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Austral Wheel Race
Race details
RegionVictoria, Australia
TypeHandicap track race
History
First winnerH. H. Lambton, Australia
Most winsStephen Pate, Australia (4)
Most recentLiam Walsh, Australia and Leani van der Berg, Australia

The Austral Wheel Race is an Australian track cycling handicap race first held in Melbourne in 1887. It is one of the world's oldest surviving track cycling races and is owned and run by AusCycling Victoria.[1] The race is traditionally conducted as a handicap, with riders assigned different starting marks according to ability and the strongest riders starting from scratch.[1]

The inaugural Austral was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in November 1887. Over its history the event has been staged at a succession of Melbourne tracks, including the Exhibition tracks, the North Essendon board track, Olympic Park Velodrome, Brunswick, Coburg and Northcote velodromes, John Cain Arena and the Darebin International Sports Centre.[2]

In 2025 the men's race was won by Liam Walsh from a 15-metre handicap and the women's race by Leani van der Berg from 90 metres.[3]

History

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Origins and early years

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The race developed from the relationship between the Melbourne Bicycle Club and the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the growth of organised cycling in Melbourne in the 1880s. The Melbourne Bicycle Club staged major cycling meetings at the MCG, where races on the grass track attracted large crowds.[4]

The first race under the Austral name was held at the MCG on 19 November 1887. H. H. Lambton won the two-mile handicap from a mark of 210 yards. The first six editions were ridden on high-wheel or penny-farthing bicycles before the race changed to the modern-style safety bicycle in 1893.[4]

Contemporary and later accounts have differed over the inaugural prize. Older histories described the prize as a grand piano valued at ÂĢ200,[5] while Museums Victoria records it as a walnut cabinet containing 152 pieces of silver and cutlery valued at ÂĢ200.[2] Research published in 2024 by the Austral Wheelrace and AusCycling's Victorian History Archive likewise identifies the prize as a walnut cabinet of silver and notes that the piano account had been repeated incorrectly in earlier histories.[4]

By the 1890s cycling had become a major spectator sport in Melbourne. Museums Victoria describes the Austral as the most valuable cycle race in the world during that decade and notes that it attracted international competitors.[6] Austral meetings could attract crowds numbering in the tens of thousands.[4]

In 1898 bicycle mechanic and professional cyclist Tom Finnigan won the Austral from a handicap of 220 yards (200 m). His prize of 240 sovereigns enabled him to establish a suburban bicycle shop, which became Malvern Star.

1901 controversy

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The 1901 Austral became one of the most controversial editions of the race. Irish-born American-based professional William "Plugger" Martin started from scratch and won the two-mile handicap by about fifteen yards.[7]

Enormous sums were wagered on the race and allegations subsequently emerged that competitors had been bribed or intimidated to assist Martin. An inquiry resulted in one rider being suspended for pacemaking on Martin's behalf, although no broader action was taken.[7] Later accounts alleged that bookmaker and businessman John Wren had arranged the result. The Australian Dictionary of Biography describes it as credible that Wren fixed Martin's victory.[8]

The episode has remained a prominent part of the race's history. A 2024 historical account by cycling historian and photographer Ray Bowles and AusCycling's Victorian History Archive examined the financial and sporting circumstances surrounding the 1901 event.[9]

Interwar period

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The First World War interrupted the event and there was no Austral for seven years. Racing resumed in 1920 at the Exhibition Oval.[10]

In 1922 Jack Fitzgerald won from scratch at the Exhibition Oval in front of an estimated crowd of 15,000. The following year two Australs were staged by different promoters at different venues. In 1927 three editions were held as rival promoters and venues competed to stage the event.[10]

During this period the Austral was staged at the Exhibition Oval and the Motordrome at Olympic Park. The Motordrome was a steeply banked concrete stadium built primarily for motorcycle racing but also used for cycling and Australian rules football. Richard "Fatty" Lamb won the final Austral held there in 1929.[10]

North Essendon and the post-war era

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During the late 1930s promoter Jack Campbell relocated a wooden track from the Exhibition site to North Essendon. The North Essendon board track became an important centre of Victorian track cycling and hosted the Austral from 1939 through the 1950s.[11]

The period produced a number of notable winners. Tas Johnson won in 1944, and his son Gordon Johnson later won the race from scratch in 1973.

Following the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the Austral moved to the Olympic Park Velodrome. The Olympic-standard track had been constructed for the Games and, after modification, became the race's principal venue from 1958 to 1970.[12] Sid Patterson won the Austral from scratch in 1962 and again in 1964.

Suburban velodromes

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The closure of the Olympic Park Velodrome after the 1970 Austral left the event without an established venue. Brunswick Amateur Cycling Club offered its concrete velodrome, which was suitable for open racing and was then Melbourne's only cycling track with lighting. The Austral moved to Brunswick in 1971.[13]

Over the following three decades the race moved among Melbourne's suburban velodromes at Brunswick, Northcote and Coburg. Winners during this period included world champions Gordon Johnson, Danny Clark and Steele Bishop, as well as David Sanders.[13]

Clark won from scratch in 1977, 1986 and 1990. Victorian Stephen Pate surpassed that record with four victories, winning from scratch in 1988, from minus 10 metres in 1991, from minus 20 metres in 1993 and again from scratch in 1999.[14]

In 2000 Gary Neiwand won the final Austral held at the outdoor Northcote Velodrome before the race moved indoors.[14]

Indoor era

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The 2001 Austral was the first edition conducted on an indoor velodrome, moving to the newly built Vodafone Arena, now John Cain Arena. Mark French won the men's race from an 80-metre handicap.[5] The venue's 250-metre timber track brought the Austral into a modern indoor setting after more than a century of outdoor racing.

Tasmanian Darren Young won from scratch in 2002 and repeated the result in 2003, becoming the first rider in the event's history to win consecutive editions.[14]

The Darebin International Sports Centre (DISC) later became another major home of the race. The Austral was staged there from 2009 and again from 2021, while editions between those periods also returned to John Cain Arena.[15]

The men's 2023 race was won from scratch by Graeme Frislie in 1 minute 55.03 seconds, an average speed of 62.59 km/h. Noah Blannin won the 127th men's Austral in 2024 from 210 metres, while Claudia Marcks won the women's race from 80 metres.[16][17] In 2025 Liam Walsh won the men's race from 15 metres and Leani van der Berg won the women's race from 90 metres.[3]

Women's Austral

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A women's Austral was first staged at Northcote Velodrome in 2000, with Helen Ingpen winning from a 210-metre handicap. The event was not continued immediately, and no women's Austral was held for the following decade.[15]

Women's handicap racing returned to the Austral program in 2011, although the race was not yet styled as the Women's Austral. In 2012 the event formally adopted the Women's Austral name, with Annette Edmondson winning from scratch. The women's race has subsequently become a regular part of the Austral program.[15]

Historical preservation

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The history of the Austral has been documented by AusCycling's Victorian History and Heritage subcommittee, which manages the AusCycling Victorian History Archive. The collection contains approximately 5,000 items relating to Victorian road and track cycling and is led by cycling historian and photographer Ray Bowles.[18]

In 2024 Bowles and the Victorian History Archive produced an eight-part history of the Austral Wheelrace, tracing the event from its origins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground through its different promoters, venues and eras of track cycling to the modern indoor event.[4][15]

Prize money

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Prize money has varied, following the fashion for cycling, from a grand piano to monetary prizes of 240 sovereigns in 1898, 450 sovereigns in 1902,[19] to a low of $1500 during the 1970s, increasing to $5,000 in 1982, and exceeding $18,000 since 2000.

Past winners

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Crisp winner of the Austral 1895 with Pearl (second) and Gargurevich (third)
1904 Winner: Jackie Clark

Past competitors include distinguished Australian and international cyclists, including Jackie Clark,[20] Gordon Johnson, Steele Bishop, Sid Patterson, Russell Mockridge, Danny Clarke, Brett Aitken, Gary Neiwand and Shane Kelly.

The record for the most wins belongs to Victorian Stephen Pate with four victories: in 1988 from scratch, in 1991 from minus 10m, in 1993 from minus 20m and 1999 from scratch.

In 2000, Neiwand was handicapped on 70m for the millennium edition and won comfortably.

Austral Wheel Race Winners
Year Venue Men's Winner Handicap Ref. Women's Winner Handicap
11887 [n 1]MCGHarry H. Lambton210 yd (190 m)[21]
21888[n 1]MCGDick DavisScr[22]
31889[n 1]MCGJimmy Mullins140 yd (130 m)[23]
41890[n 1]MCGTom BusstScr.[24]
51891[n 1]MCGArthur Turner240 yd (220 m)[25]
61892[n 1]MCGHarry H. Lambton200 yd (180 m)[26]
71893MCGGordon Woodward270 yd (250 m)[27]
81894MCGAlf Middleton180 yd (160 m)[28]
91895MCGAlfred Crisp250 yd (230 m)[29]
101896MCGCharles Kellow15 yd (14 m)[30]
111897MCGJim Carpenter85 yd (78 m)[31]
121898MCGTom Finnigan220 yd (200 m)[32]
131899MCGPercy R. Beauchamp150 yd (140 m)[33]
141900MCGCharles Forbes30 yd (27 m)[34]
151901MCGBill MartinScr[35][36]
161902MCGFred (Murray) Auger240 yd (220 m)[37]
171903MCGFred Scheps160 yd (150 m)[38]
181904EXAA J "Jackie" Clark[39]150 yd (140 m)[40][41]
191905EXAJ. Sandberg170 yd (160 m)[42]
201906EXAHarry Thomas20 yd (18 m)[43]
211907MCGAndrew Charles "Froggie" Colvin150 yd (140 m)[44]
221908MCGM. McPherson280 yd (260 m)[45]
231909MCGAlbert H. Pianta210 yd (190 m)[46]
241910MCGFrank Corry140 yd (130 m)
251912EXIW. Priestly60 yd (55 m)
261913EXIP.B. Henry60 yd (55 m)
271920EXAErn. Tamme50 yd (46 m)
281921EXALou Clifford120 yd (110 m)
291922EXAJack FitzgeraldScr[47]
301923EXADick Ford120 yd (110 m)
311923MDPidge Davis200 yd (180 m)
321925MDFrank Corry140 yd (130 m)
331925EXAEric Giboud60 yd (55 m)
341927[n 2]EXABowie Stevens70 yd (64 m)
351927[n 2]MDCecil Hannerman160 yd (150 m)
361927[n 2]MDCecil Manners245 yd (224 m)
371929MDRichard “Fatty” Lamb30 yd (27 m)[48]
381936[n 3]MDKeith Thurgood100 yd (91 m)
391936[n 3]EXBHarry Webb70 yd (64 m)
401937EXBJack Gardiner205 yd (187 m)[49]
411938EXBJack Middleton120 yd (110 m)
421939NEClinton Beasley90 yd (82 m)
431940NENorm Stevens20 yd (18 m)
441941NEKen Stewart60 yd (55 m)
451942NEMick Bradley160 yd (150 m)
461944[n 3]NENorm Munro90 yd (82 m)
471944[n 3]NETas Johnson [n 4]30 yd (27 m)
481945NETom Shillito160 yd (150 m)
491946NEPat Devine120 yd (110 m)
501947NEGeorge Bull130 yd (120 m)
511948NEBill Kirkham120 yd (110 m)
521950NEByron Bonney120 yd (110 m)
531951NEKevin Marion105 yd (96 m)
541952NEDoug Jennings120 yd (110 m)
551953NETom Fitzgerald140 yd (130 m)
561954NEAlan Geddes130 yd (120 m)
571955NERon Murray100 yd (91 m)
581956NEDon Meharg130 yd (120 m)
591957NEJohn Robertson100 yd (91 m)
601958OPNeil Geraghty100 yd (91 m)
611959OPVin Beasley100 yd (91 m)
621960OPDavid Good100 yd (91 m)
631961OPFred Roche40 yd (37 m)
641962OPSid PattersonScr[50]
651963OPFred Hellyer110 yd (100 m)
661964OPSid PattersonScr.
671965OPKenton Smith135 yd (123 m)
681966OPBill Dove150 yd (140 m)
691967OPVictor Browne65 yd (59 m)
701968OPMerv. Andrea230 yd (210 m)
711969OPCharlie Walsh50 yd (46 m)
721970OPBill Stevens35 yd (32 m)
731971BVFrank Daly135 yd (123 m)
741972BVGeoff Edmonds20 yd (18 m)
751973BVGordon Johnson [n 4]Scr.
761974BVIvan Collings90 yd (82 m)
771975NVCraig Price130 yd (120 m)[51]
781976NVDavid Allan70 yd (64 m)
791977NVDanny ClarkScr.
801978CVDavid Sanders [n 5]50 m
811979CVLaurie VennScr.
821980CVDaryl Benson90 m
831981CVLaurie VennScr.
841982NVSteele BishopScr.
851983NVPhil SawyerScr.
861984NVTerry Schintler80 m
871985NVAllan Rackstraw80 m
881986CVDanny ClarkScr.
891987NVSimon King110 m
901988NVStephen PateScr.
911989NVGrant Reynolds150 m
921990NVDanny ClarkScr.
931991NVStephen PateMinus 10 m
941992NVBert Glennon120 m
951993NVStephen PateMinus 20 m
961994NVAshley Harding140 m
971995NVTony Hughes80 m
981996NVTroy Clarke45 m
991997NVMatthew Atkins100 m
1001998NVShane Hodskiss75 m
1011999NVStephen PateScr.[52]
1022000NVGary Neiwand70 m[53] Helen Ingpen210 m
1032001JCAMark French80 m[54] Leeanne Manderson
1042002JCADarren YoungScr.[55] Kristine BayleyScr.
1052003JCADarren YoungScr.[56]
1062004JCAZak Dempster90 m[57] Jenny Macpherson
1072005JCABen KerstenScr.[58] Rahna Demarte [59]
1082006JCADean Taylor130 m[60] Livia Gluchowska85 m
1092007JCAJoel Stewart110 m[61] Uracca Leow85 m [62]
1102008JCAJackson-Leigh Rathbone40 m[63]
1112009[n 3]JCAShane Perkins15 m[64]
1122009[n 3]DISCBen Sanders [n 5]80 m[65]
1132011DISCLuke Ockerby45 m[66] Annette EdmondsonScr.
1142012DISCLuke Parker90 m[67]Annette EdmondsonScr.
1152013DISCJason Niblett90 m[68]Caitlin Ward20 m
1162014[n 3]DISC Minori Shimmura (JPN)105 m[69]Annina Gallagher230 m
117 2014[n 3] JCA  Zach Williams (NZ) 105 m [70] Brooke Tucker 110 m
118 2015 JCA Mitch Bullen 50 m [71] Annette EdmondsonScr.
119 2016 JCA Stephen Cuff 95 m [72] Brooklyn Vonderwall125 m
120 2017 JCA Zachary Marshall 80 m [73] Kristina Clonan30 m
121 2018 JCA Sam Gallagher 90 m [74] Stephanie Corset165 m
122 2019 JCA Kelland O'Brien Scr. [75] Georgia BakerScr.
123 2021 DISC Sam Gallagher Scr. [76] Lucinda Stewart Scr.
124 2022 DISC Dalton Stretton 105 m [77] Maeve Plouffe Scr.
125 2022 DISC Kelland O'Brien Scr. Alexandra Manly 15 m
126 2023 DISC Graeme Frislie Scr. [78] Georgia Baker Scr.
127 2024 DISC Noah Blannin 210 m Clauda Marcks 80 m
128 2025 DISC Liam Walsh 15 m Leani Van Der Berg 90 m

Venues

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Venues
Venue Surface Years
BVBrunswick VelodromeCement1971–1974
CVCoburg VelodromeCement1978–1981, 1986
DISCDarebin International Sports CentreTimber2009–2014, 2021–Present
EXAExhibition TrackAsphalt1904–1906, 1920–1923, 1925–1927
EXBExhibition Board TrackTimber1936–1938
EXIExhibition Indoor TrackTimber1912–1913
JCAJohn Cain ArenaTimber2001–2009, 2014–2019
MCGMelbourne Cricket GroundGrass1887–1903, 1907–1910
MDMotordrome (Olympic Park)Cement1923–1925, 1927–1936
NENorth Essendon Board TrackTimber1939–1957
NVNorthcote VelodromeCement1975–1977, 1982–1985, 1988–2000
OPOlympic Park VelodromeTimber1958–1970

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ridden on ordinary or Penny-farthing bicycles
  2. 1 2 3 Same Year, Different Season, Venues & Promoters
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Same Year, Different Season
  4. 1 2 1973 winner Gordon Johnson is the son of 1944 winner Tas. Johnson.
  5. 1 2 2009 winner Ben Sanders is the son of 1978 winner David Sanders.[65]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Ticket – Austral Wheel Race, Melbourne Cricket Club Grand Stand, 26 Mar 1887". Museums Victoria Collections. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Every winner from Quest Ivanhoe 128th Austral Wheelrace week". Austral Wheelrace. AusCycling. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "History of the Austral: The Austral is born". Austral Wheelrace. AusCycling. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
  5. 1 2 "103rd Austral Wheelrace". Cyclingnews. 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
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  7. 1 2 Browne, Geoff. "Martin, William Walker (Bill) (1860–1942)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
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  10. 1 2 3 "History of the Austral: Post-war Austral rebound". Austral Wheelrace. AusCycling. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
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  29. ↑ "The M.B.C. meeting". The Referee. Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 11 December 1895. p. 3.
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  38. ↑ "Austral Wheel Race won by Scheps". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 12 January 1903. p. 7.
  39. ↑ Clive Allen-Paisley. "The Story of Jackie Clark (Kangaroo Rocket)" (PDF). Camperdown History. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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