Australian Aths History

Australasian Championships 1927-28

Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand, 26-29 December 1927

 
100 YARDS - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Jim CarltonNSW10.8
2Malcolm LeadbetterNZL
3L. ElliottNZL
4Alan ScottVic
5Norman GrehanQld
 C. WallQldDNS
 Don McKayNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Les ParkerQld10.6
2Charlie JenkinsNZL
3Arthur WalkerNSW
4Charles LaneVic
5William HuntNSW
 Hubert DayQldDNS 
 
FINAL
1Jim CarltonNSW10.2
=2Malcolm LeadbetterNZL4 feet
=2Les ParkerQld
4Arthur WalkerNSW0.5 yards
5L. ElliottNZL
6Charlie JenkinsNZL
 
220 YARDS - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Jim CarltonNSW22.6
2C. JenkinsNZL1 foot
3L. ElliottNZL
4Norman GrehanQld
5Alan ScottVic
 Don McKayNSWDNS 
 
HEAT 2
1Charles LaneVic22.4
2Arthur WalkerNSW1.5 yards
3Malcolm LeadbetterNZL
4William HuntNSW
 C. WallQldDNS 
 Les ParkerQldDNS 
 
FINAL
1Jim CarltonNSW22.2
2Charles LaneVic1 yard
3Malcolm LeadbetterNZL0.5 yards
4Arthur WalkerNSWinches
5Charlie JenkinsNZLinches
6L. ElliottNZL2 yards
 
440 YARDS - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1William HuntNSW55.0
2Jack FlemingNZL2 yards
3Charles StuartNSW
4Alan ScottVic
 Ewen DavidsonVicDNS 
 Norm GrehanQldDNS 
 
HEAT 2
1Herbert NewtonNZL51.6
2Roy NormanNSW3 yards
3Stan RamsonNZL
4Les CorteenVic
 Charles LaneVicDNS 
 Les ParkerQldDNS 
 J. CunninghamNZLDNS 
 
FINAL
1Charles StuartNSW50.2
2William HuntNSW4 feet
3Herbert NewtonNZL
4Jack FlemingNZL
Roy NormanNSW
Stan RamsonNZL
 
880 YARDS - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Charles StuartNSW1:57.2
2Chris OlsenNZL2 yards
3Guy NicolNZL5 feet
4Colin AllanNZL4 feet
5Roy NormanNSW
6Les CorteenVic
 William HuntNSWDNS 
 J. PawsonNZLDNS 
 Herbert NewtonNZLDNS 
 C. CampbellNZLDNS 
 
1 MILE - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Randolph RoseNZL4:25.4
2Bill SavidanNZL7 yards
3Jack MartinNSW80 yards
4Bill BarwickTas
5J. MorrisNZL
 Arthur HodsonNSWDNS 
 D. PriestlyNZLDNS 
 
3 MILES - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Randolph RoseNZL14:49.8
2Bill SavidanNZLinches
3Arthur HodsdonNSW600 yards
 Jack MartinNSWDNS 
 Bill BarwickTasDNS 
 K. JohnstoneNZLDNS 
 
120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Roger LanderNZL16.4
2George WischerVic2 yards
 Tom MelvilleNSWDNS 
 
HEAT 2
1Alf WatsonVic16.4
2Stan RamsonNZL
 Eino KeskinenQldDNS 
 
HEAT 3
1Ernest ScottNSW16.6
2John ShirleyNZL
3Ewen DavidsonVic
G. BroadNZLDNS
 
FINAL
1Roger LanderNZL16.4
2Ernest ScottNSWinches
3Alf WatsonVic2 yards
4Stan RamsonNZL
 
440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
=1Stan RamsonNZL57.2
=1Francis NesdaleNZL57.2
3Ernest ScottNSW3 yards
Alf WatsonVicfell
Tom MelvilleNSW
Roger LanderNZL
 
1 MILE WALK - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Ernest AustenNSW6:52.0
2Walter "Bill" LankeyNZL20 yards
3Garnet "Reg" CabotNZL150 yards
Don PedersonNZLDQ
 
3 MILES WALK - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Walter "Bill" LankeyNZL22:10.2
2Ernest AustenNSW20 yards
3Garnet "Reg" CabotNZL
Don PedersonNZLDQ
 
HIGH JUMP - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Ewen DavidsonVic6'2¼"1.89m
2Laurence MasonVic6'1¾"1.875m
3Geoff SceatsNZL5'11"1.805m
=4Ernest SutherlandNZL5'10"1.78m
=4James WatsonQld5'10"1.78m
=4Frank BradyNZL5'10"1.78m
G. LundquistVicDNS
Eino KeskinenQldDNS
Charles EbertNSWDNS
Tom MelvilleNSWDNS
Don McKayNSWDNS
 
POLE VAULT - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Eino KeskinenQld11'0¾"3.37m
2John BatstoneNZL10'9"3.295m
3Ernest SutherlandNZL10'6"3.22m
 Laurence MasonVicDNS 
 
LONG JUMP - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Charles EbertNSW23'6"7.16m
2Don McKayNSW23'5¾"7.155m
3G. LundquistVic22'8¼"6.915m
Hubert DayQld
John ShirleyNZL
Ernest 'Buz' SutherlandNZL 
Eino KeskinenQldDNS
R. CorderyNZLDNS
 
TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1John ShirleyNZL47'8"14.53m
2Charles EbertNSW46'7¾"14.22m
3Ernest SutherlandNZL45'3"13.79m
4Don McKayNSW44'4¼"13.52m
5Roger "Ossie" JohnsonNZL43'6"13.26m
6G. LundquistVic41'9"12.72m
Eino KeskinenQldDNS
Hubert DayQldDNS
 
SHOT PUT - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Peter MunroNZL43'10½"13.37m
2Alex McIntoshVic41'3¼"12.58m
3David BrownNZL37'11"11.56m
4Eino KeskinenQld37'7¼"11.46m
5Ernest SutherlandNZL34'5¼"10.50m
 Matthew O'BrienQldDNS 
 
DISCUS THROW - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Peter MunroNZL125'8½"38.32m
2Leonard HuntNZL120'4"36.68m
3Alex McIntoshVic116'10"35.62m
Eino KeskinenQld
Ernest SutherlandNZL
Matthew O'BrienQldDNS
 
HAMMER THROW - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1William HarveyNZL143'2¼"43.65m
2Jack McHolmNZL141'2"43.04m
3James LeckieNZL128'7½"39.21m
Alex McIntoshVicDNS
Matthew O'BrienQldDNS
 
JAVELIN THROW - Men - Monday 26 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Stan LayNZL218'2¾"66.51m
2Eino KeskinenQld183'3"55.86m
3Ernest SutherlandNZL173'10½"53.00m
 Geoff SceatsNZLDNS 
 
DECATHLON - Men - Wed 28 / Thu 29 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Eino KeskinenQld6,433.780
(12.6, 6.065m, 12.05m, 1.64m, 54.2, 18.6, 34.44m, 3.275m, 50.60m, 4.57.4)
2Ernest SutherlandNZL5,942.600
(12.2, 6.615m, 10.86m, 1.73m, 56.4, 18.2, 39.97m, 3.05m, 45.13m, 6.04.0)
3Arthur WalkerNSW2,881.120
(11.4, 5.295m, 8.28m, 1.40m, 52.4, 23.0, 15.70m, DNS)
William HuntNSW2,559.317
(12.0, 5.38m, ... , 1.37m, 50.8, DNS)
John ShirleyNZL1,005.265
(12.8, 5.68m, DNS)
 G. LundquistVicDNS
 Geoff SceatsNZLDNS
 
1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Tuesday 27 December 1927
PosAthleteTeamMark
1New South WalesNSW3:35.6
Jack Martin
William Hunt
Arthur Walker
Jim Carlton
2New ZealandNZL20 yards
C. Campbell
J. Fleming
C. Jenkins
Malcolm Leadbetter
 QueenslandQldDNS
 VictoriaVicDNS

 

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