Australian Aths History

Australian Women's Track & Field Championships 1953-54

Leederville Oval, Perth, WA, 27 Feb & 1 Mar 1954

 
100 YARDS - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Winsome CrippsVic10.8
2Raema JamesNSW11.2
3Leila SmartWA11.3
4Norma AustinSA11.3
5Marlene SmithVic11.4
6Annette LehmanTas
 Ann TraceyQldDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Marjorie JacksonNSW10.8
2Beryl CaruthWA11.0
3Fleur MellorNSW11.3
4Ann Shanley CooperSA11.3
5Bev MaxfieldVic
6Valma HeatonQld
7Noreen DilgerTas
 
HEAT 3
1Marlene MathewsNSW10.9
2Nancy FogartyNSW11.0
3Di ChamberlainWA11.2
4Pam RothwellWA11.3
5Nancy HendersonTas11.6
6Berenice KewmingVic
Margaret JohnsonQld
 
FINAL
1Marjorie JacksonNSW10.6
2Marlene MathewsNSW10.7
3Winsome CrippsVic10.8
4Nancy FogartyNSW11.0
5Beryl CaruthWA11.1
6Raema JamesNSW
 
220 YARDS - Women - Monday 1 March 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Winsome CrippsVic24.6
2Marlene MathewsNSW25.1
3Shirley StricklandWA25.7
4Valma HeatonQld25.9
5Di ChamberlainWA25.9
6Sadie SmithVic26.3
7Marilyn WatsonTas
 
HEAT 2
1Pam BryantWA25.4
2Fleur MellorNSW26.0
3Ann Shanley CooperSA26.1
4Nancy FogartyNSW26.1
5Bev MaxfieldVic26.5
6Joyce HangerVic
 Noreen DilgerTasDNS
 
HEAT 3
1Marjorie JacksonNSW25.3
2Leila SmartWA25.8
3Berenice KewmingVic25.9
4Margaret JohnsonQld27.0
5Nancy HendersonTas27.2
 Raema JamesVicDNS
 
FINALWind: -6.7
1Marjorie JacksonNSW24.2
2Winsome CrippsVic24.4
3Marlene MathewsNSW24.9
4Pam BryantWA25.2
5Leila SmartWA25.7
6Fleur MellorNSW
 
440 YARDS - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Daphne WelchQld58.6
2Berenice KewmingVic59.0
3Jacqueline BaumannNSW59.5
4Berris FollandWA59.5
5Stella MasseyNSW62.5
 Valma HeatonQldDNS
 
HEAT 2
1Pam BryantWA59.1
2Joyce HangerVic59.8
3Joan DronfieldNSW59.9
4Coleen McPhersonWA61.3
5Leila GeyleVic62.9
 Ann Shanley-CooperSADNS
 
FINAL
1Pam BryantWA56.6
2Daphne WelchQld58.3
3Berenice KewmingVic59.2
4Joyce HangerVic59.6
5Jacqueline BaumannNSW60.8
6Joan DronfieldNSW
 
880 YARDS - Women - Monday 1 March 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1Berris FollandWA2:20.7
2Daphne WelchQld2:22.2
3Joy BrownSA2:22.5
4Leila GeyleVic2:29.3
5Joan DronfieldNSW2:34.0
6Stella MasseyNSW
 
80 METRES HURDLES - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
HEAT 1
1Gwen WallaceNSW11.5
2Shirley StricklandWA12.3
3Marlene MiddlemissVic12.9
4Pat JohnsonVic12.9
5Gloria CookeNSW13.0
 
HEAT 2
1Norma AustinSA11.6
2Pam RobertsonWA11.7
3Jacqueline BaumannNSW12.0
4Bev MaxwellVic12.1
5Mim HoganWA12.4
 
FINAL
1Gwen WallaceNSW11.5
2Marlene MiddlemissVic11.5
3Norma AustinSA11.5
4Pam RobertsonWA11.6
5Jacqueline BaumannNSW11.9
Shirley StricklandWADNF
 
HIGH JUMP - Women - Monday 1 March 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Carol BernothQld5'4"1.625m
2Pat BerginSA5'3"1.60m
3Ann TraceyQld5'2"1.575m
=4Jacqueline BaumannNSW4'10"1.475m
=4Gwen WallaceNSW4'10"1.475m
6Robin BrennanWA4'10"1.475m
7Mary GraceQld4'9"1.45m
8B HillNSW4'9"1.45m
9Lois JackmanVic4'6"1.37m
10Norma MarshallVic4'4"1.32m
Marlene MiddlemissVic
Beryl EveningWA
 Marilyn WatsonTasDNS
 
LONG JUMP - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Val SchwarzingerWA18'4½"5.60m
2Gwen WallaceNSW18'1¼"5.52m
3Margaret JohnsonQld18'0"5.48m
4B HillNSW17'6½"5.34m
5Lois JackmanVic17'2¾"5.25m
6Nancy BorwickWA17'1¼"5.21m
7Marlene MiddlemissVic16'11½"5.17m
8Gloria CookeNSW16'10"5.13m
9Marlene SmithVic16'5¾"5.02m
10Ann TraceyQld15'9"4.80m
 Marilyn WatsonTasDNS 
 
SHOT PUT - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Val LawrenceWA39'11½"12.16m
2Mary BreenNSW35'5½"10.81m
3Eunice HawkesNSW33'9"10.29m
4Shirley SmithNSW33'2½"10.12m
5Lorraine MurphyVic31'10"9.70m
6Marlene MiddlemissVic26'9¾"8.17m
 Carol BernothQldDNS 
 Vera Askew-PepperQldDNS 
 
DISCUS THROW - Women - Monday 1 March 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Lorraine MurphyVic121'7½"37.07m
2Shirley SmithNSW119'11"36.56m
3Val LawrenceWA116'6½"35.53m
4Vera Askew PepperQld111'6"33.98m
5Mary BreenNSW109'10"33.48m
6Lois JackmanVic107'3½"32.71m
7Eunice HawkesNSW91'8"27.94m
8M KiddWA76'1½"23.20m
 Maureen BurfordSADNS 
 
JAVELIN THROW - Women - Saturday 27 February 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
1Vera Askew PepperQld123'11"37.78m
2Lorraine MurphyVic115'10½"35.32m
3Eha KitsapeaNSW110'5½"33.67m
4June HeathNSW103'2"31.44m
5Lois JackmanVic87'7"26.70m
 
4x110 YARDS RELAY - Women - Monday 1 March 1954
PosAthleteTeamMark
FINAL
1New South WalesNSW47.0
Marlene Mathews
Marjorie Jackson
Raema James
Nancy Fogarty
2Western AustraliaWA47.0
Beryl Caruth
Pam Bryant
Leila Smart
Shirley Strickland
3VictoriaVic48.1
 Winsome Cripps  
 Bev Maxfield  
 Berenice Kewming  
 Marlene Middlemiss  
4QueenslandQld49.4
5South AustraliaSA50.1
6TasmaniaTas
N. Henderson
Noreen Dilger
Annette Lehman
Marilyn Watson

 

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