FULL OF CONFIDENCE IN 1943 THE BRITISH CHALLENGED THE COLONIALS TO A MEDLEY RELAY OF 1 X 800 ...

FULL OF CONFIDENCE IN 1943 THE BRITISH CHALLENGED THE COLONIALS TO A MEDLEY RELAY OF 1 X 800 METRES, 1 X 400 METRES AND 2 X 200 METRES, ALL EVENTS IN WHICH THEY EXCELLED. THE BRITISH TEAM AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP INCLUDED A SCOT, A TAFFY AND TWO POMS. THE "EMPIRE TEAM" INCLUDED TWO KIWIS AND TWO AUSSIES. THANKS TO A GOOD 800 BY PHILPOTT FROM NEW ZEALAND AND A SUPERB 400 BY NX15153 EARL ALAN LEGGATT OF AUSTRALIA, THE AUSSIES "WHOPPED" THEM. FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN, LES BATT, FROM ENGLAND AND A COUNTRY CHAMPION, LES FOX, AN AUSSIE OF DOUBTFUL PEDIGREE, UNKNOWN. BACK ROW: NX15153 EARL ALAN LEGGATT, AUSTRALIA, CAMPBELL, SCOTLAND, PHILPOTT, NEW ZEALAND, UNKNOWN. (DONOR T.WEST)