ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 886, 28 February 1907, Page 11

ATHLETICS.

THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS.

The great event in athletic circles has been the N.Z. Amateur Athletic Championships held at Christchurch on Thursday and Saturday. The result of these are that Wellington won by points, Canterbury came second with 391, Otago third with 25, and the ever invincible Auckland last with 9. Lack of ■space prevents any detailed description of the meeting, but the actual results were as follows:— 100YDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. H. Henderson (Wellington) I R. Goodbehere (Wellington) 2 F. Bass (Otago) 3 W. Anderson (Canterbury) 4 Won by 2yds, Bass being 3yds behind Goodbehere. Time, 10 2-SS. LONG JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard 21ft. L. McKay (Wellington), 20ft 6|in 1 W. H. Pollock (Wellington), 20ft 4>in 2 •C. L. Orbell (Canterbury), 20ft 2|in ... 3 The other competitors were: C. M. Gilray (Otago), R. J. Dansey (Otago), A. Halligan (Wellington), J. L. Anderson (Canterbury). The champion, G. P. Reddell (Otago), did not compete. THREE-MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 23m. A. E. M. Rowland (Canterbury) 1 P. H. Stubberfield (Canterbury) 2 H. E. Kerr (Wellington) also started, but , was called off during the ninth lap on account of breaking from the walk. Won easily. Time 22m. 51s. PUTTING THE 16LB WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 38ft 6in. G. Thomassen (Wellington) 36ft ioin... 1 L. McKay (Wellington), 36ft 8 Jin ...2 W. C. Dethier (Canterbury), 35ft 35m 3 T. O. O’Grady (Auckland), R. G. Rains (Canterbury), and A. Juriss (Canterbury) also competed. ObfE-MILE FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard 4m 30s. H. G. Burk (Otago) 1 J. Bradbury (Wellington) 2 J. ,H< Prendeville (Wellington) 3 W. Gosling (Wellington) 4 C. S. McCully (Canterbury) and J. W. Moore (Canterbury) -also started, but did ngt finish. Won by 15yds, Prendeville being about 25yds away. Time 4b 265. 120YDS HURDLE CHAMPIONSHIP. . Standard, 16 1-SS. A. Halligan (Wellington) 1 J. Anderson (Canterbury) 2 H. T<Cook (Wellington) ....; 3 H. St. A. Murray (Canterbury) also started. ; Time, 16 2-SS. Won by six inches. 440YDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 525. L. ;B. Webster (Wellington) I E. ,‘E. Fisher (Wellington) .2 H.? G. Burk (Otago) -3 E. J.. ; Williams (Wellington), J. Wilton (Wellington),' also started. Time, 52 1-SS. Webster won comfortably.

ONE-MILE CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY RACE, open to teams of four men representing any one centre, each man to run 440yds. Canterbury Centre (Murray, Binns, Williams, Ellis) 1 Otago Centre (E. Williams, A. P. Campbell, G. Brown, A. Hoar) 2 Wellington Centre (Gosling, Pollon, Bradbury, Webster) 3 Won easily by several lengths. Otago just gained second place. Time, 3m 35 2 -5 -

HIGH JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, sft yin. C. R. Orbell (Canterbury), sft Bfin 1 G. Thomassen (Wellington), sft yfin ... 2 G. H. Dawes (Canterbury) and H. T. Cook (Wellington), sft 6in (equal)... 3 A Halligan (Wellington) also competed. THREE-MILE FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP Standard, 15b 20s. J. H. Prendeville (Wellington) 1 H. C. Murray (Otago) 2 S. W. Moore (Canterbzury) 3 P. McCallum (Canterbury), C. H. McCully (Canterbury), P. Scott (Otago), and W. Gosling (Wellington) also started. Won easily. Time, 15m 24 2-SS. ONE-MILE WALK CHAMPIONSHIP. Present champion, A. Crichton (Dunedin) ; world’s amateur record, G. E. Larney, 6m 265, 1904; Australasian and New Zealand amateur record, 6m 27 2-SS, F. H. Creamer, A.A.A. and C.C., November, 1897; standard, 6m 50s. A. E. M. Rowland (Canterbury) 1 P. H. Stubberfield (Canterbury) and S. L. Kerr (Wellington) also started. Kerr was disqualified. Time, 6m 46 2-SS. HALF-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard 2m. H. C. Burk (Otago) 1 J. Bridbury (Wellington) 2 J. W. Ellis (Canterbury) 3 G. W. Brown (Otago), W. Gosling (Wellington), E. J. WilliamsT (Wellington), and H. St. A. Murray (Canterbury) also started. Won easily. Time, 2m o 2-SS. 220YDS FLAT CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 22 4-SS. E. E. Fisher (Wellington) 1 H. Henderson (Wellington) 2 W. Anderson (Canterbury) 3 S. F. Bass (Otago) 4 F. E. Drake (Canterbury) and L. B. Webster (Wellington) also started. Time 23 2-SS. 440YDS HURDLES CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 61 s. . H. S . A. Murrav (Canterbury) 1 W. J. O’Kane (Otago) 2 T. S. Ruddock (Otago) 3 H. T. Cook (Wellington), C. L. Orbell (Canterbury), and J. Anderson (Canterbury) also started. Won by about 20yds. THROWING i6lb- HAMMER CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 130 ft. J. Wallace, Auckland (127 ft xin) 1 T. O’Grady, Auckland (123 ft xin) 2 S. Baird, Canterbury (102 ft yin) 3 G. Murdoch (Wellington), J. Juriss (Canterbury), and J. Davie (Otago) also competed. POLE JUMP CHAMPIONSHIP. Standard, 10ft. L. McKay, Wellington (9ft 6in) 1 J. McLachlan, Otago, and T. R. Over ton, Otago (9ft 3m), equal . 2 G. H. Davis (Canterbury), J. Davie ■ (Otago), G. Balstone (Canterbury), and J. Wallace (Auckland), also competed. As a result of a jump off be ween McLachlan and Overton, the latter got second place. THREE MILES HARRIER CHAMPIONSHIP. Open to teams of five men representing any one centre. Otago Centre (Messrs H. G. Burk, H. C. Murray, A. Struthers, and P. Scott) 1 Canterbury Centre (C. S. McCully, W. S. Jones, F. R. Jones, H. Jones, and A. L. Jones) 2 ON*? MTLE CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY RACE. Teams of four, representing the affiliated club; each man to run 440yds. Wellington A. (Bright, Williams, Wilton and Fisher) 1 Pioneer A.B. and A. Club (Murray, Binns, Williams, and Ellis) 2 Canterbury College 3 Dunedin College Harriers also competed. Time, 3m 35 1-SS. A number of handicap events were also run off.

Mr R. Coombes, President of the A.A.A. of Australasia, who has been attending the Championships at Christchurch, wires me that he will be unable to visit Auckland as intended. He leaves Wellington for Sydney by the Maheno on Friday.

The first of the series of Sheffield Handicaps took place at the new ground, Khyber Pass, and proved very ’successful. There were 67 acceptances, the result being as follows: — SEMI-FINALS. First heat: Stewart (10yds), 1. Also started —Kelsall (BJyds), Hunt (6yds), McKean (11yds). Time 7 4-SS. Second heat: Kneebone (10yds), 1. Also started—-Taylor, Purdy, MacDonald. Time 7 4-SS. Third heat: Kiho Newton (9yds), 1. Also started—Marriott, Davidson, Coles. Time 7 4-SS. Fourth heat: James (gjyds), 1. Also started —Laing, Hogan, and Harper. Time Bs.

FINAL. Kiho Newton, 9yds 1 H. Kneebone, 10yds 2 G. James, 95yds 3 H. C. Stewart, 10yds 4 The second handicap of the series took place last night after we went to press.