Australian Women's Track & Field Championships 1955-56Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Queensland, 31 March & 2 April 1956 |
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| 100 YARDS - Women - Saturday 31 March 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEAT 1 | Wind: +2.8m | |||
| 1 | Norma Croker | Qld | 10.8 | |
| 2 | Marlene Mathews | NSW | ||
| 3 | Winsome Cripps | Vic | ||
| 4 | Gloria Cooke | NSW | ||
| Beryl Caruth | WA | |||
| Berenice Kewming | Vic | |||
| Noreen Dilger | Tas | DQ | ||
| HEAT 2 | Wind: +2.5m | |||
| 1 | Wendy Hayes | Vic | 10.9 | |
| 2 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 10.9est | |
| 3 | Betty Cuthbert | NSW | 11.0est | |
| Valma Heaton | Qld | |||
| A. Lehman | Tas | |||
| Raema James | NSW | |||
| Glenda Bennie | Vic | |||
| HEAT 3 | Wind: +0.7m | |||
| =1 | Nancy Boyle | Vic | 11.0 | |
| =1 | Pat Duggan | Qld | 11.0 | |
| 3 | Fleur Mellor | NSW | 11.0 | |
| Nancy Fogarty | NSW | |||
| Pam Robertson | WA | |||
| Margaret Jackson | Tas | |||
| Norma Austin | SA | |||
| Kay Johnson | WA | DNS | ||
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | Wendy Hayes | Vic | 10.9 | |
| 2 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 11.0 | |
| 3 | Marlene Mathews | NSW | 11.0 | |
| 4 | Norma Croker | Qld | 11.0e | |
| 5 | Nancy Boyle | Vic | 11.1e | |
| 6 | Pat Duggan | Qld | 11.2e | |
| 7 | Fleur Mellor | NSW | 11.5e | |
| 220 YARDS - Women - Monday 2 April 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| HEAT 1 | ||||
| 1 | Marlene Mathews | NSW | 26.0 | |
| 2 | Winsome Cripps | Vic | 26.2 | |
| 3 | Raema James | NSW | 26.7 | |
| 4 | Valma Heaton | Qld | ||
| Pam Robertson | WA | |||
| Ann Shanley-Cooper | SA | |||
| A. Lehman | Tas | |||
| HEAT 2 | ||||
| 1 | Norma Croker | Qld | 25.8 | |
| 2 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 26.4 | |
| 3 | Wendy Hayes | Vic | 26.7 | |
| 4 | Maureen Leedham | SA | ||
| Kathleen Evans | NSW | |||
| Alice Robertson | Tas | |||
| Berenice Kewming | Vic | |||
| HEAT 3 | ||||
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert | NSW | 25.5 | |
| 2 | Nancy Boyle | Vic | 26.1 | |
| 3 | Pat Duggan | Qld | 26.5 | |
| 4 | Nancy Fogarty | NSW | ||
| Beryl Caruth | WA | |||
| Noreen Dilger | Tas | |||
| Glenda Bennie | Vic | |||
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | Betty Cuthbert | NSW | 25.0 | |
| 2 | Marlene Mathews | NSW | 25.1 | |
| 3 | Norma Croker | Qld | 25.3 | |
| 4 | Nancy Boyle | Vic | ||
| 5 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | ||
| 6 | Winsome Cripps | Vic | ||
| 440 YARDS - Women - Saturday 31 March 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| HEAT 1 | ||||
| 1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 62.6 | |
| 2 | Joyce Hangar | Vic | ||
| 3 | Ann Shanley Cooper | SA | ||
| 4 | Maureen Leedham | SA | ||
| Valma Heaton | Qld | |||
| Val Moore | NSW | |||
| Myra Arrighi | Qld | |||
| HEAT 2 | ||||
| 1 | Daphne Welch | Qld | 63.1 | |
| 2 | Brenda Jones | Vic | ||
| 3 | Kathleen Evans | NSW | ||
| 4 | Joy Brown Burdett | SA | ||
| M. Smith | Qld | |||
| Joan Sterry | NSW | |||
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 60.0 | |
| 2 | Joyce Hangar | Vic | 60.8 | |
| 3 | Daphne Welch | Qld | 61.2 | |
| 4 | Brenda Jones | Vic | ||
| 5 | Ann Shanley Cooper | SA | ||
| 6 | Kathleen Evans | NSW | ||
| 880 YARDS - Women - Monday 2 April 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | Joyce Hangar | Vic | 2.16.9 | |
| 2 | Brenda Jones | Vic | 2.17.0 | |
| 3 | Joy Brown Burdett | SA | 2.18.2 | |
| 4 | Daphne Welch | Qld | ||
| 5 | Joan Sterry | NSW | ||
| 6 | Val Moore | NSW | ||
| Laurel Renalson | Qld | |||
| M. Smith | Qld | |||
| 80 METRES HURDLES - Women - Monday 2 April 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| HEAT 1 | ||||
| 1 | Gloria Cooke | NSW | 11.5 | |
| 2 | Marlene Middlemiss | Vic | 11.6 | |
| 3 | Pam Robertson | WA | 11.9 | |
| 4 | Pam Gray | NSW | ||
| 5 | Jill Parsons | SA | ||
| Daphne Welch | Qld | DNS | ||
| HEAT 2 | ||||
| 1 | Norma Austin | SA | 11.3 | |
| 2 | Norma Rose | Vic | 12.0 | |
| 3 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | 12.0 | |
| 4 | Bev Watson | NSW | ||
| Maureen Briggs | Qld | |||
| Berenice Kewming | Vic | |||
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | Norma Austin | SA | 11.2 | |
| 2 | Pam Robertson | WA | 11.5 | |
| 3 | Gloria Cooke | NSW | 11.6 | |
| 4 | Marlene Middlemiss | Vic | ||
| 5 | Norma Rose | Vic | ||
| Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | WA | DQ | ||
| HIGH JUMP - Women - Monday 2 April 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Janice Cooper | NSW | 5'1" | 1.55m |
| 2 | Pat Bergin | SA | 5'1" | 1.55m |
| 3 | Yvonne Mitchell | Qld | 4'11" | 1.50m |
| 4 | Marlene Middlemiss | Vic | 4'11" | 1.50m |
| 5 | D. Guyomar | Qld | 4'10" | 1.475m |
| =6 | M. Dowsett | NSW | 4'8" | 1.42m |
| =6 | Carol Bernoth | Qld | 4'8" | 1.42m |
| Heather Innes | Tas | |||
| Nancy Borwick | WA | |||
| Lois Jackman | Vic | |||
| Susan Chisholm | NSW | |||
| Annette Allen | Vic | |||
| Pat O'Neill | NSW | DNS | ||
| LONG JUMP - Women - Saturday 31 March 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Erica Willis | NSW | 18'11¼" | 5.78m |
| 2 | Nancy Borwick | WA | 18'3" | 5.56m |
| 3 | Margaret Johnson | Qld | 17'6" | 5.335m |
| 4 | Bev Watson | NSW | 17'4" | 5.285m |
| 5 | Norma Rose | Vic | 17'3" | 5.26m |
| 6 | Lois Jackman | Vic | 17'1½" | 5.22m |
| Val Keane | WA | |||
| Marlene Middlemiss | Vic | |||
| Pat Bergin | SA | |||
| Jill Parsons | SA | |||
| Maureen Biggs | Qld | |||
| V. Schomberg | Qld | |||
| Glenda Bennie | Vic | |||
| SHOT PUT - Women - Saturday 31 March 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Mary Breen | NSW | 34'9" | 10.59m |
| 2 | Shirley Cotton | NSW | 33'6½" | 10.22m |
| 3 | Eunice Hawkes | NSW | 33'4" | 10.16m |
| 4 | Ann Shanley Cooper | SA | 32'11" | 9.89m |
| 5 | L. Green | NSW | 31'10" | 9.70m |
| 6 | Pam Robertson | WA | 30'9½" | 9.38m |
| Nancy Boyle | Vic | |||
| Vera Askew Pepper | Qld | |||
| Eha Kitsapea | SA | |||
| Laurel Renalson | Qld | |||
| Helen Tangelder | Qld | |||
| Norma Rose | Vic | |||
| Pat Bergin | SA | |||
| Heather Innes | Tas | |||
| Lois Jackman | Vic | DNS | ||
| DISCUS THROW - Women - Monday 2 April 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Lois Jackman | Vic | 125'6½" | 38.27m |
| 2 | Shirley Cotton | NSW | 122'1½" | 37.23m |
| 3 | Mary Breen | NSW | 116'8" | 35.56m |
| 4 | Evelyn Serico | Qld | 110'7" | 33.70m |
| 5 | Vera Askew Pepper | Qld | 106'10" | 32.56m |
| 6 | Val Keane | WA | 105'4" | 32.10m |
| 7 | L. Green | NSW | 103'4" | 31.50m |
| 8 | Eunice Hawkes | NSW | 102'4" | 31.20m |
| Helen Tangelder | Qld | |||
| Norma Rose | Vic | |||
| JAVELIN THROW - Women - Saturday 31 March 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| 1 | Pat O'Neill | NSW | 136'4¾" | 41.57m |
| 2 | June Heath | NSW | 125'10¼" | 38.37m |
| 3 | Maureen Wright | NSW | 120'7¼" | 36.77m |
| 4 | Vera Askew Pepper | Qld | 116'7¾" | 35.55m |
| 5 | Diane Du Gueslin | Qld | 116'5" | 35.48m |
| 6 | Eha Kitsapea | SA | 110'1¾" | 33.57m |
| Yvonne Duckworth | Vic | |||
| Heather Innes | Tas | |||
| Heather Doherty | Qld | |||
| Annette Allen | Vic | |||
| Lois Jackman | Vic | DNS | ||
| 4x110 YARDS RELAY - Women - Sunday 14 October 1956 | ||||
| Pos | Athlete | Team | Mark | |
| FINAL | ||||
| 1 | New South Wales | NSW | 46.2 | |
| Marlene Matthews | ||||
| Betty Cuthbert | ||||
| Nancy Fogarty | ||||
| Fleur Mellor | ||||
| 2 | Victoria | Vic | 47.9 | |
| Nancy Boyle | ||||
| Wendy Hayes | ||||
| Winsome Cripps | ||||
| Marlene Middlemiss | ||||
| Queensland | Qld | DQ | ||
| Western Australia | WA | DQ | ||
| South Australia | SA | DNS | ||
| Tasmania | Tas | DNS | ||
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