1888 AAA Championships

1888 AAA Championships
Dates	30 June 1888
Host city	Crewe, England
Venue	Alexandra Recreation Ground
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	14
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The 1888 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 30 June 1888 at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe, England in front of 10,000 spectators. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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	Frederick Westing	10.2	Alfred Vigne	¾ yd	Frank Ritchie	½ yd
440 yards	Henry Tindall	51.4	W. Lock	6 yd	Ernest Pelling	1 yd
880 yards	Alfred Le Maitre	2.00.4	Wilfrid Kent-Hughes	4 yd	Charles Smith	5 yd
1 mile	Thomas Conneff	4.31.6	William Pollock-Hill	5 yd	James Kibblewhite	3 yd
4 miles	Edward Parry	20.22.2	Sidney Thomas	20.40.6	only 2 finished
10 miles	Edward Parry	53.43.4	Sidney Thomas	54.31.0	George Pennington	55.25.0
steeplechase	J.C. Cope	12.13.0	n/a	n/a	only 1 finished
120yd hurdles	Sherard Joyce	16.0	Charles Daft	2 yd	F. Winters	3 yd
7 miles walk	Christopher Clarke	57.08.6	J.R. Lewis	57.41.0	only 2 finished
high jump	George Rowdon	1.727	Tom Ray	1.575	only 2 competed
pole jump	Tom Ray & Lat Stones	3.36	not awarded		only 2 competed
long jump	Alexander Jordan	6.62	Charles Smith	5.33	only 2 competed
shot put	George Gray	13.28	James Mitchel	12.34	John Carroll Daly	12.11
hammer throw	James Mitchel	38.00	John Carroll Daly	34.34	Robert Lindsay	29.22

References

1. "The Amateur Athletic Championship" . Empire News & The Umpire. 1 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "The Amateur Athletic Championship" . Yorkshire Evening Press. 2 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The Amateur Athletic Championships" . Sporting Life. 2 July 1888. Retrieved 4 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 July 2024.