BAYLY SCHOLARSHIP

Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1930, Page 8

BAYLY SCHOLARSHIP

ATHLETIC SECTION DECIDED. SPORTS MEETING AT HAWERA. .1 There were. 42 entries for the contests for the athletic qualification for the Bayly Memorial Scholarship sports conducted at the show grounds at Hawera on Wednesday. The weather was fine, but a stiff north-west breeze was a factor that the boys had to reckon with in the two goal-kicking and the punt events. The events were dispatched expeditiously, the arrangements reflecting credit on the headmaster of the Hawera primary school, Mr. J. Thomas. He was aided by an energetic band! of enthusiasts and .teachers. A sweeping victory was scored by Miles Ekdahl, Tawliiti school, Hawera, ■who obtained 270 points as against 140 points by each of the three boys who tied for second place. Points were awarded on the basis of 40 for first place, 20 for second, 10 for third and 20 for reaching a standard time, distance, or height according to the nature of the event. Details are:— 100 Yards (standard 12 2-ssec.). — Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti) 1, Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.) 2, Michael Lynch (Central, N.P.), 3; time, 12 l-ssec. Arthur Pearce (Hawera T.H.S.) and Albert Roberts (Waitara) also did the distance in standard time. 440 Yards (standard Imin. ssec;). — Albert Roberts (Waitara 1 ) 1, Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti) 2, Gordon Parker (Lower Mangorei) 3; time, Imin. Ssec. High Jump (standard 4 feet). —Arthur Keller (S.T.H.S.), 4ft. sJin., 1; Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti), 4ft. sin., 2; Francis Cox (Hawera main), 4ft. 4in., 3. The standard height was also jumped by Noel Outridge (Central, N.P.), Raymond Bloor (Hawera T.H.S.), Thomas Davis (Lower Mangorei), Wilson Evans (Hawera main), Edward Kirkby (Hawera T.H.S.), Donald Law (S.T.H.S.), Michael Lynch (Central, N.P.), Gordon Parker (Lower Mangorei), Arthur Pearce (Hawera T.H.S.), Hugh Paynter (Stratford primary), John Rutherford (Stratford primary), Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.) and John Davies (N.P.8.H.5.). / : Long Jump' (standard 15 feet).—Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti), 15ft., 1; Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.), 14ft. 2in., 2; Raymond Bloor (Hawera T.H.5.)., 13ft. Ilin., 3. Place Kick (standard, one goal). — Ronald Edgecombe (S.T.H.S.) 3 goals, 1; ! Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti), 2 goals, and ! Francis Cox (Hawera main) 2 goals, tied for second place, but Ekdahl won the kick-off. One goal was kicked by Noel Outridge (Central, N.P.), Thomas Davis 1 (Lower Mangorei), Howard Fowler (Te i Roti), Edward Kirkby (Hawera T.H.S.), , Austin Keller (S.T.H.S.), Charles Oakes j (Hawera main), Hugh Paynter (Stratford primary), Lovdd Ritter (Eltham) and Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.). |S

\ ■ •/. ■ Punt (standard, 90 ’ feet).—Thoma: Davis (Lower Mangorei), 137 ft., 1* Ronald Edgecombe (S.T.H.S.), 132 ft. 6in., 2; Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti), 131 ft., 3 The following boys also kicked 90 feet or more: Noel Outridge (Central, N.P.), Frederick Bamford'(Stratford primary), Francis Cox (Hawera main), .Wilson Evans (Hawera main), Howard Fowler ! (Te Roti), Arnold Hunter . (Hawera main), Penda Hawkins (Central, N.P.), Edward Kirkby (Hawera T.H.S.), Aurthur Keller (S.T.H.S.), Maurice Ludlam (S.T.H.S.), Michael Lynch (Central, N.P.), J. Wilmshurst (S.T.H.S.), Charles Oakes (Hawera main),' /Loydd' Ritter (Eltham), Albert Roberts (Waitara), Ronald Scown (Eltham); William Shepard (S.T.H.S.), Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.) and Donnelly. Drop Kick (standard 75 feet). —Tho« mas Davis - (Lower Mangorei), 133 ft., 1; * Arthur Keller (S.T.H.S.), 122jft,» 2; Gordon Parker (Lower Mangorei), 121 ft., 3. Those who reached or exceeded the standard were: Noel Outridge (Central, N.P.), Frederick Bathford (Strat-. ford primary), Raymond Bloor (Hawera main), . Francis Cox (Hawera main), Ronald Edgecombe (S.T.H.S.), Wilson Evans (Hawera main), Miles Ekdahl (Tawhiti), Howard Fowler (Te Roti), Arnold Hunter ; (Hawera main), Penda -Hawkins (Central, N.P.), lan Hunter (Hawera main), Edward Kirkby. (Hawera . T.H.S.), Donald Law (S.T.H.S.), Maurice Ludlam (S.T.H.S.), Michael Lynch (Central, N.P.), J.-Wilmshurst (S.T.H.S.), Charles Oakes (Hawera main), Hugh Paynter (Stratford primary), Loydd Ritter (Eltham), lan Ryburn (StT.H.S.), -Albert Roberts (Waitara), John Rutherfurd (Stratford), Gordon Scott (Pembroke), Ronald Scown (Eltham), William Shepard (S.T.H.S.), Donald Smart , (Hawera main), Eric Booth (N.P.8.H.5.,), and Donnelly. ' ' v

Boys who scored 50, or more, points were:—Ekdahl (270); Booth, Keller, and Davis (140), Edgecombe (120), Roberts and Cox (100); Lynch (00)t Outridge and Kirkby (80), Evans, Fowler, Oakes, Parker, Paynter and. Ritter (60), and Bloor (50).'