ATHLETIC EVENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 8

ATHLETIC EVENTS.

AUSTRALIAN TITLES. HOBART, Jan: 19. The Australian field and track championships concluded yesterday. Results include : 220 yards.—lt. Moffatt (Victoria), 1; T. Hampson (New South Wales), 2; H. Yates (Victoria) 3. Won by two yards. Time, 22. 880 yards: G. Backhouse (Victoria) 1, T. Irwin (Victoria) 2, J. McCaffrey (Victoria) 3. Won by two yards. Time, 1.55, an Australian record. 44G yards hurdles: A. Watson (Victoria) 1, E. O’Brien (New South Wales) 2, S. Stenner (New South Wales) 3. Won by ten yards. Time, 54. The hammer throw'was Avon by M. Rosenblum (New South Wales) with a throw of 133 ft: If in. The hop, step and jump Avas Avon by. B. Dickenson (NeAv South Wales) Avitli 49ft. Bjjin. The three miles walk Avas Avon by W. Marston (Victoria). Time, 21.59. The three miles Avas won by J. Sheaves (NeAv South Wales). Time, 14.54 4-5. The discus throAving Avas Avon by H. Wilson (Victoria), Avitli 129 ft. 4jfin. The running high jump Avas won by D. Shetliffe (IN cav South Wales) Avith Oft. 2Jin. Victoria retained the Coombes Shield by eleven Avins to NeAv South Wales’s eight. The other States failed to record a Avin. * WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS. SYDNEY, Jan. 19. Results at the Avomen’s Australian athletic championships yesterday include :

100 yards.—Miss E. Wearne 1, Miss E. Robinson 2, Miss E. Russell (Victoria) 3. Time, 11 1-5. 90 yards hurdles.—Miss C. Kennedy 1, Mrs T. Peake (Queensland) 2, Miss D. Carter (Victoria) 3. Time, 12 2-5, Avhich equals the record. The broad jump Avas Avon by Mrs Peake Avith 17ft. llfm., an Australian record.

The javelin throAV Avas Avon by Miss C. Kennedy, with 117 ft. 7Jm., an Australian record.

The high jump Avas Avon by Miss If. Carter Avith 4ft. lOfin.

The discus throAV was Avon by Miss D. Carter Avith 100 ft. llfin.

The half-mile Avalk Avas Avon by Miss I. Carrington in 3.59 1-5.