Fifty Years of Progress 1880-1930

CONTENTS PAGE FoREWORD (Lord Desborough, K.G., President of the Association) 3 EDITORIAL 5 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE 9 OuR LEADERS r I THE FIRST MEETING AT OxFoRD IN r88o r 5 Srn MoNTAGUE SHEARMAN 22 THE FoRMATION OF THE AssocIATION; Speech by Sir Montague Shearman 26 THEN AND Now; The C. N. Jackson Memorial Cup 29 FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS; Review of important Events and Deci- sions r 880-r930 (H.F. Pash) . 3r THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS (H. B. Stallard) 59 AN ATHLETIC INSPIRATION 6r ATHLETICS IN THE NoRTH (J. W. Turner) 62 ATHLETICS IN THE MIDLANDS (A. E. Machin) 67 ATHLETICS IN THE SouTH (A. S. Turk) 73 OLD STAMFORD BRIDGE (E. H. Pelling) . 78 ATHLETICS IN THE CouNTIES (T. W . Higgs) 79 ATHLETICS IN THE ScHooLs AND UNIVERSITIES (D. G. A. Lowe) 8 5 A REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL SIDE (W. M. Barnard) 94 THE OLYMPIC GAMES (H.B. Stallard) ro2 THE INTERNATIONAL MATCHES (M. C. Nokes) 105 100 YEARS AGo 108 CRosscouNTRY RUNNING (W. W. Alexander) ro9 THE LATE MR. WALTER RYE I 16 WALKING (W. W. Webb) II7 THE FrnsT RELAY RAcE. • 123 THE FIRST RULES FOR COMPETITIONS I 24 REPORT OF THE JUBILEE DINNER . r26 BooKs ON ATHLETICS r 34 STATISTICS: A.A.A. Championships, Best Performances in Cham- pionships, British, Native and World's Records, Olympic Games, International Matches, National Crosscountry Cham- pionships, Public Schools Meetings, etc. . I 36 7