SUNDRY SPORTS.
COLF. Melbourne, September 15. . The Victorian open golf championship resulted—WhittOn first, Soutar second and Howden third. LAWN TENNIS. Sydney, September 15. In the Sydney city lawn tennis championships A. Jones beat Rice. CYCLING. Sydney, September 15. ' 'The Goulburh-Sj'dney road race re'sulUd as follows (Sydney), 40min, .1; Tuckwell (Sydney), 48min, 2; Walcott (Sydney, 12sec, 3. About a hundred started. The roads were dry but rough. A strong gale helped the riders in the earlier stages and.retarded them in the latter part of the race. Upham had 40 minutes' start, and, with Tuckwell (48min) was 'prominent from the start and was never overhauled. In a great finish he won by' half a wheel, with Walcott four minutes behind. Upham's time was Gh'r 47min"32scc. and Tuckwed's 6hr, ■44-min 32 ' l-ssec. Walcott (Par■ramatta) did the fastest time, 6hr 37 min 17sec. He had bad luck, a tube blowing out a mile from the star!. Williams, the scratch man, was fourth in 6hr 4 3min 26sec.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 16 September 1912, Page 2
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163SUNDRY SPORTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 16 September 1912, Page 2
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