No. 558

The Games Athletic Committee this term consisted of – C.C.J. Webb (capt), A.M.T. Jackson (Pr. Opp) secretary, A.E. Bedford (Treasurer), S.H. Clarke (Q.S), C.B. Tritton, R. Vavasseur Q.S. + R.A. Ingram.

The sports were held on October 11^th + 12^th. On the first day it was feared that the dense fog would prevent them being held, but about 11:30 it cleared up + proceedings began at 1.

First day

Throwing the Cricket Ball (open) –

1. Wodehouse 78y. 2ft.  2. Bethune 76y. 2ft. 5in.

Mile Challenge Cup –

1. Marshall  2. Thorne  3. Bedford 5^m 5 1/2 sec

Throwing the Cricket Ball (under 15) –

1. Gordon  2. Probyn

300 yds Handicap

1^st Heat  1. Marshall  2. Ingram  3. Sutherland

        Time 37 1/5 secs

300 yds 2^nd heat               

1. R. Armitage  2. Clarke  3. Thorne

Time 39 secs

High Jump under 15

       Balfour & Probyn tied at 3ft 11. On jumping it off Balfour won with a jump of 4ft.

Hurdle Race 100 yds Challenge Cup.

       1^st heat  1. Berens.  2. R. Armitage.  Time 18 ¼ secs.

       2^nd heat  1. Sutherland  2. Rogers  Time 19 4/5 secs.

300 yds under 14

1. C. Sharpe.  2. Willett  Woodhouse & Ducan tied for third place; four prizes were therefore awarded.

Open High Jump

1. R. Armitage. 2. Bedford.

Ht. 4ft 8 ½in

100 yds under 15

1. McHardy  2. Probyn  3. Man

Time 12 2/5 secs

Half Mile Handicap

1. Winckworth  2. Prothero  3. Probyn

Time 2m 11 1/5 secs

100 yds under 16

1. Page  2. Sherring  Drakeford & Wimbush tied for third place; on running it off Wimbush won – Time 12 1/5 secs

Second Day (Thursday)

There was a black fog in the morning as before but it lifted at 10:30 & the day was fine.

300 yds Handicap

      Final heat. 1. Sutherland (scratch)  2. Ingram (15 yds)  3. Clarke (15 yds)

              Time 36 1/5 secs

150 yds under 13 

1. G. Edwards  2. Cheadle

Time 21 3/5 secs

Throwing the Hammer (open)

1. Bethune 58ft 7in

Hurdle Race

      Final heat.  1. G. Berens.  2. Sutherland

          Time 16 3/5 secs

Long Jump under 15

1. Probyn (13 ft)  2. Goldie (12ft.4)

Half Mile with hurdles at the end

1. G. Berens   2. A.E. Bedford  3. Thorne

Time 2m 29 secs

Quarter under 15

1. McHardy  2. Probyn  3. Winckworth

Time 54 secs

100 yds – open

1. Sutherland  2. R. Armitage  3. Yglesias, after two dead-heats with A. Armitage

Time 11 secs

Long Jump – open

1. Bethune (17ft.1) 2. Sutherland (15ft.4)

Hurdle Race under 15

1. Probyn  2. Balfour.  3. Man

Quarter – open

1. Page   Bedford  Ingram.

A dead-heat for second place. Time 50 ½ secs.

O.WW. race – 2 mile handicap

     1. W.C.R. Bedford 2. C.Y. Bedford (penalised 10 yds) 3. G. Stephenson

               Abt. 14 secs

Bicycle race – 2 mile handicap

1. Lowe (scratch)

             Time 8m 51 secs

Consolation race

1. A. Armitage  2. Peck

Time 40 1/5 secs

In the Tug of War the T.BB. pulled the Q.SS. over the line twice running, & so won. The prizes were distributed by M^rs Farrar.

In spite of money considerations having compelled a reduction in the number of prizes we have every reason to be satisfied with the result of this year’s Athletic Sports.

A.M.T. Jackson

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