[1] He rowed at a number four for the winning Cambridge crew in the Boat Race in 1927 and 1928.

Also in 1928, First Trinity represented Great Britain rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, where, at the age of 21, he won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless four with John Lander, Michael Warriner and Edward Bevan.

In 1932, Beesly joined Guest Keen and Nettlefolds, a firm with which he had strong family connections on his mother's side.

In 1945 he bought a controlling interest in a light engineering firm which produced mechanical hedge cutters and mobile forestry saws.

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