{"id":3145,"date":"2023-05-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T13:44:51","slug":"no-16-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/?p=3145","title":{"rendered":"No. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Athletic Sports were held on Friday and Saturday April 10th<\/sup> & 11th<\/sup>. This was the first year in which the Sports were held in the Spring. Friday was such a filthily wet day that Blackburn and Tanner, the authors of the change, were very crestfallen as they deeply felt the humiliation of having to acknowledge their pet plan failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st<\/sup> Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Throwing the cricket-ball. Open.  1. C.A. Sherring 80 yds.  2. R. Sandilands 77yds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Flat race. 100yds. Under 16.  1. C. Sharpe.  2. Woodhouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Throwing the cricket ball.  Under 15.  1. F. Olliver.  58yds.  2. C. Sharpe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. 300 yds handicap.  1. Fevez.  2. Mc<\/sup>Hardy.  3. Sherring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Long Jump (under fifteen).  1. Preece.  15.6 1\/2 .  2.  C.C. Sharpe 14.6 \u00bd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. 1 Mile Challenge.  1. Watt. 2. Probyn. 3. Lowe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. 100 yds (under fifteen).  1. Sharpe.  2. Preece.  3. F. Street.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. High Jump (open).  1. Sandilands 4ft 10.  Harrison 4.8<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. 300 (Under 14).  1. Pearman.  2. CA Phillimore<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Hurdle Race (Challenge Cup).  1. Probyn.  2. Fevez.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. High jump (Under 15).  1. Preece 4ft 4.  2. Whittaker 4ft 3 \u00bd<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Half Mile Handicap.\u00a0 1. Woodbridge 7yds start. 2. W. Winckworth 40 yds. 3. A.G. Clark 100 yds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2nd<\/sup> Day<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Throwing the hammer. \u00a01. Fevez 71.1.\u00a0 2. Sherring 59 7 \u00bd\n
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      1. 150 yds (under thirteen). 1. Lock. \u00a02. Pearman
        1. Half mile with Hurdles (Challenge Cup)  1. Watt.  2. Probyn.<\/li><\/ol>
          1. 440 yds (under 15).  1. C.C. Sharpe.  2. F. Street.  3. Willet.<\/li><\/ol>
            1. 100 yds open.  1. Fevez.  2. Mc<\/sup>Hardy.  3. Yglisias.<\/li><\/ol>
              1. Long jump (open).  1. Fevez 28ft 2.   2. Sandilands 16.6<\/li><\/ol>
                1. Quarter Mile (Under 16).  1. Man.  2. Rolleston<\/li><\/ol>
                  1. 120 yds hurdle race (Under 15).  1. Preece.  2. Sharpe<\/li><\/ol>
                    1. Quarter Challenge Cup.  1. Sherring. 2. Lowe. 3. Mc<\/sup>Hardy.<\/li><\/ol>
                      1. 150. Servants\u2019 race.  1. Pettar.  2. Harris.<\/li><\/ol>
                        1. OWW race. 120 yds.  1. R.T. Squire. 2. C.W.R. Heath.  2. H.S.S. Vidal.<\/li><\/ol>\n
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                          1. 300 yds consolation.   Gibson.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                            1. Tug of war. 12 T.BB. v. 12 Q.SS.  T.BB. 2 love.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                              A new feature of the entertainment was the flower show band. Mrs Rutherford gave away the prizes. B.M. Rogers in the words of \u2018Posterne\u2019 handled the pistol & R.T. Squier was judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                              The Athletic Sports were held on Friday and Saturday April 10th & 11th. This was the first year in which the Sports were held in the Spring. Friday was such a filthily wet day that Blackburn and Tanner, the authors of the change, were very crestfallen as they deeply felt the humiliation of having to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[784,775,761],"tags":[586],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/townboyledger.westminster.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}