1870 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.

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

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

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