Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships 1952-53 Leederville Oval, Perth, 24 & 26 January 1953

100 YARDS - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
HEAT 1
1	Brian Butterfield	Qld	9.8
2	Bill de Gruchy	WA	9.9
3	Kevin Reede	NSW	10.0
	John Griffiths	Vic
	Bill Job	NSW
	Scotchy Gordon	SA

HEAT 2
1	Hec Hogan	Qld	9.7
2	Graham Gipson	WA	9.8
3	Tony Booth	Qld	10.0
4	G Ward	WA

FINAL
1	Hec Hogan	Qld	9.7
2	Graham Gipson	WA	9.7
3	Brian Butterfield	Qld	9.8
4	Bill de Gruchy	WA	9.9
5	Kevin Reede	NSW	9.9
6	Tony Booth	Qld	10.0

220 YARDS - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Brian Butterfield	Qld	21.9
2	Graham Gipson	WA	22.0
3	Bill Job	NSW	22.1
4	Tony Booth	Qld
5	Ray Weinberg	Vic
6	John Griffiths	Vic

HEAT 2
1	Hec Hogan	Qld	22.3
2	Bill de Gruchy	WA	22.4
3	Kevin Reede	NSW	22.5
4	Graham MacGregor	NSW
5	L Brown	SA

FINAL
1	Brian Butterfield	Qld	22.1
2	Graham Gipson	WA	22.1
3	Kevin Reede	NSW	22.2
4	Hec Hogan	Qld	22.3
5	Bill de Gruchy	WA	22.4
6	Bill Job	NSW	22.4

440 YARDS - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Graham Gipson	WA	49.1
2	Neville Hansen	Qld	50.3
3	Charles Campbell	NSW	50.8
4	Tony Booth	Qld
5	L Brown	SA
6	Len McRae	Vic

HEAT 2
1	George Gedge	NSW	48.8
2	Hugh Thaggard	Qld	48.9
3	Leon Gregory	SA	49.0
4	Frank Fox	WA
5	Graham MacGregor	NSW
6	Joseph Keeling	WA

FINAL
1	Graham Gipson	WA	47.8
2	Hugh Thaggard	Qld	48.1
3	George Gedge	NSW	48.6
4	Leon Gregory	SA	48.8
5	Charles Campbell	NSW	50.7
6	Neville Hansen	Qld	50.8

880 YARDS - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Graham Adair	WA	1:56.2
2	Neville Hansen	Qld	1:58.2
3	John Landy	Vic	1:58.6
	Charles Campbell	NSW
	Leon Gregory	SA

HEAT 2
1	Frank Fox	WA	2:01.4
2	Len McRae	Vic	2:01.6
3	Ben Bennett	SA	2:01.9
	Jim Bailey	NSW	DQ

FINAL
1	John Landy	Vic	1:53.6
2	Graham Adair	WA	1:55.3
3	Len McRae	Vic	1:56.3
4	Frank Fox	WA	1:56.4
5	Ben Bennett	SA	2:01.0
	Neville Hansen	Qld	DQ

1 MILE - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	John Landy	Vic	4:04.2
2	Les Perry	Vic	4:16.0
3	Frank O'Connell	WA	4:23.2
4	Graham Adair	WA	4:23.4
5	Ben Bennett	SA	4:23.6
6	Len McRae	Vic	4:29.8
	Jim Bailey	NSW	DQ	(4:12.6)

3 MILES - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Les Perry	Vic	14:09.2
2	Geoff Warren	Vic	14:15.4
3	Neil Robbins	Vic	14:31.6
4	Allan Lawrence	NSW	14:38.2
	Alan Merrett	WA

6 MILES - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Geoff Warren	Vic	30:19.6
2	Allan Lawrence	NSW	31:12.4
3	Alan Merrett	WA	32:20.6
	Neil Robbins	Vic	DQ	(30:56.0)
	Rowland Guy	NSW	DNF

120 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Ray Weinberg	Vic	14.5
2	Ken Doubleday	Vic	14.6
3	John Chilvers	WA	16.3

220 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1
1	Roy Schuler	WA	24.9
2	Ken Doubleday	Vic	25.6
3	Geoff Jones	SA	25.7
	Bruce Baillie	NSW

HEAT 2
1	Dan Strickland	WA	24.6
2	Geoff Goodacre	NSW	24.9
3	Ray Weinberg	Vic	25.8
	Alan Wrigley	NSW

FINAL
1	Ken Doubleday	Vic	23.8
2	Ray Weinberg	Vic	24.2
3	Geoff Goodacre	NSW	24.4
4	Dan Strickland	WA	24.6
5	Roy Schuler	WA	24.8
6	Geoff Jones	SA	25.5

440 YARDS HURDLES - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Ken Doubleday	Vic	54.1
2	Geoff Goodacre	NSW	54.8
3	George Gedge	NSW	55.5
4	Geoff Jones	SA	55.8
5	John O'Connell	WA	57.2

2 MILES WALK - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Don Keane	WA	13:54.6
2	Ted Allsopp	Vic	14:25.6
	Ted Edwards	NSW	DQ

HIGH JUMP - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	John Vernon	Vic	1.93m
2	Ian Bruce	SA	1.93m
3	Doug Stuart	NSW	1.83m
4	J Kearney	WA	1.83m
5	Kevin McMahon	NSW	1.80m
6	Clive Bedford-Brown	WA	1.78m
	Cecil Wright	Vic

POLE VAULT - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Peter Denton	NSW	3.81m
2	Peter Harbison	SA	3.73m
3	Cecil Wright	Vic	3.50m
4	Ian Brockwell	Vic	3.43m
5	John Harbison	SA	3.12m

LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Brian Oliver	WA	7.28m
2	William O'Grady	WA	7.07m
3	Ian Bruce	SA	6.74m
4	Kevin Salt	WA	6.65m
5	Allan Stevens	Vic	6.32m
6	Peter Denton	NSW	6.31m
	John Dwyer	NSW
	K White	Qld

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Brian Oliver	WA	15.29m
2	William O'Grady	WA	14.60m
3	Allan Stevens	Vic	14.01m

SHOT PUT - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Peter Hanlin	NSW	14.26m
2	Barry Donath	Vic	13.09m
3	Reg Carr	Vic	12.80m
4	Richard Barlin	WA	12.55m
5	David Norman	WA	12.115m
6	Aivars Pavulins	WA	12.11m
	Tom Mullins	NSW

DISCUS THROW - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Keith Pardon	NSW	43.75m
2	Don Kidd	WA	42.04m
3	Zvonko Marian	WA	41.84m
4	Reg Carr	Vic	40.17m
5	Tom Mullins	NSW	33.82m
6	Barry Donath	Vic	32.40m
	Ian Bruce	SA

HAMMER THROW - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Keith Pardon	NSW	47.78m
2	Tom Mullins	NSW	47.70m
3	Neville Gadsden	NSW	46.01m
4	Keith Allen	WA	44.51m

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Saturday 24 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	James Achurch	Qld	60.67m
2	Aleksis Hakelis	NSW	60.49m
3	Ian Bruce	SA	54.74m
4	Bob Grant	Vic	54.50m
5	Bernie Cecins	WA	53.30m
6	Don Kidd	WA	51.83m
	R Ryan	WA

4x110 YARDS RELAY - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Queensland	Qld	42.1
	Hec Hogan
	Tony Booth
	Hugh Thaggard
	Brian Butterfield
2	Western Australia	WA	42.7
	Bill de Gruchy
	G. Ward
	Roy Schuler
	Graham Gipson
3	New South Wales	NSW	44.3
	Bill Job
	Graham MacGregor
	Bruce Baillie
	Kevin Reede
4		Vic

1 MILE MEDLEY RELAY - Men - Monday 26 January 1953
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	New South Wales	NSW	3:27.8
	Jim Bailey
	Graham MacGregor
	Bill Job
	Kevin Reede
2	Western Australia	WA	3:30.0
	John O'Connell
	Frank Fox
	Roy Schuler
	G. Ward
3	South Australia	SA	3:35.2
	Leon Gregory
	L.Brown
	Ian Bruce
	Geoff Jones
-	Queensland	Qld	DQ

Australian Track & Field Championships 1952-53

Leederville Oval, Perth, 24 & 26 January 1953