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1894 AAA Championships

1894 AAA Championships
Dates7 July 1894
Host cityHuddersfield, England
VenueFartown Ground
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
1893
1895


The 1894 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 7 July 1894 at the Fartown Ground in Huddersfield, England, in front of 6,200 spectators.[1][2]

The 14 events were the same number as in the previous year, although the 7 miles walk was reduced to a new distance of 4 miles.

Fred Bacon

Results

[3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Charles Bradley 10.2 Max Wittenberg 3½ yd Charles Thomas 1½ yd
440 yards Edgar Bredin 50.0 Arthur Ovenden 51.6 H.S. Johnson 2 yd
880 yards Edgar Bredin 1:56.8 Frederick Horan 1:58.4 Anthony Millett 2:01.8
1 mile Fred Bacon 4:25.8 William Fowler 4:29.6 William Lutyens 8 yd
4 miles Fred Bacon 19:48.8 George Crossland 19:49.2 Sidney Thomas 20:09.4
10 miles Sidney Thomas 51:37.0 Harry Watkins 51:40.0 H.J.W. Roberts 54:40.8
steeplechase Alfred George 11:21.0 George Martin 11:51.4 only 2 competitors
120yd hurdles Godfrey Shaw 16.6 Percy Lowe 3 yd Leinster Tom Donovan 4 yd
4 miles walk Harry Curtis 30:05.8 David Fenton 30:26.2 William Sturgess 30:38.8
high jump Reginald Williams 1.759 Eric Swanwick 1.734 only 2 competitors
pole jump Robert Dickinson 3.32 E. Wilson 2.59 only 2 competitors
long jump Leinster Tom Donovan 6.30 Arthur Badger 6.20 B.C. Green 6.01
shot put Leinster Denis Horgan 12.90 James McIntosh 12.33 Leinster William Barry 12.11
hammer throw Leinster William Barry 38.62 R. Nelson Robbie 34.68 Leinster Denis Carey 32.22

References

  1. ^ "The English Amateur Athletic Championships". Huddersfield Daily Chronicle. 9 July 1894. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "The Amateur Athletic Association Championship meeting". Sporting Life. 9 July 1894. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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