Official reconstructed replay · Saturday, January 13, 1900
Smith holds the line.
C&D game used: ASN Swimming · custom ASN game
First at every recorded final checkpoint. Smith (mile report) wins the 220 yards as the Sydney championship programme reaches its final finish.
Smith (mile report) wins in 2:42.9*
220-yard Australasian Championship · Sydney · Venue unverified
Smith (mile report) wins the reconstructed final in 2:42.9, with H. Lennon second in 2:46.5, 3.6 seconds behind. W. Bishop finishes just two-tenths behind Lennon in 2:46.7; Bond is fourth in 2:58.3.
Smith leads at all eight recorded checkpoints, although Lennon comes within 0.2 seconds at the second checkpoint and 0.6 seconds halfway through. Bishop moves into second at checkpoints five and six; Lennon regains the place at the seventh and keeps it by 0.2 seconds at the finish.
| Place | Swimmer | Club | Entry evidence | Time* | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith (mile report) | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:42.9 | — |
| 2 | H. Lennon | City | Estimated | 2:46.5 | +3.6s |
| 3 | W. Bishop | Enterprise | Documented | 2:46.7 | +3.8s |
| 4 | Bond | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:58.3 | +15.4s |
*Experimental ASN model times. Smith (mile report) is the frozen preparation’s unresolved entry label. No identity or career link to the earlier sprint winner is asserted.
The heats: margins of a tenth and two-tenths
The estimated draw uses two five-swimmer heats, with the top two from each advancing, including cutoff ties. Smith (mile report) wins heat one in 2:44.5, a tenth ahead of W. Bishop. Jack Hogan, Dick Cavill and Hamilton do not qualify.
Bond wins heat two in 2:47.7, two-tenths ahead of H. Lennon. T. Maynard, Sinclair and R. Craig finish outside the qualifying places. These are replay outcomes; historical placings did not select the finalists.
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmer | Club | Entry evidence | Time* | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith (mile report) | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:44.5 | — |
| 2 | W. Bishop | Enterprise | Documented | 2:44.6 | +0.1s |
| 3 | Jack Hogan | City | Estimated | 2:46.5 | +2.0s |
| 4 | Dick Cavill | Otter | Estimated | 2:55.0 | +10.5s |
| 5 | Hamilton | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:59.0 | +14.5s |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmer | Club | Entry evidence | Time* | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bond | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:47.7 | — |
| 2 | H. Lennon | City | Estimated | 2:47.9 | +0.2s |
| 3 | T. Maynard | Geelong West | Estimated | 2:52.3 | +4.6s |
| 4 | Sinclair | Not recovered | Estimated | 2:55.1 | +7.4s |
| 5 | R. Craig | Balmain | Documented | 2:56.7 | +9.0s |
The final, checkpoint by checkpoint
Cumulative model race times across eight 27.5-yard segments. These distances do not establish the historical bath length, turn geometry or lap count.
| Split | Distance | Smith (mile report) | H. Lennon | W. Bishop | Bond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27.5 yd | 0:18.0 | 0:20.5 | 0:19.5 | 0:21.3 |
| 2 | 55 yd | 0:39.2 | 0:39.4 | 0:40.3 | 0:40.7 |
| 3 | 82.5 yd | 0:55.7 | 0:58.4 | 1:03.2 | 1:05.6 |
| 4 | 110 yd | 1:20.0 | 1:20.6 | 1:23.9 | 1:29.4 |
| 5 | 137.5 yd | 1:38.0 | 1:45.0 | 1:44.4 | 1:52.8 |
| 6 | 165 yd | 2:00.8 | 2:07.8 | 2:05.2 | 2:16.6 |
| 7 | 192.5 yd | 2:22.2 | 2:25.3 | 2:26.0 | 2:37.6 |
| 8 | 220 yd | 2:42.9 | 2:46.5 | 2:46.7 | 2:58.3 |
Six Sydney championships in the book
The accepted Sydney programme now covers six events, fifteen contests and 57 starts, grouped into 44 event-scoped entries. Smith’s 220-yard result joins the previously published sprint, plunge, mile, quarter-mile and half-mile.
Only the 220 yards is newly accepted from this separate meeting replay. The earlier five races were repeated in the uploaded meeting; their new outcomes are excluded. The original five published results remain unchanged.
Across Sydney and Lyttelton, the archive has eleven completed events, 27 contests, 129 starts and 103 event-entry groups. Event groups are not distinct-person or complete-career totals.
Reconstruction and source coverage
Date evidence: Working date; January 13 dispatch
- This is a historical reconstruction. Two five-person heats, the draw, top-two qualification and neutral abilities are approved estimates; the complete historical starter list is unavailable. Ten reconstructed entrants do not reproduce the nineteen indexed nominations.
- Only W. Bishop and R. Craig have documented participation in this frozen event field. Every other event entry is marked Estimated; replay participation is not a verified historical appearance.
- All times are experimental model outputs, not historical times, calibrated predictions or all-time records. Each checkpoint is a model segment, not evidence of bath length or lap count.
- January 13 is the qualified working date from the indexed dispatch. The venue is unverified. Smith (mile report), Bond and other unresolved names retain their source labels; no namesake or cross-meeting career merge is asserted.
- Only the 220-yard event is newly accepted from this separate meeting replay. Its earlier five event reruns do not replace the five previously published Sydney results.
The owner’s final save and full meeting export agree. All fifteen source contests and 115 recorded rounds reproduced exactly; the newly accepted 220 yards contributes three contests, 24 model rounds and fourteen starts. The raw source retains OFFICIAL_CANDIDATE / PENDING metadata; acceptance follows this review.
Historical source
- Swimming Championship, 15 January 1900, Trove article 290433946 · Indexed January 13 dispatch; nineteen nominations, actual starters unverified