ATHLETICS IN EGYPT
RECORDS SHATTERED (N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent) CAIRO, Apl. 18. Four N.Z.E.F. records were shattered at' the Armoured Forces Brigade’s athletic meeting. McHugh bettered Masters’s 200 Metres in 24 4-ssec by two-fifths of a second. Purcell’s 56 l-ssec for the 400 Metres was one-fifth of a second faster than Evans’s 1942 time. Johnson won the 800 Metres in 2min 8 2-ssec—one second faster than Pat Boot’s Middle East record. Boot won the 1500 Metres in 4min 27 l-ssec, bettering the record by three-fifths of a second. The 20th Regiment won the unit competition.
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Otago Daily Times, Volume 25205, Issue 25205, 20 April 1943, Page 3
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