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Rowley Brothers Take
Wangaratta Road Race
By
MAX and Keith Rowley (MaRra) 4<^mit«d''tliie flalshof
the LVW Melbourne to Wangaratla 138-mile three-graded
Continental scratch race by fintshlnf in first and second
places today.
Ken Stewart (Rich.) dramatic
to win the 1W mile Victoria
margin from S. Ruddick an
\f AX ROWLEY led out from his]
brother and Ruddick S00 fi:
from the line and won by % len. ;
Time for the big race was' 7
hours 48 mln. lOsec. For the lpo
mile title: S hrs.°40 mln lleec.
Biding in his first big race for
six years. Ossle Nicholson
celled himself by finishing in the
first, twelve.
The field of 104 riders was sent
OS on its long Jouniey Sp, minutes,
late Into a strong headwind and
in bleak conditions. Tbe race was
in. three grades—A. B, and with
all off scratch.
In a mlsMip in the j£ilmore
•print Alan Munro broke a wheel.
Oldest rider in the .race. Vera
willlamsotv aged 60, : 'was going
strongly at8eymOUT.r
GAMEPAIEliEAD
_ Sharing their fooS ^'d i
Barlow-andiBa tea had « 55 sec.
.sftt'the feeding control at
Maii^pjgitt miles)^
. Bariow : «on the town
from.mtos-it "
Av^nslj^eijjalr,
.v^Qftt
_
mfies .When^wwtoiuled^ust
ally ontsprinted thirty riders
n championship by a narrow
d ,tt. Williamson.
ley (Maffra). 1: K. Rowley (Matlra),
:vH. B^ddick (Cob.), 3. • *
(B;ton),,l: A,-B«ddlclt (Cob.).
2:lL^X3BlVin <Cob.h"3. ' "CiJ, Hartney
fF'sttay). 1: A. Man»ff (l6s«,). a.
OLEN BOWAN (129 miles).—H.ttuddldk
(Cob.). :
Town Sprints. — Wallan: J: cooper;
KUmore: A. Saunders: Bnadford: 3.
Sates: Tallarook: A. Baruow: Seymour:
J; Bates: Mangalore: A. Barlow:
Aveael: A. Barlow: Buroa: H.
Buddlct" Violet Town: C. Wlndusa:
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