight finishing in third, two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew.

Competing at the same games, his father, Walter Denison, won a gold medal for New Zealand in lawn bowls men's pairs.

Later life and death Denison died on 15 November 1990 at Houhora, and his ashes were buried at North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland. He had been predeceased by his wife in 1987.