Australian Aths History

Australian Track & Field Championships 1937-38

Bowen Park, Brisbane, Queensland 4, 11 December 1937

 
100 YARDS - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Howard YatesVic10.1
2William BurfeinQld10.1
3Ted HampsonNSW10.1
4Alan McDougallNSW
 Lionel WaiteNSWDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Ted BestVic9.9
2John MumfordNSW2.5 yards
3Francis ScottVic1 yard
4Brian HamiltonWA
 
FINAL
1Howard YatesVic 9.9
2William BurfeinQld10.0
3Ted BestVic10.0
4John MumfordNSW0.5 yards
5Ted HampsonNSW0.5 yards
6Francis ScottVic
 
220 YARDS - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1William BurfeinQld22.1
2John MumfordNSW22.2est
3Ted BestVic22.2est
4Francis ScottVic
 
HEAT 2
1Graeme WilsonQld22.8
2Howard YatesVic
3Ted HampsonNSW
 
FINAL
1Howard YatesVic21.8
2John MumfordNSW21.8
3Ted BestVic21.9
4William BurfeinQld
5Ted HampsonNSW
6Graeme WilsonQld
 
440 YARDS - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Athol JonesVic51.4
2Vernon WallaceNSW
3Albert McRaeVic
W PatersonQld
Arthur StonehamWA
 
HEAT 2
1Francis ScottVic51.8
2John MumfordNSW
3Ron DroughtQld
Maurice LewisNSWDNF
 
FINAL
1John MumfordNSW48.4
2Athol JonesVicinches
3Francis ScottVicinches
Vernon WallaceNSW
Albert McRaeVic
Ron DroughtQld
 
880 YARDS - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Les GoffNSW2:01.0
2Max FlemingVic1 yard
3Donald BonhamTas0.5 yard
4Don Barratt-HillWA
5Val MartinSA
A PenberthyWA
 
HEAT 2
1Gerald BackhouseVic2:05.2
2Albert McRaeVic2 yards
3Roy ChappelNSW
4Arthur StonehamWA
5Ron DroughtQld
6Gordon Barratt-HillWA
7N MackaySA
 
FINAL
1Gerald BackhouseVic1:57.8
2Roy ChappelNSW10 yards
3Les GoffNSW3 yards
4Don Barratt-HillWA
5Arthur StonehamWA
6Albert McRaeVic
7Donald BonhamTas
Max FlemingVicDNS
 
1 MILE - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Gerald BackhouseVic4:21.8
2Fred Barry-BrownVic3 yards
3Donald BonhamTas20 yards
4Max FlemingVic
Don Barratt-HillWA
George MorleyWA
S HicksonQld
R RuhanenQld
Les GoffNSW
M WhiddonNSW
J WatersNSW
Walter WeightmanVic
Arthur StonehamWA
Val MartinSA
Gordon Barratt-HillWA
 
3 MILES - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Walter WeightmanVic14:56.8
2Keith FaulknerSA60 yards
3George MorleyWA100 yards
Fred Barry-BrownVic
R RuhanenQld
J CreeveyQld
J StephensNSW
8L BlythNSW
 
120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1George WilsonQld15.4
2Fred KaddNSW1 yard
3George MaslenVicinches
William CooperNSWDNS
John ParkVicDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Sid StennerNSW15.3
2Fred PopplewellNSW1 foot
3Ron MillVicinches
4Dudley LeggettQld
 
FINAL
1Sid StennerNSW14.9
2George WilsonQld1.5 yards
3Fred PopplewellNSW1 foot
4Ron MillVicinches
Fred KaddNSW
George MaslenVic
 
440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1John ParkVic57.8
2Alan McDougallNSW
3Glen BrownVic
H DanielsQld
R JeffressQld
 
HEAT 2
1Paul MageeNSW59.8
2Sid StennerNSW
3George MaslenVic
W SmithQld
 
FINAL
1Paul MageeNSW53.5
2John ParkVic53.6est
3Alan McDougallNSW
Glen BrownVic
Sid StennerNSW
George MaslenVic
 
1 MILE WALK - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Athol StubbsNSW6:36.2
2Tom DaintryQld60 yards
3Keith McCluskyVic10 yards
4William DowneyQld
5W HaywardNSW
Hugh MunroVicDNF
 
3 MILES WALK - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Athol StubbsNSW21:43.0
2Keith McCluskyVic400 yards
3Hugh MunroVic
4William DowneyQld
Tom DaintryQld
Sid SheedyNSW
W HaywardNSW
 
HIGH JUMP - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Douglas ShetliffeNSW 6'4⅝" 1.94m
2Jack MetcalfeNSW 6'1½" 1.87m
3Robert HeffernanVic 6'1½" 1.87m
4Peter TancredQld 6'1" 1.855m
D McNamaraVic
F BurdekinNSW
 
POLE VAULT - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Les FletcherNSW12'6"3.81m
2Ted WinterNSW12'6"3.81m
3William CartwrightNSW12'3" 3.735m
4Gordon HarperVic 12'0" 3.66m
=5A PenberthyWA 10'6" 3.20m
=5F BeilbyQld 10'6" 3.20m
 
LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Basil DickinsonNSW 24'0" 7.31m
2Ray GrafVic 23'6" 7.16m
3Harry GouldNSW 22'11¾" 7.00m
W GrimshawQld
Gordon HarperVic
C TavernerQld
D McNamaraVic
Francis PeggNSW
D LeggettQld
 
TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Jack MetcalfeNSW 48'6½" 14.795m
2Basil DickinsonNSW 48'5¾" 14.78m
3Lloyd MillerNSW 48'3¼" 14.705m
4Ray GrafVic 46'6¾" 14.19m
Malcolm FooteQld
Gordon HarperVic
D LeggettQld
D McNamaraVic
 
SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1William MacKenzieNSW 45'5½" 13.855m
2William PlummerNSW 43'5½" 13.245m
3Francis DrewWA 43'3¾" 13.20m
A TonakieQld
Pat McNamaraQld
T PaulingNSW
 Jack MetcalfeNSW
 P. O'SullivanNSW DNS
 
DISCUS THROW - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Keith PardonNSW 128'11¾" 39.31m
2William MacKenzieNSW 127'8" 38.91m
3Clive O'NeillQld 115'1¼" 35.08m
Pat McNamaraQld
William PlummerNSW
 
HAMMER THROW - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Keith PardonNSW 145'2⅝" 44.26m
2Pat McNamaraQld 130'11" 39.90m
3Keith AllenWA 126'11½" 38.70m
Les GrahamNSW DNS
 
JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 4 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Jack MetcalfeNSW 179'11" 54.84m
2James BarlowQld 174'3" 53.11m
3Bert ShielesNSW 172'8" 52.64m
William RawlinsonVic
David GoodeNSW
J HartridgeQld
Ray GrafVic
P GillNSW
A BarlowQld
Robert HeffernanVic
 
1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Saturday 11 December 1937
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1VictoriaVic3:31.8
Max Fleming
Athol Jones
Ted Best
Francis Scott
2New South WalesNSW8 yards
Roy Chappel
John Mumford
Harry Gould
Ted Hampson
3QueenslandQld10 yards
S. Hickson
W. Paterson
George Wilson
William Burfein

 

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