1921 International Cross Country Championships

The 1921 International Cross Country Championships was held in Caerleon, Wales, at the Caerleon Racecourse on 19 March 1921. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.[1]

1921 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition14th
Date19 March
Host cityCaerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
VenueCaerleon Racecourse
Events1
Distances10 mi (16.1 km)
Participation36 athletes from
4 nations

Complete results,[2] medallists, [3] and the results of British athletes[4] were published.

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
10 mi (16.1 km)		 Wally Freeman
 England		56:53 Bobby Mills
 England		57:03 Bevy Bingham
 Ireland		57:17
Team
Men  England33  Ireland71  Wales119

Individual Race Results

Men's (10 mi / 16.1 km)
RankAthleteNationalityTime
Wally Freeman England56:53
Bobby Mills England57:03
Bevy Bingham Ireland57:17
4Christopher Vose England57:18
5Joe Blewitt England57:46
6Tim Crowe Ireland57:51
7Larry Cummins Ireland58:03
8George Wallach Scotland58:08
9Dunky Wright Scotland58:28
10J. Dixon England58:32
11Halland Britton England58:35
12Alex Barrie Scotland58:38
13Sam Judd Wales58:40
14Fred Walker England59:03
15Arthur Norcliffe England59:40
16Alec Woods Ireland1:00:00
17Gwyn Morgan Wales1:00:13
18Andy Topping Ireland1:00:17
19W.J. Jones Wales1:00:18
20Alf Pepper England1:00:27
21Tommy Dougherty Ireland1:00:30
22Jim Edwards Wales1:00:43
23Sid Wilson Wales1:00:46
24Paddy Harris Ireland1:00:51
25Edgar Davies Wales1:01:03
26E. Slater Ireland1:01:11
27J.H. Brunning Wales1:01:17
28Anton Hegarty Ireland1:01:23
29Stanley Williams Wales1:01:53
30David Cummings Scotland1:02:04
31James Hill Motion Scotland1:02:44
32Archie Craig Sr. Scotland1:03:21
—Jim Wilson ScotlandDNF
—Ernie Thomas WalesDNF
—Alex Lawrie ScotlandDNF
—James Gardiner ScotlandDNF

Team Results

Men's
RankCountryTeamPoints
1 EnglandWally Freeman
Bobby Mills
Christopher Vose
Joe Blewitt
J. Dixon
Halland Britton		33
2 IrelandBevy Bingham
Tim Crowe
Larry Cummins
Alec Woods
Andy Topping
Tommy Dougherty		71
3 WalesSam Judd
Gwyn Morgan
W.J. Jones
Jim Edwards
Sid Wilson
Edgar Davies		119
4 ScotlandGeorge Wallach
Dunky Wright
Alex Barrie
David Cummings
James Hill Motion
Archie Craig Sr.		122

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 36 athletes from 4 countries.

gollark: Laws are sometimes bad, see.
gollark: Anyway, regardless of the actual debate wrt. whether "trap" is a slur, you can *clearly* see that it is not a clear-cut issue in all cases.
gollark: Anything dealing with complex rapidly shifting vaguely political things is *not* simple and commonsensical.
gollark: See, you *can* disagree quite easily.
gollark: Ah, a pneumatic metaencabulation transducer.

See also
  • 1921 in athletics (track and field)

References
  1. Cross Country. - The International Championship. - The international cross country championship was run on Saturday at Caerleon, near Newport (Mos.), and resulted in an easy win for England, the points being England 33; Ireland 71; Wales 119; Scotland 122..., Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1921, p. 7, retrieved 27 September 2013
  2. Magnusson, Tomas (24 March 2007), INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Newport Caerleon Racecourse Date: Saturday, March 19, 1921, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 7 August 2007, retrieved 27 September 2013CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  4. 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 13ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 24 September 2013
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.