SEVERAL NEW RECORDS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 147, 18 March 1937, Page 12

SEVERAL NEW RECORDS

Inter-faculty Sports at Auckland By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, March 17. Several records were broken and one equalled at the annual inter-faculty sports of Auckland University College. In the 440 yards hurdles championship 11. D. Ball registered 56 4-ssec„ lowering the record by 1 3-ssec. The winner of the high jump, D. Chadwick, cleared sft. 11 3-Sin. This was three-eighths of an inch higher than P. H. Hackett’s record last year. The record for the mile was lowered from 4.37 1-5 to 4.36 3-5 by T. R. Johnston. With an effort of 21ft. Ilin, in the broad jump, H. K. Brainsby equalled his own record. A record for the 220 yards hurdles was created by P. T. Bowie, his time being 25 l-ssec. Another win was scored by Ball in the 440 yards championship, his time being 53sec. The 100 yards contest was won by P. W. Day in 10 4-ssec and the 220 yards by Hoskins in 23 2-5 sec. The three-mile event resulted in an easy win for R. C. Haszard in 16.5. The following team has been selected to represent Auckland at the New Zealand inter-university tournament at Christchurch at Easter: 100 yards, W. «. Miller, P. W. Day; 220 yards, W. G. Miller, J. Harrison; 440 yards, D. Sharkey, J. Cutler; SSO yards, B. W. Thomas, T. R. Johnston; one mile. T. R. Johnston, C. 11. d’Ath Weston; three miles, R. C. Haszard, C. Francis; 120 yards hurdles and 220 yards hurdles, P. W. Day; 440 yards hurdles, H. D. Ball; discus throw C. P. Clegg, M. J. McHugh; javelin throw, C. P. Clegg, K. D. Gillespie; hop-step-and-jump, J. B. Prendergast; shot putt, M. J. McHugh, 11. S. Hammond; relay, H. D. Ball (880 yards), D. Sharkey (440 yards), J. Harrison and W. D. Miller (220 yards). OTAGO TEAM SELECTED By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, March 17. The Otago University athletic team for the New Zealand University championships at Christchurch at Easter has been selected as follows:—Mattram, 100yds. and hammer; Steele, 100yds. and 200yds.; Watt, 220yds. and 440yds.; Cropp, 440yds.; Holden, 880 yds.; Nixon, mile; McDonald, 120yds. hurdles and hop, step and jump; Stephenson, 880yds.; Harper. 120yds. and 440yds. hurdles; Borrie, high jump, 200yds. low hurdles, and 440yds. hurdles ; Vosailagi, high jump, javelin and pole vault; Pilling, long jump and hop, step and jump; Opie, pole vault, shot putt and hammer; Dawson, three miles; Adams, shot put, discus: Maskell, discus, long jump and 220yds. low hurdles; Mathews, mile; G. A. Smith, three miles; Chapman, one mile walk. The boxers are: Vosailagi ( heavyweight); Kean (light-heavyweight); Rutherford (middleweight): Foley (welterweight) ; Adams (lightweight); Tuckcy (featherweight); McGoorge (bantamweight).