Official reconstructed replay · 1900-01-10
Cavill completes a distance double
C&D game used: ASN Swimming · custom ASN game
Quarter-mile Australasian Championship · St George’s Baths · Cleveland Street, Redfern
Dick Cavill wins by 1.5 seconds
Dick Cavill wins in 5:58.5, 1.5 seconds ahead of H. Lennon. Bond and Hamilton complete the final. Cavill adds this victory to his January 8 mile win; the January 10 race date remains provisional.
Final result
| Place | Swimmer | Affiliation | Entry | Replay time* | Gap | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Cavill | Otter | Documented | 5:58.5 | — | Final |
| 2 | H. Lennon | City | Estimated | 6:00.0 | +1.5s | Final |
| 3 | Bond | Not recovered | Estimated | 6:09.9 | +11.4s | Final |
| 4 | Hamilton | Not recovered | Estimated | 6:14.0 | +15.5s | Final |
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmer | Affiliation | Entry | Replay time* | Gap | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton | Not recovered | Estimated | 5:47.7 | — | Qualified |
| 2 | Dick Cavill | Otter | Documented | 6:00.1 | +12.4s | Qualified |
| 3 | T. Maynard | Geelong West | Documented | 6:19.0 | +31.3s | Heat only |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmer | Affiliation | Entry | Replay time* | Gap | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. Lennon | City | Estimated | 5:50.5 | — | Qualified |
| 2 | Bond | Not recovered | Estimated | 6:02.9 | +12.4s | Qualified |
| 3 | R. Craig | Balmain | Documented | 6:06.5 | +16.0s | Heat only |
Reconstruction and source coverage
Date evidence: Provisional date; later scholarly chronology
- This is a user-approved historical reconstruction. Complete historical starter lists remain unavailable; Estimated event participation and heat draws are disclosed and are not verified historical appearances.
- All ability inputs are neutral estimates. Model times and plunge distances are experimental replay outputs, not calibrated historical predictions or all-time records.
- Replay outcomes determine heat qualification and winners. Historical placings and eliminations are source evidence, never forced replay outcomes.
- The plunge uses a separate estimated best-distance contest. Its attempt count and countback are ASN rules; the original local regulations are unavailable.
- Unresolved names and affiliations remain unresolved. All swimmer record groups are event-scoped; no namesake or Lyttelton career merge is asserted.
- The quarter-mile date is provisional from a later scholarly chronology. The January 12 half-mile and January 13 220-yard dates remain qualified working dates. Universal date stays January 10.
*Experimental model times; these are not verified historical race times.
Historical sources
- Swimming Queensland, Tim Barrett research Part 1; January 1900 clippings · Indexed transcriptions of abbreviated contemporary reports; original scans not visually checked
- Rachel Winterton, For Duty and Pleasure, 2005, pp.25–26 · Later scholarly chronology; half-mile dating conflicts with contemporary dispatch