1870 AAC Championships | |
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Dates | 9 April 1870 |
Host city | London, England |
Venue | Lillie Bridge Grounds, London |
Level | Senior |
Type | Outdoor |
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The 1870 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 9 April 1870, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London. [1] [2]
Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||
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100 yards | Alfred Baker | London AC | 10.2 | Francis O. Philpott | St Edmund Hall | 1 ft | Edward J. Colbeck | AAC | ½ yd |
quarter-mile | Abbott R. Upcher | First Trinity | 52.6 | Edward J. Colbeck | AAC | 53.2 | A. G. Clarke | South Essex AC | |
half-mile | Robert V. Somers-Smith | Merton C | 2:02.6 | Arthur J. C. Dowding | New C | 2 yd | Hon. Arthur L. Pelham | Third Trinity | 12 yd |
1 mile | Robert H. Benson | Balliol C | 4:54.6 | Ellis Ashmead Bartlett | Christ Church C | 4:57.6 | Thomas R. Hewitt | Trinity Hall | 5:02.0 |
4 miles | Henry C. Riches | London AC | 21:24.0 | Edward Hawtrey | St John's C | 21:25.6 | A. Hardy | London AC | 500 yd |
120yd hurdles | John L. Stirling | First Trinity | 17.0 | Francis O. Philpott | St Edmund Hall | 5 yd | Ernest E. Toller | London AC | 4 yd |
7 miles walk | Thomas Griffith | South Essex Club | 55:30 NR | R.H. Nunn | London AC | 55:55 | J.E. Bentley | London AC | 57:01 |
high jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 1.753 =WR | Edward Bergman John Harwood | St Edmund Hall London AC | 1.651 | n/a | ||
pole jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 3.12 | Edward Bergman | St Edmund Hall | 3.10 | Robert Graham | London RC | 2.74 |
broad jump | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 6.09 | Edmund Loder | Trinity C | 5.84 | Edward Havers | Ingatestone | 5.82 |
shot put | Robert J. C. Mitchell | Manchester AC | 11.58 NR | Edmund Phelps | Sidney Sussex C | 9.88 | unknown | ||
hammer throw | Henry Leeke | Trinity C | 31.09 | Francis U. Waite | Balliol C | 31.06 | William A. Burgess | Queen's C | 30.58 |
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