1876 AAC Championships

1876 AAC Championships
Dates	10 April 1876
Host city	London, England
Venue	Lillie Bridge Grounds, London
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 1876 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 10 April 1876, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

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Event	1st			2nd			3rd
100 yards	Montague Shearman	Oxford UAC	10.6	Edward M. Salmon	Cambridge UAC	¾ yd	E. Jenner Davies	late Cambridge UAC
quarter-mile	Frederick T. Elborough	London AC	52.4	Alfred R. Lewis	Cambridge UAC	4 yd	only 2 competitors
half-mile	Frederick T. Elborough	London AC	2:03.0	Hon. Arthur L. Pelham	Cirencester Agricultural College	1 yd	Henry Bryden	London AC	2 yd
1 mile	Walter Slade	London AC	4:35.2	Harold Lee-Evans	late Cambridge UAC	27 yd	only 2 competitors
4 miles	Alfred Goodwin	Oxford UAC	21:17.2	Charles H. Mason	London AC	3 yd	Julius C. Bendixen	South London Harriers	120 yd
120yd hurdles	Alfred B. Loder	Cambridge UAC	16.4	John H. A. Reay	London AC	3 yd	Francis J. W. Wood	late Harrow School	3-4 yd
7 miles walk	Harry Venn	London AC	55:11.8	William J. Morgan	Atalanta RC	dnf	only 1 finished
high jump	Marshall Brooks	Oxford UAC	1.829				only 1 competitor
pole jump	Horace W. Strachan	London AC	3.07	Charles W. Gaskin	Wisbech CC	2.77	only 2 competitors
long jump	John G. Alkin	Nuneaton AC	6.48	William E. Tomkin	late Eton	6.40	Francis J. W. Wood	late Harrow School	6.16
shot put	Tom Stone Jr.	Newton-le-Willows CC	11.77	William Y. Winthrop	London AC	10.64	only 2 competitors
hammer throw	George H. Hales	Cambridge UAC	29.34 NR	Tom Stone Jr.	Newton-le-Willows CC	26.11	only 2 competitors

References

1. "Amateur Athletic Club Championship Sports" . London Evening Standard. 11 April 1876. Retrieved 21 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Miscellaneous" . Hackney and Kingsland Gazette. 12 April 1876. Retrieved 21 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 21 July 2024.