ATHLETICS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 296, 14 December 1931, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

Handicaps for Evening Meeting. Handicaps have been declared as follows for the amateur athletic meeting to be conducted by the Old Boys Club at Lancaster Park to-morrow afternoon, starting at 5.45. The meeting will be the last of the series before the New Year. 220yds A Grade—First heat: G. F. Hart 2yds, C. G. Gordon syds, H. Cox 6yds, H. G. Norris Byds, E. E. Piper 9yds, L. W. Barwell 11yds, T. G. Kennedy 11yds. Second heat: J. B. Macfarlane 4yds, R. A. Jorgensen syds, K. Edmonds Byds, PI. M’Caskey Byds, H. H. Gibbons 9yds, R. Brown 11yds, G. B. Sehou 12yds. 220yds B Grade—First heat: L. C. Hean 13yds, H. C. Williams 14yds, J. Plardy 15yds, E. Orbell 15yds, C. C. Gordon 16yds, F. Stevens 18yds. Second heat: W. J. Brown 14yds, R. Moir, R. O’Brien 15yds, J. C. Harbutt 16yds, C. D. Burn 17yds, M. PI. Mullany 18yds. Third heat: E. W. Collins 14yds, J. Behan 15yds, C. S. Bell 15yds, R. A. Mercer 16yds, R. T. J. Ryder 18yds, C. L. Wiggins 20yds. 880yds—A. Mather 40yds, G. L. Angus 40yds, L. C. Fulford 40yds, E. G. Williams 50yds, J. D. Nelligan 55yds, H. Haworth 55yds, L. C. Richards 55yds, F. H. Cookson 60yds, H. O. H. Savage 60yds, B. PI. Scully 60yds, G. Leeee 60yds, G. Miller 60yds, L. J. Milner 65yds, W. M’Harg 65yds, F. Cousins 65yds, B. Howard 65yds, F. W. Dukes 70yds, C. A. B. Stevenson 70yds, IP. G. Holmes 70yds, D. Upton 70yds, F. A. Nelson 75yds, L. M’Ewin 75yds, F. Malings 75yds, M. J. Moriarty SOyds, E. A. Sayers 85yds, R. E. Wright 90yds. 440yds Hurdles—E. Lunn 20yds blid, L. G. Willis 20yds blid, L. E. Smith 17yds bhd, PI. Ilawortli 15yds bhd, M. H. Mullany scr. Javelin—N. L. Uniacke scr, K. Brown sft, C. L. Wiggins 10ft, L. E. Smith 12ft, T. G. Kennedy 17ft Gin, M. 11. Mullany 17ft 6in, L. Wright —. 100yds Women—Misses K. Callinan scr, G. Williams 4yds. M. Nelligan 4iyds. K. Way s£yds, M. Wilson 6yds, Mrs G. Austin 10yds. The inter-club scratch meeting, postponed from Saturday, will be held at the Technical College grounds, Ensor s Road, next Saturday afternoon. OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE. Cornes Puts Up Record Time in Cross-Country Race. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 12. Oxford won the seven-mile crosscountry match against Cambridge in 43 minutes 4 seconds. Points against Oxford totalled 20, those against Cambridge were 35. C. W. Benson, who was the. winnter in 1930, led the field for four and a half miles. Pie was the only Cambridge man in the first five. *l. F. Cornes (Oxford) won the race in record time. Oxford have now v/011 the race 21 times to Cambridge’s 26. The contest has been run since ISBO with the exception of the years of the war. Each team comprises six men, with fivH3 scoring towards the result. The first man home is awarded a Full Blue. The best time previously recorded was 43 minutes 24 2-ssec by L. W. Reed, in 1883.