CROSS-COUNTRY' CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Evening Star, Issue 14638, 7 August 1911, Page 3

CROSS-COUNTRY' CHAMPIONSHIPS.

OTACO. The seventh annual Interelub Crosscountrv Championship, promoted by the Ota go Centre. New Zealand Amateur Athletic Ai-ssciatkm, was contested at Wingatui on Saturday afternoon. Tho race. wa*=-Vnn under ideal weather conditio™. Cavershiim Harriers repeated their 1910 success bv easily winning the Club Championship," whilst J. Beatson, who won the individual championship for the third venr in "succession, is also a member of this club. A new course was selected, whereby practically the whole race was viewed from the grand stand ■at Racecourse The field were well together for the. firet halfmile, when Beateon. Frew, Chambers, and Kotnian showed to tiie front. Continuing over the first hill, the field began to draw oii f - Beitson, who was running stronglv. led ihe way across the ploughed paddocks. past the farmhouses, and held the lead from Frew and Ftye when the iriicro.jvse was reached. With 'naif the dWanee completed, the order of Ihe lender* was Beat son, Frew, Frye. Thompson. Chambers, Xotman. M'Lauebian, Bond, i'he order of the fiont men wru- pra«:tieallv unchanged du-inu: the second _ half ->f the race, "Bentson always maintaining his lead. Crossing the Central rail-w-v V>ve for home Keatson was die first to'appear, bein- fullv 50yds ahead of Chambers. Frew, and Of rye, who were rmminc wither, with T). K. Uompron. \otman. Ciimp- " r,(l B° ,ld - f ° ilow ( ul £ 1 " Chat order. Enteritis the course continued to increase his lead, and hmshinc full of running seemed his third cmi-fr-eTutive interelub win. His time for the dwtawe (approximately five miles) was 23n.in 56sec. G. Chambers was second. J Frew third. C. trye fourth. P. TC Thompson fifth, (J. «■ Not man sixth, J. A. Bond seventh, and ti. Crimp eighth. Of 53 starters 43 completed the full di"*we In connection with the -cnajiipioiiship a. Scaled Handicap was Tim. llesulU :

—Tnterelub Teams' Championship-— ••-_ Caversham Xo. I.—J- -BeatscuMl). •<*■ fhambere l2). J- *"• l ? « w ! o) ' C " , Five (4), «. Crimp (8), 18 points ... 1 Dunlin Harrie.rs.r-D. R-. ' lh< ?! n P s " u (5) O. Danger- (9>, V\..Mayall (121, J. Johruston (13), B. Rosevear (20), 64 points ... - •■■ •■• " Pacific Harriers.—J. A. Bond (7i, 1 . Torrie (14), L- .Henderson (16), J. __ Scott 117), R. Swinney (19), 73 points o <t Andrew Harriers. —A. Struthers (13), T. Meredith "(15), G. Ferens (21), G. Thompson [22), R. Aitken (23), 94 , points ... -■■ ' i Caversham Xo. 2 were fifth with 128 points. Dunedin Anglicans (155) sixth. St. .Joseph's il-Ol seventh Cargill Road Methodist (with 204 points) eighth. Only four nviinoers oi St. tvilda finished. —Saaied Handicap.— Points. Pacific Harriers. 73 points (handicap, 85 points) • • 12 1 Dunedin Harriers. 64 (handicap, oO) 14 2 Caversham No. -1, 18■ (scratchi ... 18 t Caversham Xo. 2. 123 (handicap, 110} I 8 + —lndividual Championship.— J. Beatson (Caversnam) 1 (.{. Chambers (Caversham) 2 J. F. Frew iC'aversham) o C. Frve (Caversham) 4 i 1). R." Thompson (Dunedm) 5j G. A. Xotmm I Anglican) 6 The following team will represent Otago in the Now Zealand Cross-country Championship, to bo held at Auckland I on Saturday next :—-,1. 1! cat* on (Caver6.h,ini Harriers), (i. Chambers (Cavereham Harrier*), C. Five (Ca-vereham Harriers), D. IX. Uhompson (fclunedin Harriers-), U. A. Xotrnan (Anglican Harriers). ! Mcis«rß J. List (hou. secretary of the ! Otaszo Centre) a.r:d I'. Breeu will actum- j : pany the. team as managers. j I ! AUCKLAND. ' The Cross-country Championelup was won by Hills. The "distance was about five mile*.* C. Omstein was second and F. Jones third. Time, 32rnin 4^sec. j VICTORIA. I Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright I MELBOURNE. August 7. (Received August 7, at 11.30 a.m.) The Five-mile Crces-country Championship was won by Sproule, a Ehtxks scholar. !