Brown's varsity and freshman eight-oared crews qualified Saturday for the grand finals of their events at the Henley Royal Regatta in England.

The Brown varsity defeated England's Leander Club by half a length and will face a combined Leander & Molesey Boat Club eight in the finals. The Brown freshmen defeated Australia's Melbourne University by 2 1/4 lengths in Temple Cup competition and will face the Princeton lightweight varsity in Sunday's final. It will be the only all-American final at this year's regatta.

The Leander-Molesey crew eliminated the Brown Alumni crew in the semifinals of the Ladies Plate for intermediate eights.

In other results, Yale came from behind to beat England's Reading University by one length, qualifying for the final of the Prince Albert Cup for student coxed fours.

In the semifinal of the Queen Mother Cup for international quadruple scullers, the USA national squad, racing as California Rowing Club of Oakland, lost by a half-length to the British national squad, racing as Reading University and Leander Club. The British will face the Polish Olympic team, racing as Szczecin Gorzow. Mercyhurst College triumphed in one of the closest races of the day, beating England's Molesey by one-third of a length to qualify for Sunday's final of the Visitors' Cup for intermediate coxless fours against Isis of England.

Former world junior champion Emma Twigg of New Zealand beat Ellen Tomek of the New York Athletic Club by five lengths in one semifinal of the Princess Royal Cup for international single scullers. Gewie Stone from Cambridge Boat Club (Massachusetts) beat Juliette Haigh from New Zealand to gain the final against Twigg.

Brunswick School (Maine) lost by 2 1/2 lengths in its semifinal in the Princess Elizabeth Cup for schoolboy eights against England's Abingdon School.

Yale beat England's Thames by five lengths in the semifinal of the Remenham Cup for international women's eights, and now faces the British national squad on Sunday.