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1905-1906

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16 September 1905 (New)   Harrier Club Notes
That this form of sport should have received such a small amount of attention in Wallasey during the last few years is inexplicable, having regard to the large number of young men residing in the district.
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30 September 1905 (New)   Harrier Notes
Homecroft Athletic Club set the ball rolling last Saturday, when they opened the season with an easy spin over a course of about five miles.
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07 October 1905 (New)   Cross-Country Running
Never in the annals of progress has the necessity for indulgence in health-giving amusement been so imperative as at the present day.
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14 October 1905 (New)   Homecroft Harriers
A fair muster of the above had a four miles spin on Saturday last.
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04 November 1905 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
On Saturday last this club received Liverpool Protestant Reformers Harriers at its headquarters, Manor-road.
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11 November 1905 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
Last Saturday the members of this club received a visit from their near neighbours, Liscard Congregational Harriers.
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09 December 1905 (New)   Harriers' Cross Country Run
Homecroft held a 71/2 mile handicap on Saturday last from Headquarters, Manor-road, Liscard. T. J. Brookes figured on scratch and the starts ran out to 6 minutes.
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23 December 1905 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
Richmond Harriers were the guests of the above club on Saturday last, when an easy five mile course was taken from Manor-road via the Central Park, Wallasey Church and Warren Drive to Molyneux Drive, at which point the teams lined up for the usual mile, along Seabank-road to Manor-lane. Both clubs w
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30 December 1905 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
On Christmas Day morning several of the above club, who are also members of "Liverpool Pembroke Harriers" journeyed to Greenwich Park, Aintree, to compete in, Pembroke's 100 yards and three miles' races.
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13 January 1906 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
The unsettled state of the weather was doubtless to some extent the cause of the rather sparse muster of the above club when they were visited by Edgehill Harriers on Saturday.
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20 January 1906 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
As anticipated, the fixture of the above club with North Liverpool Gymnasium Harriers proved both attractive and exciting, and resulted in what must be looked upon as the most successful of the races which have so far been held under its auspices.
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27 January 1906 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
Last Saturday Homecroft paid a visit to the headquarters of Richmond Harriers at Aintree. The atmospheric conditions were far from favourable, and their muster was seriously affected in consequence. The race took the form of a run through, and it was agreed to take a course of about five miles. Duri
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03 February 1906 (New)   Harriers - Homecroft Athletic Club Championship
The first cross-country championship of the above club took place on Saturday under ideal climatic conditions.
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10 February 1906 (New)   Homecroft Athletic Club
The Homecroft contingent held their return fixture with Liverpool Protestant Reformers Harriers last Saturday, when they visited the headquarters of their opponents at Walton-lane.
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24 February 1906 (New)   Homecroft Harriers
On Saturday last the above club held a three-mile road handicap starting from headquarters and embracing a circuit of a mile which had to be traversed three times.
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03 March 1906 (New)   Homecroft Harriers
On Saturday last the above club had a visit from the Liscard Congregational Harriers. Trail was laid over a course of about seven miles, which included the Wallasey marshes, where some fine water jumps presented themselves, with the result that many of the runners went waist deep in the slush.
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