As the above para from the ‘Scottish Referee’ the day before the inter scholastics tells us, there would be ten schools competing on Saturday 21st May in Edinburgh before a bigger crowd that had turned out for the event in Glasgow in 1909.   There were schools who did not, but could have, fielded good quality teams holding their own sports that day and on the previous Saturday, and the ‘Glasgow Herald’ also commented on this.

“Although competitors from 10 schools were forward, the list could not be termed a representative one, especially as such leading schools as Fettes College, Merchiston Castle, Loretto, Edinburgh Academy and George Watson’s College did not give their support to the meeting.”   Names were named but they were all Edinburgh schools and a Glasgow school was omitted – Glasgow Academy who actually held their own sports on the same day as the Inter-Scholastics.

but the entries above showed that there was an interest from Rothesay in the West to Edinburgh in the East, from Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire and Glasgow and the entry was about par for the course.   There was an article about the meeting which read as follows.

The complete results were also printed:-

 

The rumbling about the absentee schools continued with the continued absence of such as Fettes, Loretto, Merchiston and Glasgow Academy, with the note below published in the ‘Referee’ of Monday 23rd.  

Where would it all end?   The individual winners are noted below.

OPEN EVENTS

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	R Badger	George Heriot’s	11.2 seconds
440 Yards	J Tong	Dollar Institution	58.2
One Mile	R Hume	George Heriot’s	5 min  09 seconds
120 Yards Hurdles	J Tong	Dollar Institution	18.2
High Jump	AY Dick	Allan Glen’s	5′ 2 3/4″
Broad Jump	A McLean	Hamilton Crescent	19′ 2″
Throwing the Cricket Ball	J Bryce	George Heriot’s	91  Yards 0 Feet  7 Inches
Putting the Weight	A McLean	Hamilton Crescent	31′ 9 1/2″

Note the new entry – Hamilton Crescent.   New to the prize winners but also a new establishment taking part.

UNDER 16

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	D McColl	Dollar Institution	12 seconds
880 Yards	I Pender	Dollar Institution	2 min  27.2 sec
120 Yards Hurdles	J Bain	George Heriot’s	21 seconds
High Jump	W Marshall	Dollar Institution	4′ 8 3/4″
Broad Jump	D Cunningham	Allan Glen’s	17′ 7 1/2″

UNDER 13 

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	H McColl	Dollar Institution	13.2 seconds
300 Yards	IM Robertson	Edinburgh Institution	44.8 seconds
High Jump	J McMillan D Clelland	Rothesay Academy Allan Glen’s	4′ 2 /3″
Broad Jump	J McMillan	Rothesay Academy	14′ 4 1/2″