Inter-Scholastics 1906

The Glasgow High School won the competition in 1906 from Allan Glen’s High School

Above is the school badge with the Glasgow coat-of-arms incorporated in it.

 

The weather on the day in June was much better than the day in May!

The results of the meeting in brief, winners only is below.   

The team contest resulted in a victory for Glasgow High School with 30 1/2 points, from Allan Glen’s High School (22 1/2), Irvine Royal Academy (22 1/2), George Heriot’s (14), Greenock Academy (13) and Edinburgh Institution (5).   The individual results –

OPEN EVENTS

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
100 Yards L Reid Irvine Royal Academy 11.0 seconds
440 Yards L Reid Irvine Royal Academy 57.6 seconds
One Mile J Tait Edinburgh Institution 5 min 24 seconds
120 Yards Hurdles A Sayers Allan Glen’s High School 18 seconds
High Jump W Weir Allan Glen’s High School 4′ 11 1/4″
Broad Jump L Reid Irvine Royal Academy 19′ 5″
Cricket Ball Throw F MacKinnon Greenock Academy 94 yards  0 feet  4 inches
Putting the Weight J McInnes Glasgow High School 34′ 4 1/2″

UNDER 16

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
100 Yards J Smith Glasgow High School 11.4 seconds
880 Yards J Reid Irvine Royal Academy 2 min 21.6 seconds
120 Yards Hurdles J Smith Glasgow High School 19.2 seconds
High Jump J Moir Allan Glen’s High School 4′ 9 3/4″
Broad Jump J Smith Glasgow High School 16′ 11 1/2″

UNDER 13

EVENT WINNER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
100 Yards T Downie Glasgow High School 12.6 *
300 Yards T Downie Glasgow High School 43.6
High Jump I Douglas

T Downie

George Heriot’s School

Glasgow High School

4′ 3 1/2″*
Broad Jump J Morrison George Heriot’s School 13′ 9 1/2″

The asterisks after the names indicate a championship best performance.   The number of schools contesting the revised date for the championships might have been small but the standards had not fallen off at all.