CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21809, 15 June 1936, Page 19

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING

_ gBBVICE retains CUP

• gspdes first home in 1 CLOSE FINISH

time in succession the 9* cillb. Dunedin, won the 0t ■*22. ju- cross-country running. — lor .. U.e HK-canon on Saturday. The Christvu a«am second, five fU?nfctod the winning team. The CmLcuv. for the first man home, was by Civil Service. A. R. m tropny a!l er a close Alien, from tne Anglican team finished first with 30 iß&Uidl A was second With yj|tuwhKi *hird with 39 Geddes •••S-wr* follow e<l by J G Barnes t The first Canterbury man Brown .Baptist', who ran 100 Brown ha- been run***Ll!ww«U this season, but it was Ot JTL-. gosae of the Christchurch *PZSn would have kept up with 6*22^titan they did. The two Clothier and A. H ttayb**l In good condition, but *L2Sr was against fast limes and t* —by the time wa> not very took 18mm sstc to co\er End n half fcstrotle the field was bunched. "Li Allen Geddes Barnes, Clothier. ** away . Coming past the - beginning of the second was still together, with W a little. Roger- was run-

DM Ktb sn front of the stand. about five c Mil Batumi me leaders. At tins stage ySk was running on his own in about M otace. At the third jump on the aS lap the leading bunch dropped ( ftMM «*ll Oomier The four runners s «M HI” together at the last jump, but t Ma Allan took the lead and seemed to < Mg fee race in hand. Geddes, however. < fg ■ a wonderful sprint and won by t iMtßure than five yards. c rtaUhine Order i 1. Geddes (Civil Service). 18mm Am ..It ? agaß (Anglican. Dunedin, indiMaal). IBmm Csec .. 2 . I C. Barnet 'Civil Service;, 18min Mg 3 s 3. Imwb 'Baptist 13::'. in 13sec .. 4 C.E. Gamier 'Methodist i, 13mm 28sec Si if. Way man t Methodist', 18min 29sec 6 i lager* (Christchurch A), 18min J. fL D)ti 'Technical'. 18min 40sec 8j A B. Paattcil 'Christchurch A), 18mtn i Bkae .. 9 7 Barden 'Chnstcnurch At, 18min J Kate • 10 ( Ain waned J & A.,ner 'Civil Service), | M* Hate. n. A D Park (Baptist), Mb tec ' 12 I. E Fox 'Christchurch 4i Item teec, 13; M W Busby (Tech-, :M'. Iftmm ♦ l-ssec. 14; H. D. Ford ; 'SMHHtlft'. ISnvn s>» c. 15; F. Mail". BMW)- Item 23see. 16; K. W. Robin- , m (Pnvcruty. individual'. 19min 24sec, | II; c K Thornton 'Methodist'. 19imn ; BtV: J Holland, (Civil Service).; Mb Hmc. 19. T. Harker (Christchurch g< Baas SJsec, 20, G S Harrison 'Baptan. Item aSsec 21 K C. Ford i Metho-I Mt. Item 51sec. 22; F. H. Cookson MaKthirrh A l , 19rrin 34sec. 23; M. McQaa <Civil Service 20min ssec. 24;’ I i Budkin (Methodist). 20mln 9isec. 9; u Kmghi ! Christchurch B). 20min «■;«; L. C. Richards 'Technical).

20m in 9sec 27; J Turner (Baptist), 20min 23s€f- »•' L - Pr js h ard (Christchurch B), 20 m in 24scc, 29; c. A. B. Stevenson (Technical . acmin 33sec, 30; B. McKernan (Civil Service), 20mm 34sec. 31; M. W. White (Technical), 20min 42sec 32- E. Riddle (Baptist). 20mln 44sec, 3S;’s. Riley (Christchurch B), 34; W. Kennedy (Christchurch B). 35; L. Sparks (Christchurch B). 36; E, Willetts (Christchurch B), 37; A. N. Thomas (Technical), 38. Order oI Teams Civil Service (Geddes 1, Barnes 2, Asher 10, Hollands 17). 30 points .. 1 Christchurch A (Rogers 6, Pannell 8, Bartlett 9. Fox 12), 35 points .. 2 Methodist (Clothier 4. Wayman 5, Ford 14. Thornton 16), 39 points .. 3 Baptist (Brown 3, Park 11, Mair 15, Harrison 19), 48 points .. ..4 Technical (Dynes 7. Busby 13. Richards 25, Stevenson 28), 73 points .. 5 Christchurch B (Knight 24, Prichard 27. Riley 32, Kennedy 33), 116 points 6 The Kennett and Olliver Cups were presented to the visitors at the racecourse after the steeplechase. Dr. A. L. Haslam, president of the Christchurch Harrier Club, which promotes the race, congratulated the Civil Service team on its win. Mr R. L. Kennett presented the cups to Geddes and medals to the members of th team. CLUB EVENTS PRESBYTERIAN MEMBERS HOLD TRIAL RUN To select teams for the Akaroa relay race a trial run was held by the Presbyterian Club over a six-mile trail in the Spreydon. Middleton, and Halswell districts. There was an attendance of about 50 at the run, which was held at the invitation of the Presbyterian Young Women’s Bible Class. The trail was laid by R. Dowker and W. Hewitt. The results were:— J. Labudde I. E. Minnery 2, K. Fehsen(eld 3. C. C. Gordon 4, W. Hewitt 5, R. Ritchie 6. R. 'Lindsay 7, L. A. Rankfti 8, C. Taylor 9, G. Hillier 10, N. H. Han:n 11, C. Hallaway 12. J. Rogers 13, L. fooles 14. C. Wells 15. J. S. Craig 16. For those members who did not comete in the trial pack runs were held he results were:— Medium Pack—M. J. Lawrence 1, D. G. avis 2. G. Wallace 3. Slow Pack—J. Poison 1. L. Leech 2, F. [eikelson 3. Anglican Club The Anglican Club held a run from the ome of Mr and Mrs G. W. Packer-Doust, lifton. The trail was laid down to the each, along to Scarborough, and on to ic lighthouse road. From here the trail ;d to Evans Pass, round the Summit aad, and down Clifton Spur home. The istance was about six miles and a half, he results were;— Fast Pack—A. Brady 1, D. J. Upton 2,

Gillett 3. _ „ Medium Pack—W. Cullens 1. D. Forbes , R. J. Allen 3, Slow Pack—R. Smith 1, A. Menzies 2, Hathle 3. Marist Club Trials for the Akaroa relay race were eld by the Marist Club from the Old Itone House. A. O’Connell and A. Henren laid a trail over the senior chamilonship course. The results were;— T. Fitzsimmons 1. F. Hendren 2. J. Javidson 3. A. Flanagan 4. P. Consedine 5. University Club The University Club ran from the Old tone House, A trail of about six miles /as laid by A. Martin and F. C. D. Tayjr up the old gorse road and over the ills. The results were:— Slow Pack —H. Crozier 1. L. White 2, i. Anderson 3. Fast Pack —A. McD. Stevenson 1. A. T. hannon 2. T. M. Penny 3. Ladies’ Pioneer Club

Members of the Ladies’ Pioneer Harrier ;iub were the guests of Mrs R. G. Thomon. Cholmondeley avenue. Opawa. The rail-layers were K- Carson, D. Thomson, nd B. Thomson. The trail led from Iholmondelev avenue through St. Marins towards the Sanatorium, round Eastrn terrace to Waltham Park, and down }pawa road home. Results: — Fast Pack—Mavis Lee 1, E. Wickes 2. Intermediate Pack—Helen Barker and ’ath Sheridan (equal) 1, Iris McCallum 3. Slow Pack— Shirley Mouritson 1, Molly dcCammon 2, Mavis Rathgen 3. The next run will be held from 25 Leitch itreet.'

MARATHON RACE AT AUCKLAND

SAVIDAN RETIRES WHEN IN LEAD * (FBl»S ASSOCIATION TILBQBAM.) AUCKLAND, June 14. The first marathon race ever held in Auckland was conducted on Saturday by the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club. The distance was 26 miles and 385 yards over a course along the waterfront road between St. Helier’s Bay and the power board buildings, near King’s wharf. The contest was won by L. Smyth (University Club), formerly of Sydney. He had a handicap of 16min. and his time was 3hr 9min 55sec. J. W. Savldan, the

British Empire Games six miles in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario, was scratch, but was compelled to retire oe cause of a cold. Savidan.turnedl the las fins eicht minutes ahead of Smytn» dux was tiring fmpreciably. A mile from home his brother threw hot water on his hj _i whioh however, proved but a tem* porlry Sv ver r when the water cooled lost the use of his legs and retired on the verge of collapse. Smyth paSd him a quarter of a mile from the winning post.