An Athletics Compendium

England ~ Schools<&Junior A 277 -287 England ~ Schools &Junior 111 Rugby School hare and hounds: big-side runs / R. S. Benson. Rugby; The School, 1877. 35p; pbk ^ Subsequent ed. A278 278 Rugby School hareand hounds: description of tbhige- side runs / revised froRmobert Seymour Benson's description of 1877, by P. Richardson, with numerous additions. Rugby: A.J. Lawrence, 1883. 35p; pbk Cover title: Rxg/y Schoolbigside runs BL: 7923.d.l2 ^ Previous ed. A277; subsequent ed. A279 279 Rugby School hare and hounds: description of the big- side runs / revised froRmobert Seymour Benson's description of 1877, and P. Richardson's of 1883 by Arthur Llewellyn Danson. Rugby: A.J. Lawrence, 1894. 50p; pbk BL: D ^ Previous ed. A278; subsequent ed. A280 280 Rugby School hare and hounds: descriptionthoef big- side runs / revisefdrom Robert Seymour Benson's description of 1877, and P. Richardson's of 1883, and of Arthur LlewellynDanson's of 1894, by A. R. Welsh. Rugby: A.J. Lawrence, 1902. 71p; pbk Lists the winnerasnd provides maps for eachof the courses. ^ Previous ed. A279 281 Tom Brown's universe: the developmeonft the Victorian public school / J. R. de S. Honey. London: Millington, 1977. xv, 416p; index Bibliography:p408A10 ISBN: 0-86000-056-7 BL:X.809/43524 A detailed analysis of participation in the Public Schools Athletic Championshoiprgsanised by the LAC is provided in 'The public-schools communitytheat end of the Victorian period', with a table showing the representation ftohre years 1393-1901: 4s2chools are listed, showwnith a frequency of 1-4. Thme eeting was 'in decline b1y900', accordintgo thePub/;c School Magazine, which appeared from 1393 to1902. The journal provided for the regular submission of athletics records by schools, thus enabling inter- school comparisons to be made. 282 The WilsonRun: the firsthundred years/ Norman F. Berry. Sedbergh: Sedbergh School, 1980. 191p; illus; pbk A profusely illustratedrecord of the school's annual cross-country race with a short history of similar races inother public schools. ^ Also listed at: F193 283 The history ofthe English Schools Athletic Association 1925-1995 / DaviYd oung. The Association, 1995. 144p; illus; pbk 284 Rutlish athletics: barief history from 1899 to tphreesent / Andrew Huxtable. London: Rutlish School, 1995. 52p ISBN: 0-9526202-0-0 Contains biographical details of 100 individuals, including UK internationals Derek Pugh, Jack Brewer and Ian Matthews. # Additional References 285 Great public schools / various authors. London: Edward Arnold, 1893. viii, 344p; illus BL: 8364.de.34 Contains a detailed and valuable account by Lees Knowles of running at Rugby School. 286 School athletics and boysr' aces / William Collier. London: Churchill, 1909. 32p; pbk Issued by the Medical Officers of SchoolsAssociation BL: 7305.c.l3(6) A report of a meeting held on 10 March 1909 to discuss whether schoolboys should be allowed to compete inflat and cross-country races of more than one mile in length. 287 Our greatpublic schools: their traditions, customs and games / F. A. M. Webster. London: Ward Lock, 1937. 383p; illus BL: 8365.e.49 Thirty-six leading schools are included, and their athletics histories and leading personalities are described. Webster himsaeplfpears as an alumnus of St Albans. Other outstanding performers cited include F. F. Wolff (Beaumont CollegeE),. F. Housden (King's School, Canterbury), John Thornton (Charterhouse). Jerry Cornes (Cheltenham), P. Salisbury Woods(Dulwich), Thomas Langton-Lockton (Epsom College), Guy Butler (Harrow), Douglas Lowe (Highgate), Arnold Strode Jackson (Malvern), Montague Shearman (Merchant Taylor's), C. B. Fry and HaroldAbrahams (Pepton), M. J. Brooks (Pugby), H. B. Stallard (Sherborne), PL.. Howland and Pobert Tisdall (Shrewsbury) anEd. C. Bredin (Wellington). [ 25 ]