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1906 International Cross Country Championships
Organisers ICCU
Edition4th
Date10 March
Host city Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales Wales
Venue Caerleon Racecourse
Events1
Distances10 mi (16.1km)
Participation44 athletes from
4 nations

The 1906 International Cross Country Championships was held in Caerleon, Wales, at the Caerleon Racecourse on 10 March 1906. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. [1]

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)
Charles Straw
  England
57:32 George Pearce
  England
57:55 Will Nelson
  England
58:11
Team
Men   England 24   Ireland 86   Scotland 106

Individual race results

Men's (10 mi / 16.1km)

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Straw   England 57:32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Pearce   England 57:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Will Nelson   England 58:11
4 John Daly   Ireland 58:30
5 Joe Deakin   England 58:33
6 Jack Price   England 59:40
7 Sammy Welding   England 59:41
8 W.G. Dunkley   England 59:45
9 T. Hughes   Wales 59:52
10 Sam Stevenson   Scotland 1:00:25
11 John Hayes   Ireland 1:00:27
12 Francis Whittle   England 1:00:40
13 David Cather   Scotland 1:00:41
14 Charlie Harris   Ireland 1:00:46
15 Peter Russell   Scotland 1:00:55
16 R.E. Hughes   Scotland 1:00:57
17 Tommy Arthur   Wales 1:01:08
18 Pat Joyce   Ireland 1:01:09
19 Paul Kelly   Ireland 1:01:16
20 T. Mernagh   Ireland 1:01:40
21 George Butterfield   England 1:01:51
22 Tommy Greenall   England 1:01:52
23 Eddie Ace   Wales 1:02:20
24 Edgar Price   Wales 1:02:26
25 John Ranken   Scotland 1:02:34
26 W. Thomas   Wales 1:02:35
27 Thomas Robertson   Scotland 1:02:38
28 John Gilchrist   Scotland 1:03:19
29 T. Horton   Wales 1:03:21
30 J. Finnegan   Ireland 1:03:27
31 Harry Cleaver   Wales 1:03:30
32 William Muirden   Scotland 1:03:41
33 Joe Morris   Wales 1:03:52
34 Ernest Thomas   Wales 1:04:03
35 Alexander Matthews   Scotland 1:04:03
36 T. Bunford   Wales 1:04:10
James Beale   England DNF
Billy Day   England DNF
Tom Downing   Ireland DNF
George Guthre   Scotland DNF
Alex Mann   Scotland DNF
Thomas Mulrine   Scotland DNF
H.T. Johnstone   Wales DNF
Eddie O'Donnell   Wales DNF

Team results

Men's

Rank Country Team Points
1   England Charles Straw
George Pearce
Will Nelson
Joe Deakin
Jack Price
Sammy Welding
24
2   Ireland John Daly
John Hayes
Charlie Harris
Pat Joyce
Paul Kelly
T. Mernagh
86
3   Scotland Sam Stevenson
David Cather
Peter Russell
R.E. Hughes
John Ranken
Thomas Robertson
106
4   Wales T. Hughes
Tommy Arthur
Eddie Ace
Edgar Price
W. Thomas
T. Horton
128

Participation

An unofficial count yields the participation of 44 athletes from 4 countries.

See also

References

  1. ^ Notes on sport - Athletics - Cross-Country Championship - England successful - At Caerleon Racecourse, Newport, on Saturday, the fourth international cross-country championship was decided..., Glasgow Herald, 12 March 1906, p. 13, retrieved 25 September 2013
  2. ^ INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - 16.1km CC Men - Senior - Newport Caerleon Racecourse Wednesday March 10 1906, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on 25 December 2005, retrieved 25 September 2013{{ citation}}: CS1 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