ATHLETICS
JACK METCALFE'S ACHIEVEMENT United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, December 8. Jack Metcalfe, in a special attempt, beat the Olympic high jump record by clearing 6ft 6iins and also beat his own New South Wales record by covering 32 feet 81 inches in a standing hop, step and Jump. (The Olympic record is 6ft 58ins, Jumped by D. McNaughton, Canada, at the 1932 Olympiad).
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 2
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