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NSW Championship Marathon
1909
Distance
42.195 km
Date
Monday 12 April 1909
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground, NSW, AUS
Winner(s)
Andrew Ramsay Sime
3:05:31
Entrants
49
Starters
31
Finishers
20 (20 males + 0 females)
Offline
20
Online
20 (
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Primary series
NSW Championship
(≥ 88 records)
Other series
Rank eligible
no
On-road
no
Comments
Inaugural
Winning time 3:05:30.2
Sime born Apr 1882 in Sydney (WW1 records)
Organised by Sydney YMCA.
Proposed at NSWAAA meeting 30/9/1908 to be 25 miles at Nowra on April 3. Venue was changed because "severe drought" at Nowra. Age limit was at least 20 years, which caused protest from South Sydney Harriers.
Results compiled by Ian Hill
"26 miles 385 yards"
Sydney Morning Herald 13/4/09
Argus 13/4/09
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