ATHLETICS.
EMPIRE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS. NEW ZEALAND .WINS MILE. MELBOURNE, November 9. Canada, with 83 points, .won the intra-Empire schools’ sports, Victoria scoring 58 points and New Zealand 29. The most thrilling race was the mile event, in which New Zealanders were first and second. The Empire Games broad jump champion, Richardson (Canada), was defeated by Letcher (Victoria) after' a dead heat. The track was heavy. Results: Weight Putt Wares (Canada) 1, Steele (Victoria) 2, Cox head (New Zealand) 3. Distance: 46ft lOfin —a record. , 100 Yards—MacPhee (Canada; 1, Zizis (Canada) 2, .Gill (Victoria) 8, Bate (Victoria) 4, Bickerstaff (N.Z.) 5, Steel (N.Z.) 6. Time, 10 l-ssec. Half-mile Brosnan Victoria) 1, Pearce (Victoria) 2, Ferris (Canada) 3, Mitchell (Canada) 4, Watt (N.Z.) 5, Wordsworth (N.Z.) 6. Time, 2mm 3 7-10 sec. . .. . High Jump Jansen (Canada) 1, Evans (Victoria) 2. Height, sft. Ilfm. Jansen won after a jump-off. Richardson (Canada) was third, followed by Watt (Victoria) and Steel and Coxhead (N.Z.). 220 Yards—McPlioe (Canada) 1, McFarlano (Victoria) 2, Savage (Canada) 3 Letcher ■ (Victoria) 4, Bickerstaff (N.Z.) 5, Wilson (N.Z.) 6. Time, 22 9-10 sec. 120 Yards Hurdles—Loanng (Canada) 1, Lander (Victoria) 2, Zizis (Canada) 3, War hurst (Victoria) 4, Bickerstaff (N.Z.) 5. Time, 16sec.
440 Yards—Limon (Canada) 1, Sayers (N.Z:) 2, Fleming (Canada) 3, Clarke (N.Z.) 4. Time, 51 9-lOsec Long Jump—Letcher (Victoria) 1, Richardson (Canada) 2, Lapit (Victoria) 3, Jansen (Canada) 4, Steel (New Zealand) 4, Distance, 22ft om—a record. r „ . , One Mile—McLauchlan (N.Z.) I, Watt (N.Z.) 2, Pearce (Victoria) 3. Time, 4min 42 2-ssec. , T Relays—44o yards: Canada 1, New Zealand 2, Victoria 3. Mile: Canada 1, Victoria 2, New Zealand 3.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 26, 10 November 1934, Page 2
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