CENTENARY SPORTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1934, Page 7

CENTENARY SPORTS

SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS CANADA’S GOOD WIN [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. November 10, 8 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November 9. ' Canada, with S 3 points, won the in-ter-Empire schools sports. Victoria scored 58 and New Zealand 29. The most thrilling race was the mile, in which New Zealanders were first and second. The Empire Games broad jump champion Richardson (Canada), was defeated by Letcher (Victoria), after a dead-heat. The track was heavy. Results: —

Weight Putt. —Wares (Canada) 1, Steele (Victoria) 2, Coxhead (New Zealand) 3; 46ft. logins. (record). 100 yards.—MacPhee (Canada) 1, (Canada) 2, Gill (Victoria) 3. Bate (Victoria) 4, Bickerstaff (New Zealand) 5, Steel New Zealand) 6. Time 10 1-5 secs.

Half Mile.—Brosnan (Victoria) 1, Pearce (Victoria) 2, Ferris (Canada) 3. Mitchell (Canada), Watt and Wordsworth (New Zealand) also competed. Time 2.3 7-10. High Jump.—Jansen (Canada) and Evans (Victoria) jumped 5.115. Jansen won the jump off. Richardson (Canada) was third. Watt (Victoria), Steele and Coxhead (New Zealand) also competed.

220 yards.—MacPhee . (Canada) 1, McFarlane (Victoria) 2, Savage (Canada) 3. Letcher (Victoria). Bickerstaff and Wilson (New Zealand), also competed. Time 22 9-10 secs. 120 yards Hurdles.—Loaring (Canada) 1, Lander (Victoria) 2, Zizis (Canada) 3, Warhurst (Victoria) and Bickerstaff also competed. Time 16 secs.

440 yards.—Limon (Canada) 1, Sayers (New Zealand) 2, Fleming (Canada) 3, Clarke (New Zealand) 4. Time 51 9-10 secs. Long Jump.—Letcher 1, Richardson 2, Lapit (Victoria) 3. Jansen (Canada) and Steele (New Zealand) also competed; winner’s distance 22ft. sin. (record). One mile. —McLauchlan (New Zealand) 1, Watt (New Zealand) 2, Pearce (Victoria) 3. Time 4.42 2-5. , Relays, 440 yards.—Canada 1, New Zealand 2, Victoria 3. Mile. —Canada 1, Victoria 2, New Zealand 3. POLO TOURNAMENT. MELBOURNE, November 9. The polo was played in unfavourable conditions. The Duke of Gloucester, however, witnessed an exciting game. Results: — New South Wales, 18, defeated South Australia A. 1. Queensland 9, defeated New Zealand 3. Johnson (New Zealand) strained a riding muscle, and was unable to continue. South Australia B. 21 beat Victoria B. (received nine) 18.