Four spectators or committee members on the starting platform on the Gravesend side of the River Thames opposite Tilbury after the start of a barge match. The photographer is looking north-north-east across the river showing an elderly man holding binoculars near the signal mast. He is facing the photographer and has a circular badge on his left lapel and a tiepin that looks like a flag emblem. He is in discussion with two other men, one of whom is wearing a mayoral type chain of office. A woman in on the right. Negatives numbers PM2548/54CN to PM2549/62CN were taken within minutes of each other.