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| 08 October 1938 | Wallasey A.C. success in opening race For the opening run of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country season there was a muster of 81 runners at the Gateacre headquarters of Liverpool Harriers last Saturday. Wallasey A.C. with 14 members out provided the second largest contingent of the eight clubs represented. Read more... |
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| 15 October 1938 | Wallasey Harriers first home win For Wallasey Harriers' first official home run of the season last Saturday, there was a splendid turn-out of 22 members. Read more... |
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| 22 October 1938 | Record turn-out for Wallasey club Athletics in Wallasey is definitely on the up-grade. This was clearly demonstrated last Saturday when there, was a muster of 29 runners at the headquarters of Wallasey A.C. for the second official home run of the season. Read more... |
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| 29 October 1938 | Cross-Country - Wallasey v Pembroke Harriers Last Saturday Wallasey A.C. met with, their first defeat of the season when the team visited the Litherland headquarters of Pembroke Harriers. Read more... |
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| 05 November 1938 | Wallasey win exciting race against Liverpool After one of the most exciting races seen at Wallasey for many years, the home team were successful, in beating Liverpool Harriers last Saturday by the narrow margin of 36 joints to 42. Read more... |
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| 12 November 1938 | Wallasey run second in four team race The scene at West Derby on Saturday was reminiscent of the Monstre Meet for there was a large field of 50 runners representing four teams - Sefton Harriers, the home side, Bangor University, Boundary Harriers and Wallasey. Read more... |
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| 19 November 1938 | Wallasey place first seven in inter-club race As expected, Wallasey A.C. had no difficulty in defeating North Liverpool Gymnasium Harriers in the inter-club race last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 26 November 1938 | Another fine performance by Wallasey In the Waterloo Road Race last Saturday, Wallasey Athletic Club gave their most promising, display of the season. Read more... |
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| 09 December 1938 (New) | Lancaster Harriers Success - Win Novice Championship Team Race Lancaster Harriers & Athletic Club gained signal success at the West Lancashire Novice Championship held Newton-le-Willows on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 10 December 1938 | Wallasey A.C. second in West Lancashire Championship In the West Lancashire Novice Championship, run last Saturday at Earlstown over the Makerfield Harriers course, the Wallasey team amply fulfilled all the promise they have shown earlier in the season. Read more... |
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| 17 December 1938 (New) | Four Clubs At Prenton Wirral A.C. entertained Boundary Harriers and Wallasey Athletic Club at Prenton last Saturday. The course of 5½ miles was in fairly heavy condition through the recent rains, several streams being quite swollen. Read more... |
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| 17 December 1938 | Wallasey v. Wirral Wallasey finished 15 points behind the Wirral A.C. on Saturday after a 5½ mile cross-country run over the most difficult ground the club has yet encountered. W. Richardson (captain), N. Marples, S. K. Westmore, were absent from the Wallasey team whereas Wirral were at full strength and had wi Read more... |
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| 24 December 1938 | Wallasey A. C. Novice Championship Last Saturday the Wallasey Athletic Club Novice Championship was held over the short 5½ course. There were nine starters, those eligible to compete being confined to runners who had not, previous to this season, won a place in a race of any sort since leaving school. Read more... |
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| 31 December 1938 | Wallasey A.C. Xmas handicap Wallasey A.C.'s Christmas Handicap race last Saturday was run under almost ideal conditions. The weather was fine and there was no wind. Read more... |
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| 02 January 1939 | Merseyside Cross-Country Wallasey Athletic Club turned out three packs over six, four, and three miles in preparation for their annual New Year's handicap, due for decision next Saturday over the Leasowe course. J. Cunningham followed K. Westmore, the Liverpool University Harrier, first over the senior trail, N. Marples and Read more... |
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| 07 January 1939 (New) | 1938 Reviewed Sidney C. Wooderson, of Blackheath Harriers, who became one-mile world record holder in 1937, and thus established himself as England's No. 1 ranking athlete, added the half-mile world record to his name in 1938. and in a year when England possessed a considerable number of outstanding athletes he e Read more... |
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| 11 February 1939 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Visit Waterloo Harriers Waterloo Harriers entertained Wallasey Athletic Club over a four miles course at Crosby last Saturday. Wallasey ran part of the senior (over 21) team which will compete in the West Lancs. Championships to-day, and all Juniors and Youths were rested. Read more... |
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| 13 February 1939 | West Lancashire Championship Three hundred and eighty runners, representing 35 clubs, contested the three West Lancashire Cross-Country Championships at Leyland on Saturday. Read more... |
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| 18 February 1939 (New) | West Lancashire Championships The West Lancashire Cross-Country Association held their annual championships at Leyland last Saturday, a section of the Leyland Motor Company's works being cleverly adapted as changing quarters for the runners. Read more... |
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| 25 February 1939 | Liverpool Title Chances - Pembroke's Big Bid Broadgreen will be the Mecca of Liverpool & District runners, officials and supporters on Saturday next. Read more... |
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| 25 February 1939 (New) | Northern Championships To-Day K. A. Westmore. the former Liverpool University champion, will run as an individual for Wallasey Athletic Club in the Senior Northern Cross-Country Championship at Leyland to-day. Read more... |
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| 04 March 1939 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Prominent In Northern Championships Twenty-four teams of ten runners and twenty-four individuals representing the qualifiers in the recent divisional championships, took part in the Junior Northern Cross-Country Championship over 6 miles at Leyland last Saturday and the same number (264) of competitors ran in the Senior Championship o Read more... |
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| 06 March 1939 | New Cross-Country Champion J. Johnstone, the Pembroke Harrier, became the new Liverpool & District cross-country champion when he beat is club mate and holder of the title, Norman Jones, over 10 miles at Messrs. Bibby's Sports Ground, Broadgreen. Read more... |
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| 11 March 1939 | Liverpool Race Over Marathon Distance The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union are going ahead with the idea of making distance of running more popular on Merseyside. Therefore, they are making arrangements to hold a road relay race over the Marathon distance of 26 miles on April 1. Read more... |
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| 11 March 1939 (New) | Liverpool & District Championships. - Wallasey A.C. Win Junior Event The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union held its annual championships at Broadgreen last Saturday. The Youth's (under 18) race over three miles attracted an entry of nine teams and was easily won by Liverpool Pembroke, who in addition to supplying the individual winner, H. McCartney, also p Read more... |
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| 18 March 1939 (New) | English Championship J. T. Holden, of Tipton Harriers, successfully defended his National cross-country title won over ten miles at Worsley, near Manchester, last Saturday. Read more... |
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| 20 March 1939 (New) | Merseyside Cross-Country A. J. Marples won Wallasey A.C.'s senior championship over 8 miles. Read more... |
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| 25 March 1939 (New) | Wallasey Grammar School Cross Country Running - Creditable Display On Saturday the School took part in the first Northern Public Schools Cross-Country Championships organised by the Manchester Athletic Club. Read more... |
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| 25 March 1939 (New) | Alan Pennington Wins Again - Success In University Sports Alan Pennington, son of Alderman and Mrs. John Pennington, won the quarter-mile when representing Oxford (Berkhamsted and Hertford) in the University sports on Saturday when Oxford beat Cambridge by the big margin of 76 points to 41, a large crowd being present at the White City despite cold weather Read more... |
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| 25 March 1939 (New) | New Wallasey Cross-Country Champion N. Marples, the brilliant nineteen old athlete, won the Senior Cross-Country Championship of Wallasey Athletic Club run over 7½ miles last Saturday. K. A. Westmore, former Liverpool University champion and one mile champion of Wallasey, was second, and P. Watson ran a fine race to take third Read more... |
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| 01 April 1939 (New) | Wallasey Grammar School - Cross Country Runs On Saturday last the annual cross-country match between the School and the Old Wallaseyans took place. The Old Boys gave the School a handicap of 1½ minutes start over the 3½ miles course. Read more... |
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| 03 April 1939 | Cross-Country A cross-country runner, called on to take the first lap in a 26 miles 385 yards relay race, owing to the non-arrival of his club mate, put up a record time when he covered the 3¼ miles in 16min. 34sec. Read more... |
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| 03 April 1939 | Marathon Relay Start The start of the Marathon Relay Race in Sefton Park, Liverpool, organised by the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union. Read more... |
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| 03 April 1939 (New) | Marathon Relay - Liverpool Pembroke's Success Liverpool Pembroke's first team retained their hold on the Neville White Cup on Saturday when, in the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union's marathon relay race over 26 miles 385 yards in Sefton Park they finished first in 2 hrs. 20 mins. 54 secs. Read more... |
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| 08 April 1939 (New) | A Speedy Sportsman Merseyside is proud of the fact that Alan Pennington, who has won honours in athletics both in England and abroad, is a local product. Read more... |
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| 08 April 1939 (New) | Marathon Road Race - Wallasey Again Third The Liverpool & District Cross-Country Union brought the cross-country season to a close last Saturday by staging its annual marathon road relay race over the marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards, at Sefton Park. Read more... |
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| 27 May 1939 (New) | Athletics in Wallasey I am sure that Wallasey youth have never before shown such keenness in Athletics. Interest in local sports has always run high, but when it comes that it is impossible to go for an evening stroll without seeing some mysterious being in shorts and vest plodding through the dusk, one begins to wonder Read more... |
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| 10 June 1939 (New) | Wallasey A.C. Men To The Fore Wallasey Athletic Club is showing its colours again after a long rest from the cross-country season. There are sports meetings almost every week now and Wallasey is kept well represented. Read more... |
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| 10 June 1939 (New) | Grammar School Athletics - School v. Old Wallaseyans The most popular event of the week has been the annual Past versus Present athletics match, held on Thursday eventing at the Wallasey Grammar School. Read more... |
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| 30 June 1939 | Field Events League The Liverpool & District Athletic Field Events League held a meeting at the Liverpool University ground, Wyncote. A record was made by L. Whyman, Bootle Police, in the hammer throwing, 105ft. 4ins. (previously held by J. Robb, Liverpool Police, 104ft.). Read more... |
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| 03 July 1939 | Athletic Track at Wallasey Wallasey Parks Committee decided to recommend to Council. Read more... |
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| 04 July 1939 | Athletics Rivalry Alan Pennington, British Olympic Games and Oxford University star, and V. M. Russell, Liverpool & District title holder, are a strong entry for the one lap handicap event which will be Read more... |
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| 22 August 1939 (New) | Athletics Honours Alan Pennington (Achilles and Wallasey), C. A. J. Emery (Achilles and Wirral) and A. Littler (Pilkington Recs.) are in Britain's team to meet France in the athletics contest in Paris on September 3. Read more... |
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