The Archive · 1938

Cycling Events at Empire Games

England, Australia Win in Record Time The British to were confined 1o cycling events, in which England and A tralia fared well. In the 1,000 met time trial championship, R. Porter, the Australian mile champion, finished first in 1 min. 15.2 seconds, Another Australian, T. Johnson, of Victoria, was second in 1 min, 15.7 seconds, while Ernest Mills, the English holder of the—one-hour's iandem world record, was third in 15.9 seconds, and William (England), winner of the 25-mile British championship, fourth in 1 min, 163 seconds. The first three broke the Empire Games record.

The 10 miles scratch race was won by Maxfield (England), whose time was D4 mins. 44 seconds. Second place went to another Englishman, Ray Hicks, who once did the 1,000 metres time trial in 1 min. 14-1/5 seconds. Rose, of South Africa, was third.—Reuter,

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