SCHOOL SPORTS
YOUNG EMPIRE ATHLETES
RESULTS AT MELBOURNE,
MELBOURNE, November 9. Canada, with 83 points, won tho Empire schools, sports contest. Victoria scored 58 points, and Nfew Zealand 29 points. The most thrilling race was the'mile, in which New Zealanders were first and second.' The Empire' Games broad 'jump champion, Rishardsoa (Canada) was defeated by Letcher (Victoria), after a dead-heat. Tho' track was heavy. Results are:-*-Weight Put.—Wares (Canada), 1; Steele (Victoria), 2; Coxhead (New Zealand), 3. ' Distance, 46ft lOJin. A record. l ' 100yds.—MacPhee (Canada), 1; Zizis (Canada), 2; Gill (Victoria), 3; Bate (Victoria),' 4; Bickerstaff (New Zealand), 5; Steele (New Zealand), 6. Time, 10 l-ssec. Half-mile.—Brosnan (Victoria), 1; Pearqe (Victoria), 2; Ferris (Canada), 3; Mitchell (Canada), 4; Watt'(New Zealand), 5; Wordsworth (New Zealand), 6. Time, 2min 3 7-10 sec. High Jump.—Jansen (Canada) and Evans (Victoria), dead-heat. Height, sft lljin. Jansen won the jump-off. Richardson (Canada) was thir.d,^Watt (Victoria) fourth, with Steele and Coxhead (New Zealand)^ncxt. , , 220 Yards.—MacPhee (Canada), 1; McFarlane (Victoria), 2; Savage (Canada), 3; Letcher (Victoria), 4; Bickerstaff (New Zealand), s;>Wirso» (New Zealand), 6. Time, 22 9-10scc. 120 Yards Hurdles.—Loaring « (Canada), 1; Lander (Victoria), 2; Zips (Canada), 3;. Warhurst (Victoria), 4; Bickerstaff (Now Zealand),, 5. ,Time, 16scc. 440 Yards.—liimon (Canada), 1; Saycrs (New Zealand), 2; Fleming (Canada),. 3; .Clarke (Now Zealand), 4. Time, 51' 9-10 sec. - Long Jump.—Lotcher (Victoria), 1; Richaidson, 2; ,Lapin (Victoiia), 3; Jansen (Canada), 4; Steele (New Zealand), 5. Distance, 22ft sin. A record. , , One Mile.—McLauchlan (Now Zealand^ 1; Watt (New Zealand), .2; Pearce (Victoria), 3. Time, 4min 42 2-ssec. ; Relays.—44oyds: Canada, 1; New Zealand, 2; Victoria, 3. Mile: Canada, 1; Victoria, 2; New Zealand, 3.. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 9
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270SCHOOL SPORTS Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 9
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