TWENTY-FOUL HOURS’ WALKING MATCH.
[Bv TicLKnuAnr.] Wellington, Sept. 10. The 24 hours’ go-as-you-plcasc pedestrian match commenced at the Drill Shed at ten o’clock this evening. The course measured eighty yards. At 12 o’clock the positions were —Brooks, Dunedin, 15 miles 2 laps ; Smith, Wellington, 15 miles ; Ciofts, Wellington, 14 miles 19 laps. The remaining competitors, six in number, ranged from 12 to 10 miles. This Day. At nine this morning only four out of nine competitors were left in the pedestrian match. Croft, of Wellington, has covered (34 miles ; Brookes, of Dunedin, (51 : Swan, of Christchurch, 58, and Hanson, of Wellington, 58. At half-past one the position was as follows: — Croft ... 84 miles 3 laps Brookes ... 82 ~ 12 ~ Swan ... 7G ~ 3 „ Hanson ... 71 „ 14 „
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2336, 11 September 1880, Page 2
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124TWENTY-FOUL HOURS’ WALKING MATCH. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2336, 11 September 1880, Page 2
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