Sporting and Athletic Records

WORLD'S RECORDS 291 Date 23 June '96 16 July '96 2 Sept. '93 16 Oct. 90 12 May '96 20 Aug.'94 2 Sept. '93 18 Aug. '94 19 Aug. '93 i In a20 yards bath (14 turns) J. H. T yers (A.) swam 300 yards in 3m. 47 , / s s.at Bradford, 2 October 1895. N uttall's record made at Ashton-under-Lyne is 3m. 50s. made 14 September 1895. j Withonly 2 turns, course 110 yards long. A In a 40 yards bath at Lambeth; 9 turns. / At Earl's Court, course no yards, J. N uttall (P.) swam the quarter mile with only 3 turns in 5m. 49 , /4S. on 2 September 1893. tn In a 20 yards bath (24 turns) J. NUTTALL (P.) swam 500 yards in 6m. 28 , /ts. at Staleybridge, 28 October 1890. J. H. TYERS(A .) is credited with 6m. 44s. at ^Tan- chester, 13 November 1895, but the time is not accepted by the N .S.A. n These records were made by NUTTALL in an artificial lake at Earl s Court, London, course no yards long. At Lambeth Baths NUTTALL swam the half mile with 21 turns (40 yards bath) in 12m. i3 , /«s. For distances over 500 yards the N .S .A.do not recognize records made inother than open water and over courses not less than 220 yards long. World's Amateur Record for half a mile is I3NI. 20s. made by J. H. TYERS, British Amateur, at Bradford, 13 July 1895. 0 In a 25 yards bath (39 turns) J. H. TYERS (A.) swam xooo yards in i3ra. sa ! ; 5 s. at Manchester, 14 November 1895. In a 40 yards bath {24 turns) J. NUTTALL (P.) did 13m. 54 1 ;as. at Lambeth, 16October 1890. With 29turns in open water T. MEAD- HAM (A.) did 14m. 43 , ;SS. at Sydney, N.S.W., 14 April 1894. p In Hollingworth Lake. World's Amateur Record for three quarters of a mile is zora. made by J. H. T VERS, British Amateur, over a 220 yards course at Walsall, 11 July 1896. Distance Time Name Nationality Place Yards M. S. ! A.shton-Under- Lyne Manchester 330/ 4 i2 1 /4 J. Nuttall (P.) „ London 400 k 5 16 7a „ „ 440 I 5 43 V 8 J. H. Tyers (A.) „ Broughton 500 m 6 45 Sunderland 55° w 7 20 J. Nuttall (P.) „ London 660 9 o'/a )> 770 10 42 >> 880 n 12 7 1 /' >> IOOO 0 15 2 J. H. Tyers (H.) „ Southport 1320/ 19 S'/s J. Nuttall (P.) Rochdale