CYCLING.
WARIINAMBOOL TO MELBOURNE. WON BY COLLINGS (Vie.) O’SHEA (N.Z.) PUTS UP FASTEST TIME. Melbourne, Oct. 15. Two hundred and eighty three started in the read race. The weather was fine, but there were blinding clouds of dust. The roads were good to Geelong, and afterwards patthv. The race provided a great finisl!.' Result: -Collings (34min) I. Tebbs (42min) 2. Lessing (lOmin) 3, Hughes (34inin) 4, Shtney (44niin) 5, all Victorians, who finished in a bunch. Collings securing the victory bv half a wheel in Shr 45niin 11 sec. Lessing entered a protest on the oTC.uid that Collings caught hold ol iiis, saddle- in the final sprint. O'Shea (New Zealand), the scratch man. made the fastest time, Shr ISmin 4 4 sec. Collings denies the interference. The protest will be heard by the League of Wheelmen. O'Shea was the only New Zealander to occupy a prominent place. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. Brisbane, Oct. 15. In the anistem' cycling championships of Australia the half mile was won by Tronsdell (Queensland) in 1 min 7'2_ssec, and the ten miles by Cutlift'e (New South Wales) in 26min 35sec.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 256, 16 October 1911, Page 2
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183CYCLING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 256, 16 October 1911, Page 2
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