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ATHLETICS


371 A collection of athletics & other sporting programmes, athletics at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, Public Schools 9/4/27 and 13/4/28, USA v British Empire 19/7/24 and 11/8/28, Oxbridge Sports 23/3/29 and 7/3/31, & British Games 9/6/30; at White City AAA Championships 17/7/37; at Queen’s Club Oxbridge Sports 2/3/28; University Boat Race 1951; Henley Regatta 1919; Harlem Globetrotters 15/5/54 and 1957 tour; plus two Swedish athletics programme from 1944 and 1945, mostly in good or reasonable condition (15) £220 - 260


372 A fine quality silver plated goblet presented to Connie Mason of Middlesex Ladies Athletics Club in recognition of her World One Mile Walk Record of 7 minutes 53 4/5 seconds at Hampton in June 1931, decorated with swags of ribbons and bunches of grapes, presentation engraving, height 19cm., 7 1/2in.; sold together with a scan of The Times 13th July 1931, and an original Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News 17th January 1931 (3)


The scanned Times in this lot records that Connie Mason advanced her World Record time to 7 minutes 45 3/5 seconds at the Women’s Amateur Athletics Championships held at Stamford Bridge the previous Saturday; whilst the Sporting & Dramatic News carries a photograph of Connie Mason winning the Two Mile Road Walk Championship held by the Middlesex Ladies Athletics Club. The winning time is reported as 17 minutes 50 seconds. £200 - 250


373 Memorabilia relating to Sydney Wooderson the one mile world record holder 1937-1942, the main item a photograph album covering a Manchester to Blackpool road relay race, many of the pictures signed by the athletes to the mounts, Reeves, White, R & J R Reid, Green, Dalton, Richards, J M Smith, Hatton, Roberts & Churms; together with a Sydney Wooderson signed cartoon print after Phil Berube titled ‘World’s Top Miler’; a signed manuscript letter from Wooderson dated 1989; and a printed biog sheet (4) £100 - 150


374 The signatures of Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher & Chris Chataway,


signed on a picture of the three running in the first sub-4 minute mile race at Iffley Road, Oxford, 6th May 1954; sold with a colour photograph of Bannister (2) £100 - 150


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