1926 Great Britain Women's World Games trials

The **1926 Great Britain Women's World Games trials** (officially named **Women's Amateur Athletic Association trials**) was an track and field athletics meeting to select the British athletes for the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothemburg, Sweden. The competitions were hosted at the Battersea Park at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London on 8 August 1926.

It was stated that Florence Birchenough broke the discus throw world record with a distance of  103 ft 4.75 in (31.515 metres). However, the discus throw world record was at the time already 34.15 m (112 ft 1⁄4 in), set by Polish Halina Konopacka on 23 May 1926.

A team of 19 female was selected to represent the Great Britain at the 1926 Women's World Games.

## Results

The long jump, shot put and javelin events were possibly not contested, wile athletes were selected for these events for the 1926 Women's World Games.

**Key:**

|60 metres|Florence Haynes|8 sec|Rose Thompson|+50 cm|D. Carden|+1 chest|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|100 yards|Rose Thompson|12 sec|Florence Haynes|+1 chest|Daisy Ridgley|+1 m|
|100 yards hurdles|Hilda Hatt|15.2 sec|Peggy Batt|+1 m|Eileen Edwards|+2 m|
|1000 metres|Kathleen Harris|3:25.6|G. Thomas|+2 m|Violet Hinton|+4 m|
|High jump|bgcolor=#C4F7C4|Hilda Hatt & Barbara Holliday|| 4' 10"|||||
|Standing long jump|Florence Birchenough|7' 10.25"|Barbara Holliday||Peggy Batt||
|440 yards|Vera Palmer|1:01.4|Dorothy Proctor|+9 m|Easily||
|Discus throw|Florence Birchenough|103" 4.75' (**WR**)|Mary Weston|93" 7.75'|Doris Jeffries|91" 0.75"|
|660 yards relay <small>(220, 110, 110, 220)</small>|**Manor Park** Weldon P. Moeler L. Gamble Rose Thompson|| 1:17.2 (**WR**)|**Middlesex Athletic Clubs** Dorothy Proctor M. Wannop M. Beales Vera Palmer || 1:17.8|||||

### Junior event

During the meeting also a junior 100 yards event was contested. This event was won by E. Thompson in a time of 13 seconds, ahead of E. Chapman and L. Blount.

## Selected athletes

After the trials a list was published with selected athletes for the different events. However not for all events athletes were selected at the time, including for the 4 × 100 yards relay event and the 1000 metres race walk. Later four more athlete were added to the national team.

### Selected athletes named after the trials

|Name|Event|
| --- | --- |
|Florence Haynes|60 metres 100 yards 440 yards relay|
|Rose Thompson|60 metres 100 yards 440 yards relay|
|Eileen Edwards|250 metres 440 yards relay|
|Vera Palmer|250 metres|
|Edith Trickey|1000 metres|
|Kathleen Harris|1000 metres|
|Hilda Hatt|100 yards hurdles High jump|
|Edith White|100 yards hurdles|
|Barbara Holliday|High jump Standing long jump|
|Muriel Gunn|Long jump|
|Josephine Matthews|Long jump|
|Florence Birchenough|Standing long jump Discus throw Shot put|
|Louise Fawcett|Javelin throw Discus throw|
|Sophie Mary Eliott-Lynn|Javelin throw|
|Mary Weston|Shot put|
|Dorothy Scouler|440 yards relay|

### Selected reserves

All the reserves were of Middlesex L.A.C.
|Name|Event|
| --- | --- |
|Margaret Hull||
|Dorothy Scouler||
|Doris Jeffries / Doris Jeffreys||
|Dorothy Proctor||
|Daisy Crossley|1000 metres race walk|

## Other webistes

- British newspapers via British Newspaper Archive (paid)

## Infobox (athletics championships)

- **name**: 1926 Great Britain Women's World Games trials
- **host city**: London, United Kingdom
- **dates**: 8 August 1926
- **stadium**: Battersea Park
- **type**: Outdoor
- **records set**: 2 world records