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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
5
The match featured Lawler agreeing to box Madigan despite a two stone weight disadvantage. Both traded heavy punches with Madigan scoring more cleanly and Lawler taking marks across his face. Teammate Terry Lawler praised his brother Laurie’s performance as a first class showing despite the loss.
John Robbie again broke his 4.6 mile cross country record finishing in 24 minutes 12 seconds on the standard course yesterday. Jack Pennington placed second in 28 minutes 1 second, Col Robbie third in 29 minutes 9 seconds, with veteran Andri Fristade fourth at 29 minutes 34 seconds. Arthur Shacklock won the junior 5 000 metres in 18 minutes 1 second, Gordon Shay followed in 19 minutes 7 seconds. J Ryan of Linn won the sub junior juvenile one mile by one second ahead of R Belgrave, with S Robbie six seconds back.
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