FOUR NEW RECORDS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 601, 3 November 1932, Page 11

FOUR NEW RECORDS.

Annual Secondary School Sport*. CHRIST’S COLLEGE AGAIN WIN. In the ten years that have gone by since the foundation of the inter-aecond-ary school sports meeting at Christchurch there has been a remarkable rise in the standard of performance. Only one of the original records remains unbroken, that of H. Lee, of St Bede's College, who, in 1922, ran the junior 100yds in llsec. Each year has seen one or more records go by the board and yesterday’s meeting, which was held at the cricket grounds, Hagley Park, proved no exception to the rule. In the senior championship four new records were established, and in spite of a track that was holding slightly and an unfavourable wind the meeting was productive of one of the finest displays of athletics in the history of the tournament. To break records it was a matter ‘of splitting seconds. In C. H. Matthews, of the Technical College, Christchurch has a potential Empire schoolboy champion. Matthews, who ran the mile in 4min 29 2-ssec to set a. record for the race, gained the distinction of breaking the British Empire schoolboy record of 4min 30sec. Other record breakers were T. H. Harpur, Of Christ’s College, who clipped 3-ssec off the quarter mile record of 52 4-ssec: and E. Malley, of St Bede’s College, who ran the half mile in 2min 3 l-ssec, lowering the old record by 3-ssec. The fourth record of the day was established by Christ’s College in the 880yds relay race, the team lowering the record of lmin 40 l-ssec set by Boys’ High School last year by lsec. Christ’s College again brought off a runaway victory in the senior championship, making their eleventh successive win since the foundation of the tournament. The team gained . five firsts, four seconds and two ' thirds in ten starts and piled up 30 points. They were unplaced only once. Boys’ High School were runners-up with 19 points, claiming two firsts, three seconds and five thirds. The junior championship Is not yet definitely decided. As the points stand at present St Bede’s College ana Boys’ High School are equal with 12 points each, but the committee intends to discuss an irregularity which occurred in the high jump event. The question to be decided is whether a High School competitor who jumped 4ft Bin in the preliminary but failed to clear that height in the final is eligible for third place. In the event of his being ruled out, St Bede’s College will be the winners by- half a point, School s total being reduced to 115 points. Innovations in the programme this year were the substitution of the shot put for the cricket ball throw, and a junior relay race. The weather was fine and warm, with a strong nor-west wind blowing. The sports were watched by a large crowd of spectators. The schools taking part and abbreviations