1887 AAA Championships

1887 AAA Championships
Dates	2 July 1887
Host city	Stourbridge, England
Venue	Stourbridge Cricket Ground
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	14
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The 1887 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 2 July 1887 at Stourbridge Cricket Ground, Stourbridge, England. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Irishman James Mitchel

The 14 events were the same number and disciplines as in the previous year.

Results

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards	Arthur Wharton	10.1	Charles Wood	½ yd	Herbert Fletcher	10.37
440 yards	Charles Wood	51.0	Alfred Le Maitre	7 yd	Alfred Hind	5 yd
880 yards	Francis Cross	1.59.0	Alfred Le Maitre	3½ yd	only 2 finished
1 mile	Francis Cross	4.25.4	James Kibblewhite	2 yd	F. Mills	10 yd
4 miles	Edward Carter	21.10.0	F. Mills	21.33.6	only 2 finished
10 miles	Edward Carter	55.09.0	A. Houlding	57.01.0	Sidney Thomas	57.37.0
steeplechase	M.A. Harrison	12.08.4	E. Wall	120-220 yd	only 2 competed
120yd hurdles	John Le Fleming	16.2	Sherard Joyce	1¼ yd	Arthur Gould	¾ yd
7 miles walk	Christopher Clarke	56.59.8	Edward Lange	57.00.0	J.R. Lewis	57.52.5
high jump	George Rowdon & William Page	1.829	not awarded		Francis Fogg	1.753
pole vault	Tom Ray	3.38	F.G.F. Thompson	3.05	T. Stanley Green	2.89
long jump	Francis Roberts	6.81	John Purcell	6.63	only 2 competed
shot put	James Mitchel	11.92	F.G.F. Thompson	11.21	Tom Stone	11.00
hammer throw	James Mitchel	37.80	F.G.F. Thompson	23.78	only 2 competed

References

1. "Athletics" . Freeman's Journal. 4 July 1887. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Gossip and Sport" . Sporting Life. 2 July 1887. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Amateur Athletic Championships" . Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 4 July 1887. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 3 July 2024.