Alan Gerrard, of Liverpool Harriers, who ran below form at Saturday's county championship meeting after receiving a smallpox injection during the week, gained some consolation by scoring one of the easiest victories during last night's Liverpool Parks athletic meeting at Wavertree.
Eighteen-year-old Alan, who was defending a title he won last year, finished 70 yards ahead in the junior mile final, leaving clubmate C. D. Jones and M. McNamee of Wallasey, to fight an exciting battle for second place, which Jones won by inches.
Earlier Alan had qualified for the final of the senior 880 yards which is to he held at the last Parks meeting on June 28.
John Jackson (Liverpool University) and Brian Renshall (Sutton Harriers) were the two heat winners in this event and later they had a great dual in the two-mile team race with Jackson managing to told of a strong late challenge from the Sutton man. Seven finals were decided. Things went according to form, except in the youths' high jump, where John Owens, of Liverpool Harriers, avenged two earlier defeats when finishing first with 5ft. 3ins. and beating W. J. Hartley, the Lancashire champion, and B. J. Abraham, the Merseyside Grammar Schools champion, into second and third places.
Jean Fielding, of Liverpool Harriers, who lost her Northern title at the week-end, continued a long winning sequence at Liverpool Parks
meetings with a discus throw of 120 feet.
RESULTS
220 yards (Youth); 1, M. Saunders (Pilkington H.), 23.4 secs.; 2, S. C. Siddall (Liverpool H.); 3, A. Parkinson (Liverpool H.).
440 yards (Women): 1, P. Davies (Liverpool H.), 61.1 secs.; 2, J. Simmons (Wirral Ladies A.C.); 3, F. Hogan (Pembroke A. and C.C.).
Mile (Junior): 1, A. Gerrard (Liverpool H.), 4 mins. 34.7 secs., 2, C. D. Jones (Liverpool H.); 3, M. McNamee (Wallasey A.C.).
High jump (Youth): 1, J. Owens (Liverpool H.), 5ft. 3ins.; 2, W. J. Hartley (Waterloo H.); 3, B. J. Abraham (Unattached).
High jump (Junior): 1, D. Byrne (Liverpool H.), 4ft. 6 in.
Long jump (Women): 1, P. Edwards (Wallasey A.C.), 17ft. 2in.; 2, P. Lewis (Liverpool H.): 3, L. Jenkins (Liverpool H.).
Discus (Women): 1, J. A. Fielding (Liverpool H.) 120ft.; 2, B. Newby (Liverpool H.); 3, L. Rogerson (Atalanta).
Ends
Source - Liverpool Echo - Tuesday, 07/06/1966 by PAUL O’BRIEN
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