An Athletics Compendium

Services 30 0 - 31 2 jumping and throwing fromearliest times to the pre- Victorian era. 300 James Hogg and the St RonanB'sorder Club / David Groves. Dollar; Mack, 1987. 46p; music; pbk ISBN: 0-9505416-3-X BL: YC.1988.a.5419 Hogg founded the St Ronan's BorGdaermes i1n 527 and thisis a valuableaccount otfhe meetingsup to 1636; includes someHofgg's poetry. * Additional References 301 The scouring of the white horse, or. The long vacation ramble of a London cle/rk T. Hughesil;lustrated by R. Doyle. Cambridge: 1858. BL: 12632.d.27 A short work by the authoorf Tom Brown's Schooldays that includes an entertaining description of the Cotswold Games oWnhite Horse Hill. Ufrington. 302 Old English sports / FrederiWck. Hackwood, with six coloured and thirty-twohalf-tone plates from old prints. London: Fisher Unwin, 1907. xvi, 361p; illus BL: 7904 .C .5 Contains an account of Robert Dover's Cotswold Games, and the Wenlock OlympSiaonciety. 303 An edition of AnnaliDa ubrensia and a history tohfe Cotswold Games / Francis Burns. Sheffield University, 1960. Master's thesis. 304 Robert Dover antdhe Cotswold Games / edibteyd Christopher Whitfield. London: Sotheran, 1962. xii, 244p; index BL: 012302.dd.9 The history of the Cotswold Olympick Games together with all the poems of 'Annalia Dubrensia'. The book contains little athletics detail but does show the depth ofthe roots of Engliashthletics. 305 Grasmere's giants of tod/ay Rex Woods; with line drawings by Gwenllian Woods apnhdotographs by the author. Liss: Spur, 1975. 94p; illus ISBN: 0-904558-05-3 BL: X.629/10168 A book mainly about wrestlingb, ut witha chapter on fell-racing. 306 The Stonehenge and Silbury Hill gam/ eJs. Goulstone. Bexleyheath: The author, 1984. BL: X.805/6997 Services 307 R.N. and R.M. sports handbook. London: Royal Navy and Royal Marines Sports Control Board, 1930, 1938- 1940, 1948. The 1948 reprint is in fact a slightly revisededition to cover the years of the Second World War; continued by: Sports and recreationsin the Royal Naty BL: P.P.2489.fde ^ See also: A311 308 Games and sports tihne Army, 1931. London: War Office, Army Sport Control Board, 1932- BL: P.P.2489.zcg Each annual volume presents a brief history of the Army Athletic and dross Country Association, the rules of the Association, rules of events, officials' duties, lists oofficials, entry qualificationhs,ints on training, and results of team and individual championships. 309 Naval athletics / edited acnodmpiled by M. Cunningham andF. W. Collins. London: R.N. and R.M. Sports Control Board, 1932? 63p; pbk 310 The RoyalAir Force athletics angdames handbook. London: Royal Air Force Sports Board, 1933-1965? The early editions include articles by Douglas Lowe, Sam Ferris. FredGaby and JackLondon. 311 Sports andrecreations in the RoyaNl avy. London: Royal Navy and Royal Marines Sports Control Board, 1948- 1950s? Continues: R.N. andKM. sportshandbook BL: P.P.2489.fdf ^ See also: A307 312 Royal Navy athletics/ Brad McStravick;technical editor Phyl Edwards. London: Royal Navy in association with the British Athletic Federation, 1997? 64p; illus; pbk [ 2 7 ]