AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS
BOTH BEATEN AT AUCKLAND.
BRIDSON’S RECORD HALF-MILE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association,
Auckland, Last Night.
The Australian swimmers made their final appearance in Auckland at a carnival at the tepid baths to-night. In the 880 yards scratch event Noel Ryan (Australia) was defeated by G. Bridson (Auckland) by 19 yards. Bridson, who is the New Zealand middle distance champion, covered the distance in llmin. 21 2-osec., breaking D. P. Lindsay’s . New Zealand record by 4 l-ssec. Ryan swam better than on the previous night, but his form was nothing approaching his best time for the distance, which is llmin. 2sec.
The 50 yards invitation scratch race resulted in J. P. Farrell, the Auckland sprint champion,’ defeating Owen Griffiths (Australia) by a touch in 26sec. It was considered by many that Raper (Auckland), who was placed third, won the race, but as he finished under the judges he was not noticed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19291206.2.60
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1929, Page 9
Word Count
150AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1929, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.