Harriers

'Varsity's senior teams found the opposition too difficult in the provincial championships' 6½ mile race on Saturday, the 130 runners from 22 teams providing some very keen competition. Unfortunately the No. 2 team had been reduced to three men through injuries, and as four are necessary to constitute a team, these three men did not count in the team's race. The points of the two teams were made up as follows:—

Of the No. 2 team, Farquhar was 69th, but Powell and Fenton were a good way back.

Scrymgeour and Newall were well to the fore from the beginning, running seventh and tenth respectively. They were followed by De la Mare in the thirties with Farquhar in the forties and O'Flynn. Burge and Henderson close together in the sixties. At the end of the first lap Scrymgeour was maintaining his position well, but Newall had dropped to fourteenth. They were followed by De la Mare. Burge and Farquhar. Burge seemed to have settled down by this time and had gained a good deal of ground. Half-way through the second lap Scrymgeour was still lying 7th, with Newall fifteenth. Scrymgeour, however, was overtaken by two men before he reached home, finishing in ninth place. About the fourteenth place several runners, including Newall, came on to the finishing ground in a bunch, Newall taking seventeenth place. Burge finished ten places ahead of De la Mare, who was closely followed by Farquhar and Henderson, with Powell. O'Flynn and Fenton a good distance back.

There were about sixty starters in nine teams.

Canter and Daniell both ran surprisingly well, the former being in the first ten most of the way, Daniell finished in fine style, narrowly missing a higher place. On the whole this team performed very creditably indeed.