ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 14

ATHLETICS.

AUCKLAND CLUB. The Auckland Amateur Athletic Club held their usual competitions on the Outer Domain on Saturday. 75 Tards Sprint.—First heat: McNiel 1. Lowe 2, Miller 3. Won by a foot. Time, 7 3-ss. Second freat: Adams 1. Bell 2, Savidan 3. Won by a head. Time, 7 2-ss. Third heat: Thomson 1, Clark 2, Poore 3. Won by inches. Time, 7 2-ss. Final: Thomson I, Adams 2, McNiel 3. Won toy three inches, all being very close together. Time, 7 2-ss. Throwing the Discus. —A good field of nineteen competed in this event, the winner being Thos. Filliott, sen.,'witha total of l°Oft 4in, W. G. Thompson second, with 115 ft lOin. and A. Clark third 113 ft 6in The next best were:— J. U. Keddle, 112 ft Jin ; A. Elliott, 112 ft: J. C. Tipping, 110 ft 6in • J. W. Turnbull, 110 ft ljin ; G. Elnott, 100 ft 9Jin ; and J. W. Murphy, 109 ft 4ip. Putting the Shot.—The competition in this event was very keen, the winner being C D Bell with a "put" of 39ft 10in, who beat J. C. Tipping, 39ft Gin, W. J. Lowe being third with 39ft Sin. Steeplechase, three miles and a half.— Savidan 1, McCarthy 2, Nicholson 3. Clark, McNiel and Rogers were the next to finish. The winner's time was 19.12. McCarthy did the distance in 21.31. Won by 70s.