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440-yard hurdles, 1927

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440-yard hurdles, 1927

Frank Nesdale (left) and Frederick Ransom lead the field in the 440-yard hurdles before a large crowd at the Australia and New Zealand amateur championships in 1927. The race ended in a dead heat between Nesdale and Ransom.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-090903-F

by Edward Thomas Robson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Colquhoun, Athletics – Athletics between the wars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39934/440-yard-hurdles-1927 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Colquhoun, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 20 September 2016.