CYCLING

Grey River Argus, 19 September 1932, Page 8

CYCLING

WELLINGTON, Sept. 17. The fifty-mile provincial championship to-day resulted:— P. N. Robinson (2hr. 29min 20 4-5 secs) 1; C. Ericsson (2hr 30min 29secs) 2. F. Franklyn (2hr 30min 31 4-5 sec) 3. DUNEDIN, Sept. 17. The Otago Amateur Fifty-inile Road Championship was held in ideal weather this afternoon. Results: G. Foster (lOmin) 1; C. J. Lucas (4min) 2, J. Kewish (7min.) 3. The winner’s time was 2hr 10 mins. 18 secs. Fastest time was secured by Lucas —2hr 6 min. D. Smart w r as second fastest and A. Hagerty (Winton) third fastest. 129 MILE RACE. SYDNEY, September 18. The cycle road race from Goulburn to Sydney, of 129 miles, in which two hundred amateurs and 133 professionals took part, wag decided fo-day in unfavourable- weather, with ht-ad winds and showers. E. Millikin. o* Victoria, won the amateur section from scratch in fhe record time of fiv e hours, thirtyeight minutes, forty-two seconds. J--. Sefton, with a handicap of 384 minute.’ was second. E. Johns, off scratch, wi” third.

T. Brown, with a handicap of 574 minutes, won the professional event in six hours, fipven minutes, thirty seconds. T. Brooks, 57| minutes, was second and T. Walters sixty minutes’ start, was third. R. Lamb, the Inter national, did not start. A special prize for the fastest time for the professionals wa s won by H. Cruise, of Victoria, whose time was five hours, forty-six minutes, fifty-nine seconds.