1870 AAC Championships

Outdoor track and field competition July 2024 July 2024 1870 AAC Championships London, England 9 April 1870 Lillie Bridge Grounds, London Senior Outdoor 1869 1871 AAC Championships The 1870 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 9 April 1870, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18700413/067/0003 Athletic Sports Sporting Life 13 April 1870 British Newspaper Archive subscription 20 July 2024https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000609/18700411/021/0003 The Amateur Championships London Evening Standard 11 April 1870 British Newspaper Archive subscription 20 July 2024 Summary Robert Mitchell equalled the high jump record with a jump of 1.753. Robert Mitchell won a record four titles at one championships. Results https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists National Union of Track Statisticians 20 July 2024 Event1st2nd3rd100 yards Alfred Baker London AC 10.2 Francis O. Philpott St Edmund Hall 1 ft Edward J. Colbeck AAC ½ ydquarter-mile Abbott R. Upcher First Trinity 52.6 Edward J. Colbeck AAC 53.2 A. G. Clarke South Essex AC half-mileRobert V. Somers-Smith Merton C 2:02.6Arthur J. C. Dowding New C 2 ydHon. Arthur L. PelhamThird Trinity 12 yd 1 mile Robert H. Benson Balliol C 4:54.6 Ellis Ashmead Bartlett Christ Church C 4:57.6 Thomas R. Hewitt Trinity Hall 5:02.04 miles Henry C. Riches London AC 21:24.0Edward Hawtrey St John's C 21:25.6 A. Hardy London AC 500 yd 120yd hurdles John L. Stirling First Trinity 17.0 Francis O. Philpott St Edmund Hall 5 yd Ernest E. Toller London AC 4 yd7 miles walk Thomas Griffith South Essex Club 55:30 NR R.H. Nunn London AC 55:55 J.E. Bentley London AC 57:01high jumpRobert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 1.753 =WREdward Bergman John Harwood St Edmund HallLondon AC 1.651 n/a pole jumpRobert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 3.12Edward Bergman St Edmund Hall 3.10Robert Graham London RC 2.74broad jumpRobert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 6.09Edmund Loder Trinity C 5.84 Edward Havers Ingatestone 5.82shot put Robert J. C. Mitchell Manchester AC 11.58 NREdmund Phelps Sidney Sussex C 9.88unknown hammer throw Henry Leeke Trinity C 31.09 Francis U. Waite Balliol C 31.06 William A. Burgess Queen's C 30.58 References Athletics Outdoor Category:April 1870 in the United Kingdom Category:Athletics competitions in England AAC Category:Sport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham