WILSON BENEFIT

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11786, 24 March 1924, Page 3

WILSON BENEFIT

A SUCCESSFUL MEETING MUNRO ESTABLISHES AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. RECORD. INTERESTING CONTESTS. Beautiful weather prevailed on Saturday for the Wilson benefit athletic sports meeting, which was held at Athletic Park, and which was attended by between 3500 and 4000 people. A very interesting and well-arranged programme was submitted, and many good performances were registered, the most noteworthy being that of P. Munro in the throwing the discus event, in which he did 137 ft, thus lowering his own recently-created Australian and NW Zealand record by 4J feet. This meeting marked the final of the Dewar Shield competition, the shield being won by the Wellington Club, with an aggregate of 150 J points. The points won by the other clubs are as follow:—’Varsity 106, Athletic 27f, Selwyn 25, Olympic 20, Marist 13, Hutt 4, Brooklyn 4. CHAMPION RECEIVES AN OVATION. A wonderful demonstration was accorded to Harry Wilson when he made his appearance on the ground, and later the boys of Wellington College marched on to the ground opposite to where he was sitting on the stand, and cheered him to the echo ; The ovation was taken up by the crowd, and for a couple of minutes the park resounded to the lusty cheering of thousands of voices. While the sports were in progress, Mr H. S. Alpe, the well-known longdistance walker, completed on the ground a walk from Petone to Wellington, having done the distance from post office to post office, seven miles, in one hour twenty minutes, beating his own previous record by ten minutes. HARDWORKING OFFICIALS. The officials who controlled the meeting were:—Referee, Mr R. W. McVilly; track judges, Messrs J. N. Millard, A. W. O. Travers, H. W. Thompson, M. Burnett; marshal, Mr A. C. Kitto; president N.Z.A.A.A - ., Mr A. T. Davies; stewards, Messrs F. Hodeon, G. H. Lusk;, P. Nathan, W. H. Bennett, R. Sievers, W. A. Low, and Dr Morgan; clerk of course, Mr J. W. Heenan: time-takers, Messrs W. N. Tucker (official), W. Ballantyne, D. C. Todd, D. Bohan, and F. Wilton; field judges, Messrs L. McKay, W. H. Jones, J. Sharp; judges' of walking, Messrs J. Ellis and A. B. Sievwright; marksman, Mr E. A. Shaw; megaphonist, Mr C. Parsonage; press stewards, Messrs S. Hall and J. Don; result board, Messrs H. Paton, R. Mcllraith, and W. Auld; shield result board steward, Mr J. Peterson; call stewards, Messrs H. J. Pollock, D. Todd, N. Smellie, N. Craig, and E. Warner; hon. official surveyor, Mr S. T. Seddon; starter, Mr T. W. Leslie; handjcapper, Mr A. C. Kitto; local officer, Mr E. A. Shaw; competitors'

gate stowards, Messrs T. Farrington and E. H. Edwards; bicycle handicap.pers, Messrs T. H. Oates and G. H. Hall; dressing-room steward, Mr AV. J. Heenan; Red Cross attendant, Mr W. Burberry; hon. secretary, Mr J. O’Sullivan; hon. treasurer, Mr D. Wilson; chaperons, Mesdames Kitto, Wright, Luke, McKay, Leslie, and, Hodson, Misses McDonnell, and Eteveneaux.

THE RESULTS 880yds Cycle Handicap.—First liea*: W. Clark (40yds), 1; E. G. Blakeway (20yds), 2; C. F. Flett (scr), 3. Time, lmin 17 2-ssec. Second heat: L. Baker (70yds), 1; B. Morris (35yds), 2; W. Clguston (15yds), 3. "Time, lmin 13 4oseo. Final: Morris, 1; Flett, 2; Blakeway, 3. Won bv a touch. Time, lmin 15 3-ssec. 100yds Primary Schools Championship. —First heat: Scanlon (Marist), 1; Ibbottson (Lyall Bay), 2; H. Avery (Berhampore). 3. Time, 11 2-sseo. Second heat: Poulton (Terrace), 1; R. Cunninghame (Lower Hutt), 2; Marshall (Marist), 3. Time. 12sec. Final: Scanlon, 1; Poulton, 2 ; Ibbottson, 3. Won easily by six yards. Time, 11 3-ssec. 100yds Secondary Schools Championship.—Anderson (Wellington College), 1; Baßey (W.C.), 2; Riddell (St. Won easily. Time, 10 4*ssec. 100yds Handicap. —First heat: P. Levy (Byds), 1; C. Jenkins (scr), 2; B. Barker (12sec). 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. Second 'heat: A. Grigg (10|yds), 1; E. Guy (syds), 2; C. Campbell (6yds),. 3. Time, lOsec. Third heat: I>. Cox (6yds), 1; F. S. Hill (4yds) and Mills (10yds) dead heat, 2. Time 10 l-ssec. Fourth heat: T. Stevenson (Byds), 1; W. L. Elliott (Iyd), 2; F. Malmanche (syds), 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. Final: E. Guy, 1; Cox, 2; Stevenson. ,3. Won by half a yard. Time, lOsec. 120yds Junior Handicap. Peterson (syds), 1: Fisk (Byds), 2; C. Leer (6yds), 8. Time, 13sec. 100yds Ladies' Handicao. —Miss M. Collins (6yds), 1; Misses E. Porter (syds) and M. Stevenson (6syds), dead heat, 2. Time, 12 l-ssec. 880yds Championship.—R. C. Christie, 1; J. Perston, 2; M. Rose, 3. Christie won a well judged race, and made a great rnn coming up the straight, winning by a touch. Rose faded away at the end. Time, 2min 12 2-ssec. High Jump.—Whyte (scr), sft ssin, 1; Barker (3in), sft sin, 2; Bradey (3ins), sft 2in,3. Puttin the Shot.—A. D. Mcßae 44ft sJin, 1: P. Munro (scr), 44ft l|in, 2; D. Brown ?4ft), 42ft s£in, 3. One Mile Walk Handicap.—F. C. Hickling (85yds), 1; C. R. Lovatt (140yds), 2; H. L. Richardson (160yds), 3. This race provided a remarkably fine finish. Hickling coming with a wonderful dash in the last quarter lap. He drew no on Richardson and was followed by Mclntosh. One hundred yards fronj 'home Lovatt also challenged, and drew rapidly up. Riohardson fell into third place and Mclntosh was unable to get up. A hard fight between Hickling and Lovatt. ‘saw the former win by a foot. Time. 7rm*n \ 2-ssec. One Mile Cycle Handicap.—C. F. Flett (scr), 1; G. Bright (40yds), 2; J. A. Cooksley (30yds), 3. Time, 2min 37 3-ssec. 440 Yards Boys' Walk (under 13). Meech. 1- Warner and Corliss (dead heat), 2. Time, lmin 50 2-56ec. 440 Yards Secondary School Championship.—Rushbrook fCWlelJington College), 1; Anderson (St. Patrick's College). 2; Wiggs (Wellington College), 3. Won easily by five yards. Time, 58 l-ssec. Throwin the Discus.—P. Munro (scr), 137 ft, 1; W. Harvey (25ft), 119 ft 7in, 2; D. Brown <2oft), 119 ft 4in, 3. Munro broke his own Australasian record by 4ft 6in. One Mile Handicap.—T. E. Cole (140yds), 1; A. C. Dufresne (scr). 2; D. Priestly (10yds), 3. Dufresne, the New Zealand champion, was nnable to make up his handicap, and had to take second place, just beating Priestly after a great run. Cole won by 20 yards. Time, 4min 33 4-ssec. 220 Yards Primary Schools Championship.—First heat: Scanlon (Marist), 1; Poulton (Terrace), 2; J. O'Brien (Lyall Bay), 3. Time, 26 2-ssec. Second heat: A. Ibbotson (Lyall Bay), 1 ; Taylor (Marist), 2; R. Cunninghame (Lower Hutt), 3. Time, 27 l-ssec. Final: Ponlton, 1 • Ibbotson, 2; O'Brien and Cunninghame (dead heat), 3. Time, 27sec. 220 Yards Handicap.—First heat: C. Campbell (12yds), 1- E. Guy (9yds), 2; U ' ?°? ( U y ds >> 3 - Time, 22 2-ssec. Second heat: L. A. Tracy (scr), 1; F. Malmanche (12yds), .2; Perston (19yds), 3. "on easily. Time, 22 2-ssee. Third heat: F. S. Hill (Byds), 1; Bennett asyds), 2: W. L. Elliott (4yds), 3. A wonderfully even finish. Hill just getting out at the end to win by a yard. Time, 22 2-ssec. Final: Tracy, 1; Malmanche, 2; Campbell, 3. Tracy came up with a fine run to win by half a yard. Time, 22 l-ssec. 220 Yards Hurdles Handicap.—R. AV nder .i2oyds behind), 1; J. 0. Malfroy (20yds bhd), 2; A. Sceats (3yds behind), 3. Lander quickly overtook the leaders, and coming up the straight went out in front to win by eight yards. A number of hurdles were knocked down. Time. 30 4-ssec. , 880 Yards Boys’ AValk (oyer 13 years).— Solomon/1; Tasker, 2; Hill, 3. Time, Bmm 54 2-ssec. 120 Yards Ladies’ Handicap.—Miss I. McDonald (14yds), 1; Miss M. Stevenson (81yds), 2; Miss M. Collins (Byds), 3. Tho scratch lady, Miss Swinburne, put in a great run, but was unable to get up. lime, 14sec. (-rifc° F s Kirrmon (20yds) 3. Out often rfart*£» only fifio three placed mon finished. Flett qmckly made up his handicap, and covered the last half of tho journey in company with Harrison and Blakeway. He y /a f the load entering the straight, but Blakeway entered a spirited challenge, and a hard tussle saw the scratch man wm by half a wheel. Harrison was two lengths away. Time smin 31 2-ssoc.

100 Yards Boys’ Handicap (under 13). — Stevenson 1; Archer, 2; Tuck well, 3 Time, 12sec. 410 Yards Junior Handicap.—J. Barber <syds(, 1; Jones (Byds), 2; E. A. Micklo (10yds), 3. Time, 57 2-ssec. Throwing the Javelin.—D. Brown (30ft). 144 ft Biin, 1; Yates (20ft), 142 ft 6in, 2; Harvoy (20ft), 136 ft sin, 3. Munro, the scratch man, threw 126 ft llin. Three Mile Handicap.—A. C. Dufresne (scr), 1; D. Priestly .50yds), 2; AV. Anderson (100yds),3 . Dufresne secured a very popular win, running a well-judged race throughout Ho took the lead at the ninth lap and then went steadily away, increasing his lead all the time, and finishing with 120 yards to the good. He put up a fine finishing'sprint, and ended with a good deal in hand. Priestly also finished very strong. Time, 15 min 24 4-ssec. Three Mile Cyclo Handicap.—S. Harrison (25yds), 1; C. Blakeway (60yds), 2: G. Bright '(Sfiyds), 3. In the last two laps there wefe only the three placed men in tho race, Harrison coming ,up with a hard sprint to win by half a Vheol. Time, Smin 23}scc. 440 Yards Handicap.— B. G. Guy (18 yds), 1; Sinclair (syds), 2; C. AV. Davies (scr), 3. The scratch man made up a lot of ground coming up the straight. Guy came up with a fine run, winning by a yard. Time, 52sec. One Mile Junior Cycle.—McGourtie, 1; Canswell, 2; Cameal, 3. Time, 2min 42 sec Secondary Schools Relay.—'Wellington College (Andarson, Hannon, Thompson, Bailey), 1; St. Patrick’s College (Riddell. Stevenson, Kelly, Goodson), 2; Technical College (London, Owens, Walter, Murray), 3. Won by twenty yards. Time, lmin 40 4-ssec. Primary School Rrfay.—Marist Bros. (Scanlon. Marshall, Phillips, Taylor), 1; Lyall Bay (Ibbottson, Smith, O’Brien, McKenzie), 2: Lower Hutt (Cunninghame, Odlin, Asquith, Lowrie), 3. Time, 55 Sjteec. Interalub Relay Race of half mile, quarter mile, and two 220 yards.—’Varsity (Priestly, Tracy, AVhitehead, Hill), 1; Wellington (Morton, Cox, Malmanche, Jonkins), 2. ’Varsity had opened up a substantial lead by the end; of the race. Time, Smin 58 3-ssec