EMPIRE GAMES TRIAL
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Road Cycling in ihe South
(By Teleerraph-
CHRISTCHURCH, * Seventeen of New Zealand* bestj oycliflts contesfced the 100-kilometre Eki-j pire Games trial- from Fapanai. Amberley and; baek tMs affcenioonJ Emerging from the .dusfc and grima on the 62-mile ride after travelling 40i miles with & buckled front wheel the Canterbpry vet'eran F. J. Grose earried off the.principal honours. He was pro- • minent aU the way, raetting a fast paea whenever'he took the lead and demon"strating his elear auperioratjjr » the ffaal. aprint. It was a spec|acnlar raee. Thirteea of the 17 starters fell, punetnred or were left by-the wayside befora ialf the journey had been- completed. The times for the first four men were* F. J. Grose (Ctinterhuiyj, 2hrs* -tomin. 54 2-5secs.; R. S. Triner (Auckland), 2hrs. 40min. 54 3-5secs.; J* Brown (Auckland), 2hrs. 40min* 54 4-5secs.; H. R. Dutton (Wellington), 2hra. 40m!n* 55sec,. ' ' Grose 's time comparea favourabfy with the Australian trial time which was 2hrs. 53mim 43see. The last .Olympic championship was won at Berlin in 1936 in 2hrs. 33mio. oscc.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 9
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175EMPIRE GAMES TRIAL Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 9
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