AMATEUR ATHLETICS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21735, 29 August 1932, Page 8

AMATEUR ATHLETICS

CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP WIN FOR J. G. BARNES TEAMS’ RACE TO OTAGO (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 27. The New Zealand Cross-couuti-y Championship Race over a 10,000-metres’ course, held at Cashmere this afternoon, resulted in a fine contest, and ended in a win for J. G. Barnes (Otago), who made the time 37miu 37sec. Barnes and N. F. Cooper (Auckland) were in the lead over the whole distance, pacemaking in turn. Over the final stages Barnes showed marked superiority, and won running away by 200 yards. The placings were: — J. G. Barnes (Otago), 37min 37scc 1 N. F. Cooper (Auckland), 38min Isec 2 E. C. Brown (Otago), 38min 13sec ~ 3 G. Bayne (Wellington), 38min 37sec 4 A. Barclay (Wellington), 38min 38sec 5 C. Weller (West Coast), 38min 43sec 6 H. K. Johnston (West Coast), 38min 43sec 7 G. Prosser (Wellington), 38min 47sec 8 A. R. Geddes (Otago), 38min 53sec 9 E. P, Brown (Otago), 38min 55sec .. 10 L. C. M'Lachlan (Otago), 39min 4scc 11 A. D. Park (Canterbury), 39min Bsec 12 P. Wilson (Wellington), 39min 20sec 13 J. Nicholson (Auckland), 39min 21sec 14 R. M. Barrer (Canterbury), 39min 2Gsec .. 15 A. Bradley (Auckland), 39min 48sec 16 A. P. Thomson (Canterbury), 39min 58sec ..17 D. Smith (West Coast), 40min Bsec 18 G. Johnson (West Coast), 40min 9sec 19 A. L. Stevens (Wellington), 40min 15sec ..20 A. Preston (Timaru), 40min 25sec .. 21 G. H. Watson (Canterbury), 40min 37sec .. .. .. ..22 C. S. Ell (Canterbury), 40min' 45scc 23 A. Browne (Auckland), 41min 24sec 24 J. J. Morris (Otago), 41min 27sec.. 25 L. C. Barker (Auckland), 41min 29sec 26 J. H. Brown (West Coast), 41min 52sec .. .. 27 J. Northovcr (West Coast), 42min 39sec ... 28 L. C. Fulford (Canterbury), 42miu 56sec .. .. 29 The Teams’ Race resulted as follow: — Otago (Barnes 1, E. C. Brown 3, Geddes 9, E. P. Brown 10), 23 points 1 Wellington (Bayne 4, Barclay 5, Prosser 8, Wilson 13), 30 points . . 2 West Coast (North Island) (Weller 6, Johnston 7, Smith 18, G. John- ' ston 19), 50 points .. . . .. 3 Auckland, 55 points .... .. ;. 4 Canterbury, 65 points . . .'. .. 5 BARNES’S BRILLIANT EFFORT (From Odr Special Reporter.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 28. The New Zealand Cross-country Championship Race was held over a 10,000 metres’ course under ideal conditions.

From a fast start Barnes moved to the front, closely followed by Cooper, Wilson, Bayne, and Barber. At the end of the first mile Barnes was leading Cooper by a yard, Preston, Bayne, Prosser, Morris, and E. J. Johnson being next. Cooper and Barnes had a great contest for the next four miles, leading alternately. At the water jump, a mile and a-quarter from home, the leaders were still together, with E. C. Brown 100 yards back third. On the hill Barnes made a great effort, and established a break on Cooper, and increasing his lead he went on to win by about 100 yards. E. C. Brown, who had run a fine race, was 60 yards back third, with Bayne and Barclay almost together 100 yards behind the field. Of the 31 starters, 29 finished. The first five miles were fiat, including a fair amount of road. The last mile and a-quarter included a water jump and two sharp hills, with a quarter mile flat road to finish.