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... by 84 points to 51. ' Highlight ot the meetirig the mile success of H. .1. Par:ett (London against Roger Bannister, the intervarsity mi:e winner. Bannister led until the last bend. where Parlett nut in a 100 yards' burst to win by • yards in 4min. 17.4 ...

Published: Thursday 05 May 1949
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 244 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

POOLS—By The CHRONICLER GUARANTEE TABLES

... better suited to the points pool than tabs two, because of the agld.i-dons; guars. Bannister to miss Empire Games Umveraltv exam:nations have cornpel.ed Roger Bannister. Oxford miler. to withdraw from the Eneuth team for the Briush Empire Games In New ...

Published: Tuesday 04 October 1949
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 313 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DAILY HCRALC June 13 1949 Praised By U.S. Critics ALTHOUGH Princeton and •**Cornell beat the combined Oxford ..

... inter-Varsity athletics contest, Princeton, New Jersey, by nine events to four, an Englishman took the honours of the day. Roger Bannister (Oxiord), captain of the British team, won the mile by 'JS yards in 4 minutes 11.1 seconds—the second fastest mile run ...

Published: Monday 13 June 1949
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 337 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A MILE RECORD IS IN REACH OF ROGER'S 'NIGHTMARE STRIDE'

... Harvard and Yale at Cambridge, Mass, on June 20. Captain of the team of twenty is Roger Bannister, Oxford president, the outstanding athlete of the year so far in England. Bannister, tall, big-chested miler with a raking, nightmare stride, will concentrate on ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1949
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 425 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Dark Blues should win again Ily ROY MOOR

... must be ohe of the strongest ever to contest the event. J. H. Scott-Wilson. first home last year. and the track stars Roger Bannister and PhlUp Morgan are all capable of winning the race. whi:e .1. F. Pollard. C. J. Black and 1. F. Ewer are also runners ...

Published: Saturday 10 December 1949
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 467 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

28-YEAR RECORD

... bend when, five yards behind, he gained every stride but could not quite get past. The pair finished decimal dots apart. Roger Bannister, the Oxford athlete, hero of two tremendous miles in America recently, was out of condition. He made an effort, could ...

Published: Sunday 07 August 1949
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 486 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

FINCHLEY HARRIER WINS RECORD 'VARSITY MILE

... FINCHLEY HARRIER WINS RECORD 'VARSITY MILE ROGER G. BANNISTER, 20-year-old Finchley Harrier and president of the Oxford Athletic Club, won the mile in record time at the Oxford and Cambridge Athletic Sports at the White City on Saturday. Despite rain ...

Published: Thursday 17 March 1949
Newspaper: Hampstead News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SUNDAY PICTORIAL NICE WORK, DYSON,

... at Carshalton. He beat last season's best by over seven feet and the second and third boys also improved on last year Roger Bannister Oxford University and Olympic middle-distance runner on his first outing since his sensational mile in America lost to ...

Published: Sunday 24 July 1949
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 545 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Sport Quiz

... winning the 120 yards hurdles comfortably in 15.6 secs., fell when leading in the 220 yards hurdles. Medical student Roger Bannister won the mile for Oxford. but Peter Curry disappointed in the three miles and could only finish third. SOUTHERN LEAGUE ...

Published: Sunday 21 March 1948
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 503 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

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... Olympic Games I ' Excellent winning_runs were made. too, by the young Dark Blues. D. G. Steel 11180 In Imin 59.45ec.) and Roger Bannister (mile. 4min. 23.45ec.). Both should be figuring prominently In Britain's colours in a season or I two. Had It Barkway ...

Published: Monday 22 March 1948
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 514 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TOTE DOUBLE.—3.I3 and 4 13

... 4 Golden Buckles, ft Temple Street. 10 Peggy's Boy I Pel was scratched from Victoria Cup 9.0 m yesterday Bannister's Fast Mile Roger Bannister lOxlordl put up the second fastest mile ever run on the Fanner's track when he helped Oxford and Cambridge ...

Published: Wednesday 18 May 1949
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 513 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

U.S. CRITICS TALKING

... U.S. CRITICS TALKING ROGER BANNISTER, Oxll University miler and medical student, set the tongues of athletic critics in America talking last night when he turned in the second fastest mile recorded in the U.S.A. this year, during the match between the ...

Published: Sunday 12 June 1949
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 600 | Page: 14 | Tags: none