NEW MAJOR RECORDS
Men’s 100 Yards—J. F. Treloar (Australia), 9.6 sec, breaks British Empire record set by C. B. Holmes (England) in 1938, and equals New Zealand record.
Women’s 100 Yards.—Marjorie Jackson (Australia), 10.8 sec, fquals world record of Fanny Blankers-Koen (Holland), set in 1944. A new Empire record.
High Jump.—John Winter (Canada), 6ft 6in ,Empire record. J. H. Borland, 6ft sin, best performance by New Zealander. <440 Yards Hurdles.—Duncan White (Ceylon), 52.8 sec, Empire record. Previous record of 52.95ec set by J. Loaring (Canada) in 1938. Women’s 100 Yards Freestyle—Miss Marjorie McQuade (Australia), 69.45ec, Empire Games record. Previous record was 70.1 sec.
Women’s 440 Yards Freestyle Relay. —Australia (Misses D. Spencer, D. Norton, J. J. Davies, M. McQuade), 4min 44.95ec, Empire Games record.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27307, 6 February 1950, Page 5
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