1872 AAC Championships
{{Short description|Outdoor track and field competition}}
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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name=1872 AAC Championships
|Host city=London, England
|Dates=27 March 1872
|Stadium=Lillie Bridge Grounds, London
|Level= Senior
|Type=Outdoor
|Events=
|Previous=1871
|Next= 1873
|Games= AAC Championships
}}
The 1872 AAC Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC). The championships were held on 27 March 1872, at the Lillie Bridge Grounds in London.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004596/18720328/033/0005 |title=The Amateur Championship Meeting |work=Echo (London) |date=28 March 1872 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 July 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000609/18720328/060/0008 |title=Championship Amateur Athletic Meeting |work=London Evening Standard |date=28 March 1872 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2024}}
Summary
- Thomas Christie and George Templer tied and both set a new world record in the half-mile, recording 2.01.0.
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Results
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| 100 yards
| William A. Dawson | First Trinity | 10.5
| Robert Philpot | Third Trinity | 2½ yd
| George E. R. Johnstone | Civil Service AA | 1½ yd |
| quarter-mile
| Robert Philpot | Third Trinity | 52.8
| Arthur W. Brodie | Sidney Sussex C | 1½ yd | Trinity C | 4 yd |
| half-mile
| Thomas Christie | Lincoln C Trinity C | 2:01.0 WR
| n/a | | Hon. Arthur L. Pelham | Third Trinity | 8yd | |
| 1 mile
| Charles H. Mason | London AC | 4:42.25
| Thomas R. Hewitt | Trinity Hall | 8 yd | St John's C | 8 yd |
| 4 miles
| James B. Edgar | Isle of Man | 21:31.25
| Alfred Wheeler | German Gymnastic Society | 21:44.0
| J. Powell | Barnes Football Club | 22:22.0 |
| 120yd hurdles
| John L. Stirling | London AC | 16.8 | University C | ½ yd
| Henry W. Beauchamp | Corpus Christi C | 2 yd |
| 7 miles walk
|T. R. Hogg | Lewisham CC | 57:22
| H. W. Steib | Preston GC | 5 yd
| J. A. Jobling | Northumberland CC | 600 yd |
| high jump
| Edward S. Prior | Caius C | 1.626
| Francis H. Woods | Jesus C | 1.600
| James F. Bland (Ireland) | University of Dublin | |
| pole jump
| Henry Fellowes | Lichfield College | 2.90
| William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 2.84
| only 2 competitors | ||
| long jump
| E. Jenner Davies | Pembroke C | 6.88 NR
| Ralph L. Dixon | Catherine Hall | 6.17
| William A. Dawson | First Trinity | 5.79 |
| shot put
| Edward J. Bor (Ireland) | Royal Engineers | 12.93 NR
| William F. Powell Moore | AAC | 10.74
| Henry W. R. Domville | Pembroke C | 10.67 |
| hammer throw | Stafford | 34.01 NR
| James Paterson | Trinity C | 33.86
| William A. Burgess | Derby School | 32.08 |
References
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{{British championships in athletics}}
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