AN ATHLETIC QUERY
Time at Wellington “Would you kindly inform me through your sporting column the correct time recorded .by Carlton (Australia) when lie met Simpson (ILS.A.) -at. some time ago, over the 100 and 220 yiirds?” writes “Sprinter” from Homewood, Masterton. “If memory serves me right they were, running iuto a strong head wind.” Carlton met Simpson at a special athletic gathering at Athletic Park, Wellington, on February 21, .1931. The Austr.Tlian’s time for the 100 yards was 10 2-.; sec., while he cut the 220 yards out in 22 1-itsec. They had to face a strong northerly wind. '
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 6
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100AN ATHLETIC QUERY Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 6
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