Fielding their strongest team this season Wirral A.C. were easy winners of the final Liverpool League cross-country contest run over a partly-flooded seven mile course at Leasowe on Saturday.
Results: 1, Wirral A.C. (3, D. Harris; 7, M. E. Morrell; 10, D. Biddle; 16, T. Harper; 17. D. Biddle; 22, M. Cranny) 75 points; 2, Pembroke A. & C.C. (5, V. Bateman; 9, J. Highton; 14, C. Camden; 19, K. Beisty; 27, R. Williams; 31, F. Wilson) 107 points; 3, Sefton H. (6, B. Needham; 18, M. Winterton; 20, D. Mackay; 23, J. Evans; 24, T. Mackay; 25, N. Wilson) 116 points.
Individual: 1. J. N. Wright (Wallasey A.C.) 39 mins. 21 secs.; 2, R. Barlow (Wallasey A.C.) 39 mins. 21 secs.; 3. D. Harris (Wirral A.C.) 39 mins. 29 secs.; 4, B. Woolford (Wallasey A.C.) 39 mins. 44 secs.; 5, V. Bateman (Pembroke A. & C.C.) 39 mins. 48 secs.; 6, B. Needham (Sefton H.) 40 mins. 17 secs.; 7. M. E. Morrell (Wirral A.C.) 40 mins. 27 secs.; 8, D. Rimmer (Liverpool H.) 40 mins. 32 secs.; 9, J. Highton (Pembroke A. & C.C.) 40 mins. 43 secs.; 10, W. P. Bennett (Wirral A.C.) 40 mins. 49 secs.; 11, N. Waterson (Port Sunlight A.C.) 40 mins. 54 secs.; 12. D. I. Malcolm (Waterloo H. & A.C.) 40 mins. 57 secs.
Youths' race (3 miles): 1, J. Clinch (Port Sunlight A.C.) 18 mins. 30 secs.; 2, D. Rimmer (Wirral A.C.) 19 mins. 2 secs.; 3. R. Rylett (Sutton H.) 19 mins. 13 secs.
Boys' race (2¼ miles): 1, P. Meldrum (Wallasey A.C.) 14 mins. 1 secs.: 2. J. McWilliams (Wallasey A.C.) 14 mins31 secs.; 3. C. Birtles (Warrington A.C.) 14 mins. 43 secs.
League series handicap: 1, Pembroke A. & C.C. 170 points (allowance 90 points): 2, Wirral A.C. 183 points (allowance 150 points): 3. Sefton H. 196 points (allowance 180 points).
Ends
Source - Unknown - Monday, 28/11/1960
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