1907 International Cross Country Championships
OrganisersICCU
Edition5th
Date23 March 1907
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland Scotland
VenueGlasgow Agricultural Society Show Grounds, Scotstoun
Events1
Distances10 mi (16.1 km)
Participation56 athletes from
5 nations

The 1907 International Cross Country Championships took place on 23 March 1907. The race was held at the Glasgow Agricultural Society Show Grounds, Scotstoun in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the first year that athletes from France competed in the event. Race results,[1] and medallists[2][3] were published in the Glasgow Herald.[4]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes participated from five countries:

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Men
10 mi (16.1 km)
Adam Underwood
 England
54:26.4 George Pearce
 England
54:48 Sammy Welding
 England
54:50
Team
Men  England23  Scotland85  Ireland123

Individual Race Results

Men's (10 mi / 16.1 km)

RankAthleteNationalityTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Adam Underwood England54:26.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)George Pearce England54:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sammy Welding England54:50
4Arthur Ashby England55:00
5Tom Jack Scotland55:24
6Harry Bennion England55:27
7Billy Day England55:32
8James Murphy Ireland55:35
9Harry Young Ireland55:37
10Jack Price England55:50
11Gaston Ragueneau France55:59
12W. Hulse England56:20
13Jean Bouin France56:31
14Pat Melville Scotland56:35
15Thomas Robertson Scotland56:39
16Tom Johnston Scotland56:44
17William Bowman Scotland56:47
18George MacKenzie Scotland56:48
19Georges Cousin France56:53
20H.S. Pullinger England57:12
21Jacques Keyser France57:13
22William Birtles England57:17
23John Ranken Scotland57:28
24Sam Carson Scotland57:42
25Sam Lee Ireland57:46
26W. Cooke Ireland57:47
27Frank Buckley Ireland58:06
28Tom Downing Ireland58:09
29Ernest Rax France58:10
30Edgar Ballon France58:15
31Georges David France58:18
32Edgar Price Wales58:25
33D.H. Griffiths Wales58:43
34Jack Smith Ireland59:02
35Alexandre Fayollat France59:38
36Louis Haller France59:43
37Frank Pinkard Wales59:46
38W. Fitzjohn Wales1:00:32
39Ben Christmas Wales1:00:39
40T. Bunford Wales1:01:17
41Eddie Ace Wales1:01:35
42Tommy Arthur Wales1:01:39
43Adam Grieve Scotland1:02:34
44W. Cooper Wales1:03:08
45J. Moore Ireland1:03:15
46Eddie Francis Wales1:03:22
Joe Deakin EnglandDNF
Ernest Loney EnglandDNF
E. Rosset FranceDNF
Charlie Harris IrelandDNF
G.W. Hill IrelandDNF
Albert Baker ScotlandDNF
Alex McPhee ScotlandDNF
James Ure ScotlandDNF
Llewellyn Lloyd WalesDNF
Eddie O'Donnell WalesDNF

Team Results

Men's

RankCountryTeamPoints
1 EnglandAdam Underwood
George Pearce
Sammy Welding
Arthur Ashby
Harry Bennion
Billy Day
23
2 ScotlandTom Jack
Pat Melville
Thomas Robertson
Tom Johnston
William Bowman
George MacKenzie
85
3 IrelandJames Murphy
Harry Young
Sam Lee
W. Cooke
Frank Buckley
Tom Downing
123
4 FranceGaston Ragueneau
Jean Bouin
Georges Cousin
Jacques Keyser
Ernest Rax
Edgar Ballon
123
5 WalesEdgar Price
D.H. Griffiths
Frank Pinkard
W. Fitzjohn
Ben Christmas
T. Bunford
219

See also

  • 1907 in athletics (track and field)

References

  1. Magnusson, Tomas, INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Senior -Glasgow Agricultural Society Scotstoun Saturday March 23, 1907, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 25 December 2005, retrieved 24 September 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 September 2013
  3. 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
  4. Notes on sport - Cross-Country Running - International Championship at Scotstoun. The fifth annual competition for pride of place, the possession of the "Lumley" challenge shield, the individual gold medal of the nations, and the certificates to the members of the winning team was decided in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon..., Glasgow Herald, 25 March 1907, p. 12, retrieved 25 September 2013
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