ATHLETICS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 7

ATHLETICS

EVENING MEETING

One of the surprising features of the sports, meeting held in the Basin Reserve last ovening was the defeat of W. Ogg, of Olympic Club, the Wellington provincial half-mile champion, by Cooke, o£ Athletic Club, in the one mile A grade scratch race. The race was keenly contested, and there was an exciting fiuish. There was a large number of events,- and the entries were'probably the largest i'or any evening meeting this season. Mr. T.. .W. Leslie acted as starter. ■ ...

The letters used in the-results to indicate the different clubs are as follows:— W., Wellington; A., Athletic; X., Kiwi; 0.. Olympic: 0.8., Combined Old Boys; S., Scottish Harriers; M., Miramar; V., University. Results:— ' " ' s 220 yds Men's Handicap.—Firet heat: J. M. Watt (O.B.), syds, 1; R. McLeod( M.), 14yds, 2; D. K. Thorn (A.), 12yda, 3. No time taken. Second heat: D. Phillips (K.), 7yds, 1; K. Jackson (S.), Byds, 2; B. Hedges (O.), 13yds, 3. Time, 23 4-5 sec. Third heat: D. McKenzie (S-), 14yds, 1; D. McNieol (0.), 11yds, 2; J. T. Fleming (W.), 7yds, 3. Time, 23 l-ssec. Fourth heat: A. Badland (O.), Hyde, 1; G. Wilson (M.), 19yds, 2; L. Schneideman (W.), Byds, 3. Time, 23 2-ssec. Final: J. M. Watt (O.B.), 1; A. Badland (O.), 2; G. Wilson (M.), 3. Won by three yards. Time, 23 2-ssec.

100 yd Women's Handicap.—Miss N. Brownlee (W.), 10yds, 1; Miss E. Sharp (W.), 2'iyds, 2; Misa M. Watson (K.), sHyds, 3. Won by a narrow margin. Time, 11 4-s»ee.

440 yds Junior Handicap.—C. Phillips (K.), Byds, 1; R. Coombs (A.), scr, 2; A. Frederic (A.), 20yds, 3. Very hard struggle between the first two. Time, 56 3-Jsec.

Three-quarter Mile Open Cycle Race.— R. Ulmer .(O.B.), 1; L. Sowerby (A.), 2; J. .Wilson (A.), 3. Time, Imin 45sce.

One Mile B Grade Scratch.—R. C. Morpeth (V.),. 1; C. Chalk (A.), 2; W. fe'eobie (S.), 3. Time, 4mia 50sec.

One Mile A Grade Scratch.—3l." Cooke (A.), 1; W. Ogg (O.)/2; A. Mackay (W.), 3. The racc^ developed into a duel between Ogg and Cooke, the latter finally winning by a yard after an exciting race. Tin;:, 4min 31sec.

.High Jump Handicap.—M. L. Binning (O.B.), 4%in, sft 9%in, 1; D. L. Bade (O.), s%in, and N. S. Burns (O.B.), 4%m, sft B%in, equal, 2.

Long Jump Handicap.—J. McDonald (W)', lft 6in, 22ft, 1; T. Crowe (W.), scr, 21ft 4y 2 in, 2; J. M. Watt (O.B.), lft 3in, 21ft, 3. •

Putting the Shot Handicap.—X. Hogan (0 B.), lift, 43ft 6%in, 1; Fowler (A.), 9ft, 41ft lOiu, 2; D. L. Bade (0.), 10ft, 41ft B%in, 3. Inter-club Scratch Relay (Oates Baton), four 110yds*.—Wellington. 1, Kiwi 2, Olympic 3. Junior Inter-club Relay.—Athletic 1, Kiwi 2. Time, 51sec.

Challenge Relay (Heenan Baton).—Kiwi (Crow, Stone, Phillips, and Furlong), 1; Athletic (McConchie, Killeen, Thorn, and Bkkcway), 2.