HARRIERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 346, 18 August 1930, Page 4

HARRIERS

CHAMPIONSHIP RACE WANGANUI-TARANAKI CENTBB. NEW PLYMOUTH WINNER. WANGANUI WIN TEAMS RAC< The Wanganui and New Plymouth Harners competed for the WanganuiTaranaki Centre cross-country championship on Saturday afternoon ovei tue Bramwell course of GJ miles. The event was an outstand-ng success and credit is due to R. Edwards, secretary of the Wanganui Harriei Club, for the manner in which he mad* all tho arrangements and effectively tarried them out. Three Wanganui teams oif six men each and two New Plymouth teams or the same number, in addition to soma ten individual runners, started from the racecourse and finished on Sprig.ns Park. The runners had been timed to finish at the interval of tho Wanganui-Auckland match and evidence of the perfect arrangements waa shown when the winner, H. J. Brown, of New Plymouth, was half-way round the lap of the playing field as the whistle blew for half-time. The Race. The weather was ideal for the ma and the condition of the country good. Tho field got away to a splendid start and was well bunched for the first two miles. K. Johnston, upon whom the hopes of the Wanganui men were centred, led for the first mile and ahalf by some two yards from H. J. Brown, the Taranaki star. After two miles had been covered Brown led the field by three yards and, running with splendid action, drew away from Johnston.

C. Weller, the IG-ycar-old runner, placed the Wanganui colours third He was lying ninth in the field as the runners streamed past St. George’s school i'nd at Peake’s Road had passed threi men, placing him sixth. At Bristol’! Hili he was-third, 50yds. behind Brown, while Johnston was mid-way between them. A. Hoskins was the surprise ol the Wanganui runners, leaving th< other members of the B team, far be lund, and reaching the tape 33sec. be hind Weller—an outstanding performance which has placed him in the tean tor the New Zealand championships. Capon and Walsham, of New Plymouth, ran home next, followed by F. Hoskxns and B. Clark of Wanganui. «no had both run excellently. Clark reproduced his Masterton form. riio teams’ race was won bv the narrowest margin by tho Wanganui A team from tho New Plymouth Assoeia tion A team, ono point alone markini the difference. Had A. Hoskins beei nC 1 ?? " an e anui A team instead or the B the margin would naturallj hs ™ b “ e " greater for Wanganui. ’ I ho following are details of the first home, the abbreviations being aa B^n P „F-C. NCWPI « B «-

Wanganui A (2nd, 3rd, 7th, Bth) 20—1 New Plymouth A (Ist, sth, Cth 9th __ 21 j Wanganui B (4th, 11th, 13th, 16th) .. 44—8 New Plymouth’ B (10th, 22nd, 2rd 24th) 88 4 CROSS-COUNTRY TITLE N.S.W. HAS SIXTH WIN Received Aug. 17, 7.25 p.m. SYDNEY, Aug. If. In the 10,000 metres cross-country championship New South Wales woi for the sixth time, the result being M. J. McKen?ie (Western Suburbs) , J. Patterson (Botany) 2, A. Gainsford (St. George) 3. Ten started. Time 34.50.

Time 1 H. J. Brown (N.P.A.) min 39 sec 35 2— K. Johnston (W.A.) _ 3— C. Weller (W.A.) r — 40 40 0 50 4—A. Hoskins (W.B.)“ 41 23 5—H. J. Capon (N.P.A.) 41 34 6—R. Walsham. (N.P.A.) 41 45 7 —K Hoskins (W.A.) 41 46 8 —B. Clark (W.A.) „ 42 23 9—W T. Rawson (N.P.A.) 42 45 10—G. Moore (W.A.) 43 I 11 —G. Knowles (W.B.) _ 43 7 12—B. Cave (W.A.) 43 30 13—E Garde (W.B.) 44 17 14—A. S. Hunter (N.P.A.) 44 26 15—A. W. Lander (N.P.B.) 44 45 16—S. Verrall (W.B.) ’ 44 46 17—S. Minnell (W.B.) _ 45 23 18—G. Johnston (W.B.) 45 23 19—H. J. Thompson (N.P.B.) 45 32 20—H. J. Kingston (N.P.A.) 46 0 21—C. Payne (W.C.) 47 14 22—C.C. Robertson (N.P.B.) 47 41 23—R. Haymer (N.P.B 47 45 24—M. F. Eaddy (N.P.B.) 47 46 Tho result of the teams race was as follows:—