AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23173, 20 October 1938, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES

INVITATION TO WELLINGTON THREE SPLENDID PERFORMERS The Wellington Amateur Athletic Centre has decided to invite three Australian athletes to visit that district in January or February next. The three selected are J. Mumford, J. P. Metcalfe, of New South Wales, and Miss Decima Norman, of Western Australia. They were three of Australia's most outstanding representatives at the Empire Games in Sydney in Fobruary of this year. Mumford finished second to C. 13. Holmes (England) in the J. 00yds and 220 yds, beaten (according to the official record) by a yard in each in 9.7s and 21.25, both times being Empire Games records. Ho also finished fourth in the 440 yds. Metcalfe has previously visited New Zealand. He won the hop, step and jump at the Empire Games with a performance of 50ft. 10in., and was fifth in the broad jump. He is also .a firstclass high jumper. Miss Decima Norman was the idol of the crowds who attended the track events at the Empire Games, and well did she deserve the praise bestowed upon her. She won the ladies' 100 yds, 220 yds and running broad jump, and established an Empire Games record in each. She was also a member of the two successful Australian ludics' relay teams, one of which created an Empire Games record.