ATTRACTIVE SPORTS

Evening Post, Volume 105, Issue 4, 6 January 1928, Page 8

ATTRACTIVE SPORTS

♦ ■—- ■ AUSTRALIANS IN AUCKLAND (Special to "The Evening Poet,") AUCKLAND, This Day. .': Acting on very short notice. from Wellington that some members of the „. New South Wales athletic team would be in Auckland for a few days, the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle. Club decided to hold a sports meeting ■" in conjunction with the Manukau Club, and a programme was arranged for last evening. Besults:— 100 Yards Handicap.—First heat: T. G. Melville (New South Wales), 6}yds, 1; A. J. Elliott, scr, 2; S. C. Fergusson, 3.yds, 3. Also started: B. D. Norman (N.S.W.) 4yds, E. H. Scott (N.S.W.) 4yds, K. Willey Byds, D. A. Elliott 9yds, A. Hodsdon (N.S.W.) 10yds. Won by half a yard. Time, 10 2-ssec. Second heat: W. Hunt (N.S.W.), scr, 1; L. E. fiook, 2Jyds, 2; L. H. Meredith, 2_yds, 3. The only starters. Won by half a yard.< Time, 10 _ssec. Finals Elliott 1, Hunt 2, Fergusson 3. Also competed: Hook. Meredith and Melville were not well enough to start. A great' finish, Elliott jnst beating Hunt by a foot, . with Fergusson inches away, third and Hook-close up. Time, 10 l-ssec. 440 Yards.—Hunt, scr, 1; Fergusson, • 10yds, 2. Also started: Norman syds, Hook Byds, Savidan 10yds. Hunt greatly impressed by his effortless style and splendid striding throughout. Time, 51 l-ssec. 880 Yards.—Savidan, 10yds, 1; A. Hodsdon (N.S.W.), 55yds, 2; L. C. Barker, 35yds, 3. Also competed: Norman scr, A. Clarke 75yds. Won by a . yard. Time, 2min 1 l-sscc. One Mile Belay.—New South Wales ' (Norman, Hunt, Melville, Scott), .1; Auckland A.A. and C.C. (Savidan, Meredith, and Elliott), 2. Time, 3miit 44 3-ssec. Auckland's time, 3min 48 2-ssec. The New South Wales athletes will leave for Sydney by the Marama at 3 p.m. to-day. S. C. Fergusson, the exAuckland runner, is going by the same vessel on a holiday trip to Sydney.