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 chest100 yards Rose Thompson  12 sec Florence Haynes +1 chest Daisy Ridgley  +1 m100 yards hurdles Hilda Hatt  15.2 secPeggy Batt  +1 m Eileen Edwards  +2 m1000 metres Kathleen Harris 3:25.6 G. Thomas  +2 m Violet Hinton  +4 mHigh jump Hilda Hatt&Barbara Holliday 4' 10"      Standing long jumpFlorence 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(220, 110, 110, 220)Manor ParkWeldonP. MoelerL. GambleRose Thompson 1:17.2 (WR)Middlesex Athletic ClubsDorothy ProctorM. WannopM. BealesVera 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

NameEvent Florence Haynes 60 metres100 yards440 yards relay Rose Thompson 60 metres100 yards440 yards relay Eileen Edwards 250 metres440 yards relay Vera Palmer 250 metres Edith Trickey 1000 metres Kathleen Harris 1000 metres Hilda Hatt 100 yards hurdlesHigh jump Edith White 100 yards hurdles Barbara Holliday High jumpStanding long jump Muriel Gunn Long jump Josephine Matthews Long jump Florence Birchenough Standing long jumpDiscus throwShot put Louise Fawcett Javelin throwDiscus 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.
NameEvent Margaret Hull  Dorothy Scouler  Doris Jeffries / Doris Jeffreys  Dorothy Proctor  Daisy Crossley 1000 metres race walk

References

Other webistes
British newspapers via British Newspaper Archive (paid)

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