CHAMPION BEATEN
SWIMMING IN CHRISTCHURCH [by TELEGRAPH —I'ItESS ASSOCIATION J CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday Equalling his provincial record of 56 M-ss, D. 11. Symes, Canterbury 100 yds title-holder, beat the British champion and Olympic, and Empire Games representative, Norman Wainwright, by the barest of margins in (he 100 yds match race at tho Tepid Baths tonight, A 'J'JOyds match between Wainwright and L. Newell, Canterbury ami New Zealand champion over this distance, was won by P-'.vds by Wainwright, tho time of 2 m '27 3-.* is being slightly slower than Newell's provincial record.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23018, 21 April 1938, Page 19
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