1914 Record Broken In Universities Sports

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30106, 15 April 1963, Page 10

1914 Record Broken In Universities Sports

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, April 14.

A 49-year-old record for the men’s 100 yards was broken by the Canterbury sprinter, D. W. McKenzie, when the New Zealand Universities Easter sports tournament was continued in Wellington on Saturday. McKenzie’s time of 9.9 sec in his heat lowered by one-tenth of a second the record held jointly by six athletes and first established in 1914.

The athletics section of the tournament yielded two more records, and three were broken in the swimming titles.

In the unofficial points table last night, Victoria held a narrow lead over Otago and Canterbury.

The unofficial points were: Victoria 18. Otago 16. Canterbury 15, Auckland 5. Massey 2, Lincoln 0. Canterbury competitors were leading in both the cricket and rowing sections, and finished second in the shooting competition. Swimming Three records fell in the first session of the swimming tournament P. Hatch, of Auckland, recorded 60.3 sec for the 110yds freestyle, beating his own time of 62.1 sec set in 1960. In the 440 yards freestyle, B Crowder (Victoria) took 10.8 sec off the record set in Auckland last year, with 4min 58sec, while Miss J. Rowling (Otago) swam the 110 yards women’s butterfly in Imin 3".9sec, clipping 2.lsec off the record set last year. Results were:— Men 110 Yards Freestyle.—Heat 1: P Hatch (A.) 1. C. Thomson (V.) 1. P. Walker (O.) 3. Time. 60.3 (record). Heat 2: D, Gerrard (O.) 1. C. McPhail (C.) 2. D A. Smythe (V.) 3. Time. 64 3 220 Yards Breaststroke.—Heat 1: T. Cowdell (M.) 1, K. Newth (O.) 2. B Bibby (V.) 3. Time 3:8.9. Heat 2: H. Jackson (C.) 1. P. Jack (O.) 2. S. Schmidt (V.) 3 Time. 3:17.9. 440 Yards Freestyle.—Heat 1: B Crowder (V.) 1, P. Dempsey (O ) 2, D Staples (C.) 3. 11516, 4.58 (record). Heat 2: K. Ryan (V.) 1, D. Kilpatrick (O.) 2. I. Mclntosh (A.) 3 Time. 5:34.4. Women 110 Yards Backstroke.—Heat 1: S. Frankam (O.) 1, C. Hall <A.) 2. E. Johnson (M.) 3. Time, 91.8. Heat 2: A. Kennedy (O.) 1. P. Lock (C.) 2, J. Ongley (V.) 3 Time. 88.9. 1110 Yards Women's Butterfly. —Final: J. Rowling (O.) 1, S. Frankham <O ) 2 Time. 37.9 (record) 110 Yards Freestyle.—Heat 1: R Dunlop (O.) 1, C. Hall (A.) 2. P Lock (C.) 3. Time. 79.5. Heat 2: J. Clark (C.) 1. J. Rowling (O.) 2 S. Sharpe (A.) 3. Time 70.1. Athletics McKenzie's record was one of three broken in the first session of the athletic championships. Miss A. Longley (Auckland) was a narrow winner of the women's 100 yards final in the record time of 11 ssec. and the defending champion, Miss A. Long (Auckland), retained her women’s long jump title and created a new record of 17ft «4in. The dual national hurdles champion. R. Johnson (Otago), won the long jump title with an excellent leap of 23ft, which bettered the record but did not count because of wind assistance. Results: Men Mile—R. Ibbotson (O.) 1, N. K McDell (A.) 2. B. Jones (C.) 3. Time 4:18.7 440 Yards—Heat 1: A. Osborne (V.) 1. J W Webber (A.) 2 W. Hemstock (O ) 3. Time. 51.1. Heat 2: P Marks (C.) 1. B Fox (O.) 2. A. Martin (A) 3 Time. 51.3. 440 Yards —Heat 1: R. Johnson (O.) 1. A. Larkin (V.) 2. D Baragwanth (A.) 3. Time. 61.7

Heat 2. A. M. Harris (V.) 1, R. Edmond (O.) 2. K. Sharley (A.) 3. Time. 57.4.

220 Yards.—Heat 1: B. Henderson (A.) 1. W. Johnson (O.) 2, D. Joyce (C.) 3. Time, 24.7. Heat 2: D. McKenzie (C.) 1. J. Pearce (V.) 2, L. Currie (O.) 3. Time. 23.3. 100 Yards Heart 1: J. Brownlee (M.) 1, J. Webber (A.) 2. D. Joyce (C.) 3. Time, 10.1. Heat 2: D. McKenzie (C.) 1, D. Montgomery (O.) 2. L. Marr (A.) 3. Time. 9.9 (record).

4 x 110 Yards Relay.—Victoria 1. Auckland 2. Otago 3. Time. 43.8.

Hammer.—D. Monds (A.) 1. B. Parsonson (C.) 2, R. Tait (C.) 3. Distance. 141:9. Discus.—N. Norris (A.) 1, P. Crawford (C.) 2. R. Syme (C.) 3 Distance. 152:31. Long Jump.—R. Johnson (O.) 1. B. Collins (V.) 2. C. Corry (V.) 3. Distance. 21:6. 220 Yards Hurdles.—Heat 1:R. Johnson (O.) 1, A. M. Harris (V.) 2. J. Pezaro (A.) 3. Time. 25.6. Heat 2: G. Scott (C.) 1. P. Burn (A.) 2. L. Currie (O.) 3 Time. 27.8.

Women 100 Yards.—J. Longley (A.) 1, P. Trowbridge (O.) 2. S. Oxenham (O.) 3. Time 11.5 (record). 30 Metres Hurdles.—S. Oxenham (O.) 1. J. Clark (C.) 2. E. Brown (O.) 3. Time. 12.8. 220 Yards.—Heat 1: J. Longley (A.) 1, P. Mason (O.) 2, V. M. Ward (V.) 3. Time. 28.2 Heat 2: S. Oxenham (O.) 1, J. Corry (V.) 2. B. Johnston (A.) 3. Time. 29.5. Long Jump.—A. Long (A.) 1. S’. Oxenham (O.) 2, G. Davies (V.) 3. Distance. 17:9J (record). Javelin.—P. Cameron (A.) Distance: 69:3. Shot Put—M. Barclay (A.) 1. G. Davies (V.) 2. J. Clark (C.) 3. Distance. 36:2.. Cricket Canterbury, with three wins, leads in the cricket section from Auckland, with Victoria and Lincoln sharing third place. Results: Auckland 192 for nine (N. Armstrong 36: D. Harper five for 23) beat Otago 179 (D. Morris 54. W. Kitson 32: J. K Collinge four for 83). Lincoln 241 (G. B. Houston 44, M. Whatman 41. T. Tatham 38; B. Wilton four for 52. I Curtis three for 65) beat Massey 210 (T. Jarvis 42. O. K. McMillan 51: C. H. B. Wright eight for 60). Canterbury 177 for nine (M. Henderson 45, R. Kickford 41: D. Hopkins three for 41) beat Victoria 176 (A. Betting 38; M. McKegg four for 54). Shooting Otago won the shooting competition by only two points out of a possible 1500. Results: Otago. 1181 points. 1; Canterbury, 1179, 2; Massey. 1168, 3; Victoria. 1058, 4; Lincoln. 869, 5; Auckland, 786, 6. Top individual score of the day was by P. Champion (Canterbury), with 217. The Universities team announced after the shoot is: P. Champion, C. Leigh. J. Hager. J. Camlin, G. Wicks, H. McPherson, A. Loughnan, D. Wilde Water Polo Victoria, with only one game remaining, cannot be beaten for the water polo shield. It has won three games, Otago two, and Auckland and Canterbury one each. Results: Otago 10. Canterbury 4; Victoria 7. Auckland 3; Canterbury 5. Massey 4: Victoria 10 Otago 8; Auckland 8. Massey 1; Victoria 11, Canterbury 5: Otago 6. Auckland 4 Women’s Basketball With only two rounds to play in the women’s basketball section. Otago leads with two wins. Results:—Auckland 20 Canterbury 17; Otago 25. Victoria 6; Canterbury 25, Victoria 12; Otago 21 Auckland 16. Tomorrow. Auckland will play Victoria and Canterbury will play Otago.

Yachting Victoria (D. Cook and J. Matthews) won the yachting contest. They sailed their Cherub class craft to victory in two of the four races, and gained 2437.6 points. Otago, with 2312.7 points from a first and two seconds, gained second place. followed by Canterbury. Massey. Auckland and Lincoln. Results:— Race one: Canterbury, Victoria Otago. A protest by Otago and Victoria against Canterbury has yet to be heard. Race two: Victoria. Otago, Canterbury. Race three: Otago, Massey. Race four: Victoria. Otago. Rowing Canterbury dominated the rowing section held at Korokoro (Petone) in fine weather yesterday. The only event not won by Canterbury was the women’s fours, which went to Otago. Results:— Eights: Canterbury, Victoria, Auckland. Lincoln. Fours: Canterbury. Auckland, Otago. Double sculls: Canterbury. Auckland, Victoria. Novice fours: Canterbury, Auckland. Victoria. Women’s fours: Otago. Auckland I. Auckland 11. Tennis Results of tennis were:— Men. —First round: Victoria 6. Massey 0; Auckland 5, Lincoln 1. Second round: Victoria 6 Canterbury 0: Auckland 3. defeated Otago 3 on games. Final: Victoria 6. Auckland 0Women.—First round: Auckland 6. Victoria 0; Otago 6. Canterbury 0. Final.—Otago 4. Auckland 2