Sporting and Athletic Records

290 SWIMMING Distance Time Name Nationality Place Date Yards M. s. 80 4 9 W . E v a n s ( P . ) B r i t i s h H y d e 8 Oct. '96 100 £ 1 1 '/s J. H. Tyers (A.) „ Burslem 11 June '96 110 c 1 14 J. Nuttall (P.) „ London 2 Sept. '93 1 20 d 1 2 o 1 / 2 W.J.Gormley(A.) Colonial Sydney,N.S.W. 2 May '93 150 e 1 42 a /5 J. H. Tyers (A.) British Westminster 24 Aug. '94 I J. Nuttall (P.) „ Accrington 13Sept. '93 200 f 2 20 I / J. H. Tyers (A.) „ Preston 18 Oct, '94 220^ 241 J. H. Tyers (A.) ,, Farnworth 26 June '95 250 A 3 i4 4 /fi )» Liverpool 24 Mar. '93 i Ina short bath (7 turns) T. M EADHAM (A.) swam 100 yards in im. dead,at Sj'dney, N.S .W.,4 Dec. 1892 ; and in a bath 17 yards long (5 turns) W. E VANS (P.) swam 100 yards in im. is. at Bedford Leigh Baths, Lancashire, 3 Oct. 1896. In the Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale, J. H AGGERTY (P.) swam 100 yards straight­ away in im. 5 "/IS., 18 September 1886. c This was without a turn, in an artificial lake at Earl's Court, London—Course 110 yards long. d With only 3 turns. In a 20 yards bath (5 turns) J. H. T YERS (A.) swam 120 yards in im. 18s. in London 2 July1894; and under similar conditions J. N UTTALL (P.) did im. i8 a /js. at Staleybridge, 2 May 1893. e In a 20 yards bath (7 turns) J. H. T YERS (A.) swam 150 yards in im. 39 4 /sS. at Kendal, IO October 1894. J. N OTTALI . (P.) is sometimes credited with im. 41', 'SS. at Heywood, 30 October 1894, but as the length of the bath is not given, it seems best in the absence of general acceptance to reject this record. f Some authorities give N UTTALL'S best time for 200 yards as 2m. 21s. made at Salford 16 October 1893. g Other records for the furlong are as follows: — N UTTALL'S and T YERS' Edinburgh records were made in baths less than 25 yards long. G ORMLEY'S record is doubtful. Time Name Nationality Place Date M. s. 2 37 J. Nuttall (P.) British Edinburgh 6 Nov. '94 2 38 W. J. Gormley (A.) Colonial Sydney, N.S.W. 19 Jan. '92 2 39 J. H. Tyers (A.) British Edinburgh 5 Feb. '95 2 41'/^ J. Nuttall (P.) ,, London 2 Sept. '93 h With only 6 turns. In a 20 yards bath (12 turns) J. N UTTALL (P.) swam 250 yards in 2m. Sj'jss. atStaleybridge, 8 October 1895.