ATHLETICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1923, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

■»> CROSS-' ( X'NTR Y 15 AC I’. ! AVSTU.*. 1.1-tsi AND N.Z. CA SI I. Is ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY. Aug. 24 i x., 111 ii Wales. with sixteen ; |,.|i|.t .. won ihe boiirih five .Miles A a-i 1 :din:i t ross-isuintry C liampionI:!,j i>. New Zonked rJ'J) was second: and \ml aria (hi tail'd. Tine iudivid- ! net honours were: C. l’ailey < N.SAA .1 j i. |fuse (N.Z.) 2. Nalder (N.Z.) 5. i I'idl-.y won l.y fifty yard-. Nalder be- ! mg i want v yard- behind I'.iw-. Tiie i iiiiisi ’- lii.w was 27 min 27 sacs, ’i lie j -oitie-t ultimately resolved itsel! into ] a -iiuv da 1■ ■ l ween ilailev and Rose i for indii ideal honours. New Zealand's I -hawing w''S a fealure of the eoiuost. j a - ij was exp.a tail ; hat Vicioria would | ! a Una-' niosl serious rivals. ForI lb,. ', -1 lan ill na.edu.ek r:uvnilU'.-i’, j Mai I- elude led th- b'lileh, but was i i o.a.i I'v I a dev at two miles. with ; P i a ;ml Nalder handy. Tlie-e p.'isi--5 iii.io, Were maintained till I lie last j '"ei do. whan l'.aih y and l?o '• ware i uiirdng level iii'ii the straight. Hai- ! y ib -ii -oc' 1. cad won • a 5;. i'r. n i; . -■ . wiio ida.-ed a com ioi 1.-r lie margin | ha: w ean iii'iis. ll ami .Voider. Mai l', o'. | wa- fourth, I'dt y yard- hack. : K'hhaan and floyd (Victoria were I eight h an i ii i n;! i . i The 'aiini'Y placing- worn-Now j Soul h Wales. tir-i. ionrih. tilth, i -iv.ili: New Zealand. -acoiid. t Idl'd: Wo"l-(oii. -I'a. rlh : and Rage tenth. , lin i lay 1 1 j i won three rhis-ie event - .'. ii!ii ll the pa-t three months—the i \iiv’e Cros-'-couiitry ( hnmpiousliip on : .Time 50; l.a-l S'a 1 n rdayChamiiion : -‘iip aml i, .-day’s.'