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1890 AAA Championships

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1890 AAA Championships
Dates12 July 1890
Host cityBirmingham, England
VenueAston Lower Grounds
LevelSenior
TypeOutdoor
Events14
1889
1891


The 1890 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held on Saturday 12 July 1890 at the Aston Lower Grounds in Birmingham, England in front of 3,000 spectators.[1][2][3]

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

Results[edit]

[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards Leinster Norman Morgan 10.4 Ernest E. Parlby 1 ft H. Beswick 1 ft
440 yards Thomas Nicholas 51.8 Thomas Pitman 1½ yd W Lock ½ yd
880 yards Thomas Pitman 1.58.4 Harry Whittick 4 yd Walter Uriah Churley 7 yd
1 mile James Kibblewhite 4.23.2 William Fowler 6 yd Charles Hookins 20 yd
4 miles James Kibblewhite 20.16.4 Charles Hookins 20.26.0 J.R. Hainsworth 20.37.4
10 miles James Kibblewhite 53.49.0 Tom Birch 54.23.0 H. Bamford 56.28.0
steeplechase Edward Parry 10.54.6 Colin Souch 200 yd only 2 finished
120yd hurdles Charles Daft 16.8 Cecil Haward 2 yd Tom Baylis 5 yd
7 miles walk Harry Curtis 52.28.4 William Wheeler 54.29.2 John Wells 54.58.6
high jump Cecil Haward 1.740 Thomas Jennings 1.676 Arthur Watkinson 1.600
pole vault Robert Dickinson 3.35 Tom Ray 3.20 J.A.T. Hall & Robert Watson 3.05
long jump Robert G. Hogarth 6.09 Leinster Daniel Bulger 6.04 Arthur Badger 5.97
shot put R.A. Greene 11.48 W.E. West 10.41 only 2 competed
hammer throw Robert Lindsay 31.50 G. Chisholm 29.82 J.E. Fraser nm

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics". Empire News & The Umpire. 13 July 1890. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Amateur Athletic Association Championships". The Referee. 13 July 1890. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Amateur Championships Sports". Reynolds's Newspaper. 13 July 1890. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 July 2024.