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1891 AAA Championships

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1891 AAA Championships
Dates29 June 1891
Host cityManchester, England
VenueManchester AA Grounds, Old Trafford
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
1890
1892


The 1891 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 29 June 1891 at the grounds of the Manchester Athletic Association in Old Trafford, Manchester, England.[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 United States Luther Cary 10.2 E. Kirkwood House 3 yd William Seward ½ yd
440 yards United States Alfred Remington 51.8 J.P. Shuter 6 yd only 2 finished
880 yards William Holmes 2:00.8 Harold Wade 4 yd Alfred Le Maitre inches
1 mile James Kibblewhite 4:28.6 William Fowler 1½ yd Herbert Heath 15 yd
4 miles William Morton 20:53.6 J.R. Hainsworth 21:02.2 only 2 finished
10 miles William Morton 52:33.8 Sidney Thomas 52:36.8 Andrew Hannah 54:46.2
steeplechase Edward Parry 11:24.8 L'Argent Keer 170 yd Colin Souch dnf
120yd hurdles Leinster Daniel Bulger 16.3-5 sec C. W. Haward Godfrey Shaw
7 miles walk Harry Curtis 54:00.2 John Wells 56:24.4 United States Charles Nicoll 56:34.2
high jump Thomas Jennings 1.765 Arthur Watkinson
United States Henry Hallock
1.740
1.740
not awarded
pole jump Robert Watson 3.43 Robert Dickinson 3.35 Tom Ray 3.12
long jump Leinster Daniel Bulger
United States Malcolm Ford
6.20
6.20
not awarded Cecil Haward 5.87
shot put Leinster William Barry 12.09 United States Charles Queckberner 11.53 Harry Brown
hammer throw United States Charles Queckberner 39.58 R. Nelson Robbie 38.78 Leinster William Barry 35.26

References

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  1. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Championship". Glasgow Evening Post. 29 June 1891. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Western Daily Press. 29 June 1891. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Athletics". Huddersfield Chronicle. 29 June 1891. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.