AGE AND SPORT

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 99, 21 January 1936, Page 14

AGE AND SPORT

Athletes at Their Peak One of the varied subjects that engaged the attention of members, of the British Association at Norwich, England, on September 6, was the ages at which men excel in various sports. Cricket, -olf, track events, boxing, football am. polo were all considered from this standpoint. , Other topics ranged from school examinatious.to the courtship of ins-cts; from (lie “drying-up” of the earth to the prospect of television in every British home. Men in their thirties play the bestcricket and golf; track events are won most frequently by athletes about 10 years younger. The average age of 83 batsmen who exceeded 1000 runs during the 1934 season of first-clas‘3 cricket was 30. The bowling averages, ou analysis, gave the same median age. The 40 golfers who headed the open championship list in 1934 had a median age of about 35. ami the 37 open champions since 1894 show a median age of 31 years. Dr. Wynn Jomxs also quoted the following results of I’rolcflsor Charlotte Buhler's analysis of the ages at which the best athletic records wore set up:— INDIVIDUAL SPORTS. Age. Sprint run - 23 Long jump Throwing the javelin ’-4 Medium run --I Hurdles -4 High jump 24 Pole vault “2 Putting the weight ‘--J Long run Rowing “j! Throwing the discus Weight lifting “O Throwing the hammer 31 GROUP SPORTS. Boxing “4 Wrestling: — Football .liu-piU-u ““ Hockey Tennis Polo I'P to -i0 Riding Up to aO Trotting Up to oO