AMATEUR ATHLETICS
THE OLYMPIC STANDARD Press Association. DUNEDIN, To-day. The Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association decided to write to the New Zealand Council pointing out that it was of opinion that it would be more equitable if the various centres had been consulted and asked to nominate selectors for the New Zealand team, as was done by the New Zealand Rugby Union. It was decided to protest to the council regarding the exclusion of R. W. Lander, the hurdler, from those up to Olympic standard. It is surprising that R. TV. Lander should have been omitted from the list of candidates who are considered up to Olympic standard. H. E. Wilson, the Wellington hurdler, was sent to the Olympic Games in 1920 with no better credentials than Lander's. The latter’s brilliant effort at Auckland last February in which he equalled Wilson’s Australasian record of 15’ l-ssec, stamped Lander as one of the greatest hurdlers the Dominion has produced.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 3
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162AMATEUR ATHLETICS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 3
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