SWIMMING
BACKSTROKE RECORD BEATEN | (PB£SS ASSOCIATION TBLIGftAM.) f DUNEDIN. April 15. "'■- ■ ■ In an unofficial attempt on the New Zealand 100 metres backstroke record * this evening, P. E. Mathleson covered* the distance in 71 seconds, bettering the record established by G. Low in 1984, by 2 2-sseconds. Mathieson will have an official tilt at the record next Wednesday evening. i
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21759, 16 April 1936, Page 15
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