NINE RECORDS BROKEN

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22231, 23 October 1937, Page 9

NINE RECORDS BROKEN

SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE SPORTS ST. ANDREW'S ANNUAL FIXTURE Judging by the performances recorded at the St. Andrew's College annual, sports, the athletes from the college should be strong competitors for championship honours at the inter-secondary school sports next month. The meeting, which was held at the college grounds, was one of the most successful the . college has held, a total of nine records being broken. Two of these records were broken last Tuesday when several long-distance and field events were held. Although he was handicapped by an injured foot. R. Smith ran a magnificent race in the 440 yards senior scratch event, his time, 53sec, being lsec better than the previous record. J. L. Wood also ran well and set a record time of 2min 2 l-ssec for the 880 yards senior scratch event. The record for the 220 yards senior scratch race was also broken, N. T. Armstrong coverirg the distance in 23sec. D. Fairbairn broke the record for the 220 yards intermediate scratch event and W. B. Barlow broke the 100 yards and 220 yards junior scratch -ecords. A record that has stood since 1921 was broken when J. L. Walker put the weight 32ft Bin. D. Fairbairn also equalled the record for the 100 yards intermediate scratch race, his time being 11 l-ssec. Erwin House won the inter-house competition by a margin of 3J points from Strowan House. Eesults were as follows: — Senior Scratch Events 100 Yards (record, 10 l-ssec, P. Ensor, 1929, N. T. Armstrong, 1936) N. T. Armstrong 1. G. G. Burness 2, J. M. Liggins 3. Time, 10 3-ssec. 220 Yards (record, 23 2-ssec, P. C. Ensor, 1928 and 1929) N. T. Armstrong 1, G. G. Burness 2, I. Webster 3. Time, 23 sec—a record. 440 Yards (record, 54sec, M. Blackmore, 1926) R. Smith 1, D. A. Virtue 2, J. Broughton 3. Time, 53sec—a record. 880 Yards (record, 2min 5 l-ssec, R. Smith, 1936) J. L. Wood 1, J. Broughton 2, D. Virtue 3. Time, 2min 2 l-ssec a record. 120 Yards Hurdles (record. 15 l-ssec, I. H. Webster, 1936)—1. H. Webster 1, H. P. Armour 2, J. G. Broughton 3. Time, 15 3-ssec. Long Jump (record. 21ft lin, P. Ensor. 1929) N. Armstrong 1, J. L. Wood 2, J. M. Bettle 3. Distance. 19ft 6in. Intermediate Scratch Events 100 Yards (record, 11 l-ssec, N. Armstrong, 1934; G. G. Burness, 1936) D. Fairbairn 1, D. Mclntyre 2, C, Stanley 3. Time, 11 15sec—equalled the record. 220 Yards (record, 25sec, R. Smith, 1935; G. G. Burness, 1936) First heat: D. Mclntyre 1, H. A. Smith 2, J. Sutherland 3. Time. 25 2-ssec. Second heat: D. Fairbairn 1, R. Bailey 2, C. Stanley 3. Time, 24 4-ssec. Third heat: R. Goodwin 1, J Stewart 2, M. Ensor 3. Time, 25 4-ssec. Final—D. Fairbairn 1. D. Mclntyre 2, H. A. Smith 3. Time, -24.4-ssec—a record.

440 Yards (record, 55 l-ssee, R. Smith, 1935)—R Ackroyd 1, G. Grueber 2. H. A. Smith 3. Time, 60sec. 880 Yards (record. 2min 9 2-ssec. R. Smith, 1935) N. Ackroyd 1. W. Abbott 2, G. Grueber 3. Time, 2min 22sec. 120 Yards Hurdles (record, 17 3-ssec. I. H. Webster, 1935) First heat: J. Bettle 1, D. M. Belton 2. Time, 21sec. Second heat: N. Ackroyd 1, E. S. F. Holland 2. Time, 22sec. Final: Ackroyd and Bettle (equal) 1. Time, 20 3-ssec. High Jump (record, sft ljin, I. H. Webster, 1935) N. Ackroyd 1, R. Bailey and J. Bettle (equal) 2. Height, 4ft 621 n. Long Jump (record, 19ft, I. H. Webster. 1935) R. Bailey 1. R. Welsford 2, N. Ackroyd 3. Distance, 16ft 4Jin. Junior Scratch Events 100 Yards (record, under 151, 11 l-ssec, R. Cordery. 1922; under 15, 11 l-ssec, R. V. Maxwell, 1931, G. G. Burness, 1935) W. B Barlow 1. B. H* Cavell 2. J. LovellSmith 3. Time, Usee—a record. 220 Yards (record under 151. 24 4-ssec. V. H. Johnstone, 1930; under 15, 25 4-ssee, R. V. Maxwell, 1931) W. B. Barlow 1, B. H. Cavell 2, D. J. Webb 3. Time. 25 3-5 sec—a record. 440 Yards (record, under 151, 58 l-ssec, G. V. Anderson, 1930: under 15, 59 2-ssec, R. Smith. 1934)-S. H. Cavell 1, W. B. Barlow 2, D. Cochrane 3. Time, 62 4-ssec 880 Yards (record, under 151. 2min 10 sec, R. Cordery, 1922: under 15, 2min 20 l-ssec, R. Smith, 1934)—1. Parkinson 1, D. Campion 2, D. Cochrane 3. Time, 2mln 31 l-ssec. 120 Yards Hurdles (record, under 151, 19sec, P. C. Ensor, 1925, and R. H. Ensor, 1929; under 15, 17 2-ssec, I. H. Webster. 1934) First heat: J. H. Johnston 1, P. T. Jerman 2. Time, 21sec. Second heat: J. W. Winskill 1, I. Parkinson 2. Time, 21 2-ssec. Final: Johnstone 1, Winskill 2. Time, 21sec. High Jump (record, 4ft 9in, W. K. Dougall and R. V. Maxwell, 1931) B. H. Cavell 1, J. Checkley 2, D. N. Campion 3. Height, 4ft 32in. Long Jump (record, under 151, 19ft llin. R. Cordery, 1922; under 15, 17ft 3in, J. G. Broughton. 1935)—8. H. Cavell 1, J. LovellSmith 2, W. B. Barlow 3. Distance, 16ft 7in. Under 14 Scratch Events 100 Yards (record, 11 3-ssec, G. G. Burness, 1934) A. F. Thompson 1, R. H. Thompson 2, G. Rutherford 3. Time, 11 220 Yards (record, 25 l-ssec, W. B. Barlow, 1936) A. F. Thompson 1, J. Cartwright 2, T. Carlton 3. Time. 26 3-ssec. 880 Yards (record. 2min 38 2-ssec, A. Prlestnall, 1922; R. Smith, 1933) A. F. Thompson 1, T. Carlton 2, B. Britten 3. Time, 2min 55 4-ssec. High Jump (record. 4ft 7|in, W. R. Dougall. 1930) R. H. ThomDson 1, T. Carlton 2, I. Wilkinson 3. Height, 4ft 7in. PREPARATORY SCHOOL EVENTS 75 Yards (record, 10 l-ssec, P. Andreae, 1923)—1. Johnstone 1, W. Bettle 2, J. B. Moore 3. Time. 10 4-ssec. 100 Yards (record, 13 4-ssec, D. K. Ower, 1935)—1 Johnstone 1, W. Bettle 2, M. Foreman 3. Time, 14sec. 440 Yards (record. 71 3-ssec, D. K. Ower. 1935) W. Bettle 1, D. J. Adams 2. I. Johnstone 3. Time, 77 4-ssec. Long Jump (record. 13ft 3in, R. Wood, 1922)—1. Johnstone 1, W. Bettle 2, D. J. Adams 3. Distance, lift 7Jin. HANDICAP EVENTS 100 Yards, Senior Handicap—Final: D. Foote (scr) 1, C. E. Stanley (scr) 2, R. Goodwin (4yds) 3. Time, 11 2-ssec. 100 Yards, Junior Handicap—Final: K. Jordan (scr) 1, J. Lovell-Smith (scr) 2, J Checkley (2yds) 3. Time, 12sec. 100 Yards Handicap, under 14—Final: R. H. Thompson (scr) 1, P. Thomas (2yds) 2, G. Rutherford (2yds) 3. Time. 12 l-ssec. 220 Yards, Senior Handicap—Final: J.

Bettle (scr) J, G. Turner (10yds) 2. A. G« Cleary (Byds) 3. Time, 25 3-ssec. 220 Yartis, Junior Handicap—Final: K. E. Jordan (Syds) 1, R. S. Clarke (syds) 3, J..Gilmour (Syds) 3. Time, 27sec. 220 Yards Handicap, under 14—Final: A. F. Thompson (scr) 1, P. Thomas (10yds) 2, R. MacDlarmld (7yds) 3. Time, 29sec. 440 Yards. Senior—R. Baxter (40yds) 1, P. J. Lawrence (10yds) 2, G. M. Gray (9yds) 3. Time, S 9 2-Ssec. ■ . ■ ■ . 440 Yards, Junior Handicap—K. K, Jordan (15yds) 1. D. Forsyth (45yds) ,2, H. Adams (20yds) 3. Time, 60 l-ssec. 880 Yards, Senior Handicap—J. Parsons (40yds) 1, G. Burnett (20yds) 2, J. M, Bettle (scr) 3. Time, 2mln 15sec. 880 Yards, Junior Handicap—H.'Adams (30yds) 1. P Earl (45yds) 2, R. S. Clarke (35yds) 3. Time, 2min 31 l-ssec. 880 Yards Handicap, under 14—M. Edmonds (100 yds) 1. G. Southam (120 yds) 3, T. Rhind 3. Time, 2min 28 3-ssec. One Mile Senior Handicap—J. M. Bettto (scr) 1, G. F. Burnett (scr) 2, G. Entrican (scr) 3. Time, smin 42sec. One Mile Junior Handicap—D. J. Webb iscr) 1. W. C. Holmes (20yds) 2. H. Adams (10yds) 3. Time, smin 50 l-ssec. 120 Yards, Senior Hurdles—Final: H. P. Armour (10yds bhd) 1, D. Foote (2yds bhd) 2. G. M. Gray (scr) 3. Time, 18 l-ssec. Long Jump. Senior Handicap—P. J. Lawrence (2ft 6in) 1, J. M. Bettle (6in) 2. W. G. P. Cunningham (sin) 3. Distance, 19ft sJin. Senior High Jump Handicap—D. D. Foote (scr) 1, W. Ackroyd (ljln) 2, A. Black (sin) 3. Height. 4ft lOJin. High Jump, Junior Handicap—B. H. Cavell (lin) 1. D. Campion (scr) 2, P. Jerman (4in) 3. Height, 4ft 4Jin. OTHER EVENTS Throwing the Javelin (record. 146 ft 4m, H. P. Armour. 1936) H. P. Armour 1. Distance, 134 ft 7Jin. Throwing the Discus (record, 98ft 6in; H. P. Armour 1936) H. P. Armour 1, D. D. Foote 2 M. L. Hindin 3. Distance. 94ft lliin. Putting the Weight, 161 b (record, 32ft lln, A. Sloss. 1921) J. L. Walker 1. H. P. Armour 2, R. Smith 3. Distance, 32ft Bin —a record. 100 Yards Old Boys' • Championship—E. Newburgh 1, O. G. R. Edwards 2. J. C. Simpson 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. 200 Yards. Old Boys' Handicap—W. A. Goss 1, J. R. Pitcaithly 2, G. Lewis 3. G. E. Hobday Memorial Relay—Strowan House (I. H. Webster, R. Smith. J. L. Wood, J. M. Liggins) 1. Rutherford House 2, Erwin House 3. Time, lmin 43sec. Inter-House Competition—Erwin House, 68J points, 1: Strowan House, 65 points, 2: Thompson House, 52 points, 3; Rutherford House, 48J points, 4.