oo Sporting Brevities =————— ’” Britain’s Prospects For m | The Empire Games

... it before the season ends. * * »* Over middle distances Britain has some of her best performers, Nankeville, Eyre ‘and Roger Bannister, bettered collectively perhaps only by the Swedes. Jack Holden (Tipton) is a *“prince” amongst the long distance men, ...

Published: Monday 22 August 1949
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HOME SERVICE

... Contemporaries. 11-40 Yeats and the Theatre. 12-0 Close Down. ANOTHER RECORD MILE BY VARSITY MAN Another record mile by Roger Bannister lOxfordi and two other records featured the 15th International Dniversily meeting at Cambridge Mass, i, yesterday when ...

Athletics Records May Tumble

... stars, all at the peak of their form, are A.A.A. champions Derek Pugh and H. A. Giles. Second string In the half-time is Roger Bannister, brilliant Oxford Blue, fresh from his one-mile triumphs in the United States. Prospects? The short sprint (there is no ...

Published: Monday 25 July 1949
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DEACON'S SCHOOL NOTES ...,....... Dramatic Society Read A Master's Play

... comedy. written by Mr. C. Tyler, a member of the staff. The mat a butler, Z. Simpson: Mr. Bannister. an eldmiy diamond merchant, A. J. Carter: • IL Z. Roger Bannister. A. Curtis: noddle Connor, Ibis Mind. L. AtMason. At the end the author coomateMted the ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Peterborough Standard
County: Northamptonshire, England
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£60,800 loan to 54 R.U. clubs

... Harvard and Yale yesterday after losing to Princeton and Cornell just over a week ago, leave New York for home to-night. Roger Bannister, the Oxford miler. who broke the meet records for the mile in both matches, was described by Bill Bingham, the Harvard ...

Published: Tuesday 21 June 1949
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
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To pay extra £250 CANCELLED TITLE FIGHT IS NOW ON THE British Empire featherweight title fight between Ronnie ..

... meeting were the eclipse of MacDonald Bailey by Les Laing in the 100 yd.. and the failure down the straight of Roger Bannister in the mile. Bannister had to be content with third place to Landquist (Gothenburg) and Morley London ) . AT ELLAND-ROAD. Prov:sionnl ...

Published: Monday 08 August 1949
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 350 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

.ESTATES

... outs . Extras . Total %vats Varsity athletes off today The Oxford and Cambridge athlet:c team. headed by their captain. Roger Bannister. left London Airport today for New York to compete against Harvard and Yale and Princeton and Cornell Universities for ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1949
Newspaper: Sports Argus
County: Warwickshire, England
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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
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INTER-CITY BATTLE

... a boil on the back of his neck. Morris finished second, 150 yards behind Churches', with Borjesson In third position. Roger Bannister. the 20-years-old Oxford Blue, running in the one mile in place of Dick Morris, who is suffering from a bruised knee. ...

Published: Saturday 06 August 1949
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
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0 Wheat Germ H Peacock 8-4

... Clifford 7 up ; O Williamson and G Rogers 5 up; M Mills and O Dixon 3 up ; E V Price and H Collingwood 2 up ; A Walnman and H Brittle 2 up; R Buckland and F 8 Kennewell up. British Athletes Win in U.S. Roger Bannister, captain of the Oxford and Cambridge ...

Published: Tuesday 21 June 1949
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
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Northants Make Most Of Lifeless Wicket

... assured officials that it was only bad cramp. Highlight of the meeting was the mile victory of H. J. Parlett (London) over Roger Bannister, inter-varslty mile winner, 17.4 sees. Oxford won with 84 points against London's 51. ...

Published: Thursday 05 May 1949
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 397 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MARRIAGE

... B.\NKS-—On the 11th inst., 24, Btroet, Preston. James father of tS above, aged 72. BANNISTER.—On the- inst., 23, Dover street. Sarah Ann, widow the lats Roger Bannister. Rest in peace. RUTTER —M»v 6, at the Sir Robert Peel Inn. Walton le-DoJc, Edward Rtrtier ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1906
Newspaper: Preston Herald
County: Lancashire, England
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