Beauchamp Day

Beauchamp Day was an Irish sprinter who was Ireland's championship runner in the early 1910s.[1][2][3] He regularly competed at the Australian gold fields of Kalgoorlie, his 1906 defeat there at the hands of Arthur Postle being an event of some notoriety.[2] On April 1, 1907 he recorded a then-world record time for the 400 metre sprint.

References

  1. ↑ Ross, J. R. (1988). "Postle, Arthur Benjamin (1881–1965)". Australian Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Australia' Champion Arthur Postle". Mirror (Perth). 19 April 1930. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Recreation - Sprinting". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 February 2014.