SWIMMING
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
' SYDNEY, sth February. The Australian national • swimming championships resulted as follows:—' 100 yards.—Grier (Queensland) 1, Soussari (Queensland) 2, Laidlaw (N.ew South Wales) 3. Won by' a/ 'touch. Time, 56 4-5 sec.
100 yards breaststroke.—Boast (Queensland) 1, Campbell (New South Wales) 2, Sheather (New""South' # W ales ) 3 - Time, 1.10 3-5. This is one-fifth of a second less than Boast's previous Australian record for the "same distance.
The 880 yards championship of Australia resulted.—Jones (West Australia'! 1", Ryan (New South Wales) 2, Christie (New South Wales) 3. Time, 11.14 2-5.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 February 1928, Page 6
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