An Athletics Compendium

230 - 242 England ~ Clubs, and County& Regional Associations Newham and Essex beaglesAthletic Club 230 A fine spirit; a centenary historyof Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club, 1887-1987 / Tony Benton; (with a section on race walking by ColYinoung). North Weald: The Club, 1987. 48p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9512316-0-X North EasternCounties Cross Country Association 231 North Eastern Counties Cross CouAntsrsyociation; the first one hundred year/s Matt Frazer; research by George Ogle. The auth1o9r,94. 20p; pbk North of theThames CrossCountry Association 232 North of the Thames Cross Country Association 1894- 1993: a history fromits early beginnings to modern times / George Richardson. Loughton: The Association, 1993. 28p; illus; pbk North Staffordshire Koad'Runners' Association 233 North StaffordshireRoad Runners' Association: the first twenty years 1974-1994 / George Kay. Stafford: The Club, 1994. Northern Counties Athletic Association 234 A short history otfhe Northern Counties Athletic Association 1879-1979 / E. Illingworth. Leeds: The Club, 1979. 86p; illus BL: YL. 1987.a.702 The Northern CrossCountry Association 235 The Northern CroCssountry Association: a centenary history / Phil Thomas. Prescot: The author, 1982. 38p; illus; pbk BL: X.622/14772 Although Hare and Hounds clubs were a south of England development, competitive cross-country flourished in Lancashire. As the result of an appeal in Athletic News (4 October l&dZ), the NCCA was formed in the following month. On 17 February l&SS5,9 runners facetdhe startear t Manchester Racecourse, New Barns, Salford, to contest the firstNorthern championship. Thomas traces developments over the succeeding century, quoticnogpiously fromreports in Athletic News. Nottinghamshire Amateur Athletic Association 236 Nottinghamshire Amateur Athletic Association: souvenir handbook commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the NottinghamshireAmateur Athletic Association 1926-1951. Mansfield: W. H. Lee, 1951. 81p; illus Notts Athletic Club 237 A brief history of Notts AC's cross-country and roa running / Fred Allwood, Mary Ganshd Keith Picksley. Nottingham. The Club, 1997. Old Gaytonians Athletic Club 238 Old Gaytonians Athletic Club diamond jubioleoek / edited by Tony Bush. 1980. 64p; pbk Oxford University Athletic Club 239 The OxfordUniversity athletic recordfor 1878 / compiled by Harry T. Eve. Oxford: The University, 1878. BL: P.P.2489.xd 240 Inter-university records: full particulars of all competitions between Oxford and Cambridge, 1827- 1887 / compiledby C. A. Mudge. London: Wright, 1887. 241 The book of blues: beinga record of allmatches between the Universities of Oxford Canadmbridge in every department of sport / edbityedOgier Rysden. London: F. E. Robinson, 1900-1902. 3 vols. BL: D 242 Fifty years of sport aOt xford, Cambridge, and the great public schools / arrangebdy the Right Hon. Lord Desborough; edited by Arthur C. M. CrooLmoen.don: Southwood, 1913-1922. 3 vols.: 332p; 325p5;05p; illus Vols. 1, 2: Oxford and Cambridge;vol.3: Eton, Harrow andWinchester/ editedby Hon. R. H. Littleton, Arthur Pageand Evan B. Noel BL: L.R.37.a The first 8>2 pages of Vol. 1give results and accounts of every Inter-Varsity meeting from1.964 to 1913, of matches againtshte American universities and of the beginnings of athletics at Oxford and Cambridge. Croome was an expert hurdler andwas credited with having invented the straight-leg pick-up style. Contributors include: P. M. Thornton, J. H.Morgan, T. E. Wells. H. C. L. Tindall, G. C. Vassall, W. E. B. Henderson, 5.5A.brahams and P. Stormonth-Darling. Biographies are given of aBllues. There are numerous photographs. Vol. 2 contains 12 pages on cross-country running and Vol. 3 giveshistories of athletics at Eton. Harrow and Winchester, with biographies of the athletes. ^ Also listed at: A186 [ 22 ]