Hamish Stothard’s Races

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The following comprehensive list of Stothard’s races was drawn up by Alex Wilson – there is always a wealth of research involved in compiling such a list and we are grateful to him for it.

 

 

 

 

25.03.1928

Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 100y 12.2 1
25.03.1928 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 300y hcp 39.4 (scr) 1
25.03.1928 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 400y 56.8 1
25.03.1928 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 880y 4
02.04.1928 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games CC 22:28.6 1 Junior race; won very easily

 

23.03.1929 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 880 2:09.0 1
23.03.1929 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games LJ 5.41 m 1
26.03.1929 Raeburn Place Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 880 2:12 or thereabouts 2
04.04.1929 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games CC 21:46.6 1 Junior race; won easily; record (previously 22:08)

 

 

15.03.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games CC 26:55 1 59 ran; won by quarter a mile
19.03.1930 Colinton Achilles v Merchiston 880 2:07.6 1 2 – W.C. Wentworth (Achilles) 20 y (ran 4 y wide as handicap!!)
19.03.1930 Colinton Achilles v Merchiston LJ 5.51m 4 1 – R.W. Revans (Achilles) 6.86m (competed at 1928 Olympics)
. 03.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games Mile 4:44.6 1 Equals school record set by L.H. Weatherill in 1924 (competed for England in 1934 and 1938 Empire Games)
26.03.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 440 54.4 1 School record (previously figures of 55.2 were jointly held by G.O. Turnbull in 1893 and W.H. Welsh in 1898); windy
29.03.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 880 2:04.4 1 School record
01.04.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 440 55.0e 2 1 – J.R.S. Watson (E.A.) 54.6; 2 – J.C. Stothard (Merchiston) 3 y

windy and wet

01.04.1930 Colinton Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 880 2:10.0 1 2 – J.D.A. Anderson (Merchiston) 10 y

 

 

26.03.1931 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games Mile 4:43.2 1 2:25 at 880; magnificent last quarter; won by 40-50 y; school record; cold wind blowing
31.03.1931 Raeburn Place Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 880 2:13.2 1 2 – I.L. Young (Academy) 40 y
31.03.1931 Raeburn Place Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy Mile 4:55.6 1 2 – H.J.S. Matthew (Academy) 20 y
31.03.1931 Raeburn Place Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 4×220 1:42.0 1 Ran anchor leg; won by 10 y
31.03.1931 Raeburn Place Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy LJ 5.65 m 3 1 – D.R.S. Milne 5.97m

 

 

18.03.1932 Colinton Achilles v Merchiston Castle School 880 2:05.0 1
23.03.1932 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 440 53.6 1 School record
24.03.1932 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games Mile 4:39.0 1 School record
26.03.1932 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 880 2:03.8 1 School record
30.03.1932 Colinton Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy 880 2:22.0 1
30.03.1932 Colinton Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy Mile 5:07.8 1
03.12.1932 Cambridge Intervarsity 4×880 7:58.4 1 A.K. Pardhy, Forbes T. Horan, J.C. Stothard, C.J. Tucker; equals record

 

 

02.03.1933 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports 880 2:02.2 1h1
04.03.1933 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports 880 1:59.4 2 1 – Forbes T. Horan 1:59.4; 2 – J.C. Stothard inches; 3 – Cyril J. Tucker 7 y
18.03.1933 White City Intervarsity 880 2:00 e 3 1 – Norwood P. Hallowell (Harvard & Balliol) 1:55.8: 2 – F.T. Horan (Cambridge )12 y; 3 – Stothard (Cambridge) 12 y
25.03.1933 Colinton Merchiston Castle Games 100y 10.7 2 Open to Merchistonians; 1 – P.C. Barkla 10.6; 2 – Stothard; 3 – D.R.S. Milne; less than a yard covered the first three
28.03.1933 Glenalmond 440 1
20.05.1933 White City U.A.Uni. champs 880 1:58.2 1 1 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge, Alverstone) 1:58.2; 2 – C.W.J. Claydon (London) 6 y; 3 – E. Illingsworth (Leeds) 1 ½ y
09.06.1933 Cambridge AAA v Cambridge Un. 880 1:58.4 1 2 – Thomas H. Scrimshaw (AAA) 4 y; 3 – C.J. Tucker (Cambridge)
08.07.1933 Cambridge, MA, USA Oxbridge v Harvard & Yale 880 3 1 – Pen Hallowell (Oxford) 1:54.0; 2 – J. White (Harvard); 3 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge)
15.07.1933 Princeton, NJ, USA Oxbridge v Princeton & Cornell 880 4 1 – R.W. Bonthron (Princeton) 1:53.0; 2 – N.P. Hallowell (Oxford) 1:53.8; 3 – P. Vipond (Cornell); 4 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge)
08.11.1933 Oxford Inter-College Relays 4×440 3:32.2 1 Ran last leg for Caius
25.11.1933 Oxford University Relays 4×880 8:04e 2 Oxford won by 40 yards in 7:56.4; Stothard ran 1:57.8 on third leg

 

 

14.02.1934 Cambridge Inter-college meeting 880 2:06.4 1  
22.02.1934 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. Handicaps 1320y hcp 3:09.2 1 Won from scratch
26.02.1934 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports Mile 4:38e 2h1 E.V. Hope won by 40 y in 4:30.6
01.03.1934 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports Mile 4:23.6 1 2 – Michael John Kent Sullivan 12 y; 3 – E.V. Hope 7y
03.03.1934 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports 880 1:56.6 1 2 – M.J.K. Sullivan 4 y; 3 – E.V. Hope 2 y
10.03.1934 White City Intervarsity 880 1:54.6 2 1 – N.P. Hallowell (USA & Balliol) 1:54.2 (record); 2 – J.C. Stothard (Merchiston & Caius) 1:54.6; 3 – C.J. Tucker 6 y
05.06.1934 Cambridge Cambridge Un. v AAA 880 1:59.8 1 2 – Michael H.C. Gutteridge 5 y
14.06.1934 New Goldenacre Atalanta v Heriot’s School AC 880 hcp 2:03.5 [estimated] 1 Won in 2:09.4 (conceded 36 yards by running wide)
23.06.1934 Hampden Park SAAA 880 1:58.8 1 2 – R. Graham 10 y; 3 – I.A. Murray
21.07.1934 White City Oxbridge v Princeton & Cornell 880 1:58.6 1 2 – Bill Bonthron (Princeton) 1:59.0 (2 y); 3 – Steve Sampson (Cornell) 10 y
04.08.1934 White City British Empire Games 880 1:56.0 1h3 2 – Jerry Sampson (CAN) 9 y; 3 – Clive Whitehed (ENG)
06.08.1934 White City British Empire Games 880 1:55.6 3 1 – Phil Edwards (CAN) 1:54.2; 2 – Willie Botha (RSA) 1:55.5; 3 – J.C. Stothard (SCO) 1:55.6; 4 – John Powell (ENG) 1:55.6
06.08.1934 White City British Empire Games 4×400 3 1 – England 3:16.8; 2 – Canada 4 y; 3 – Scotland (Wallace, Wylde, Stothard, Hunter)
01.12.1934 Cambridge University Relays 4×880 7:58.5 1 1:59 anchor leg; Cambridge won by 90 y
01.12.1934 Cambridge University Relays 4×440 3:24.2 1 Anchored Cambridge to victory by 6 y

 

 

08.02.1935 Cambridge Inter-college meeting 440 51.5 1 Won by 10 yards
08.02.1935 Cambridge Inter-college meeting 880 2:02.8 1 Won by 7 y
14.02.1935 Cambridge Inter-college meeting LJ 5.98 m 3  
14.02.1935 Cambridge Inter-college meeting 880 2:08.6 1  
14.02.1935 Cambridge Inter-college meeting 3 miles 16:27.2 1 Tied with M.F. Dutton (Caius)
26.02.1935 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. Handicaps 1320y 3:04.8 1 Won from scratch
05.03.1935 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports 880 2:00.0 1 2 – J.L. Capper 8 y
07.03.1935 Cambridge Cambridge Uni. sports Mile 4:18.8 1 2 – Peter D. Ward 50 y
23.03.1935 White City Intervarsity 880 1:55.4 1= Tied with M.J.K. (Cambridge)
23.03.1935 White City Intervarsity Mile 4:23.2 1 2 – W.T. Squires (Oxford) 4:23.2 (inches)
18.05.1935 White City U.A.Uni. champs. 880 1:56.6 1 2 – M.J.K. Sullivan 1:57.4; 3 – Jim Alford (Cardiff) 1:58.0
25.05.1935 White City Kinnaird Trophy 880 1:57.2 1 2 – Tom Scrimshaw 1:58.1e (5 yds); 3 – Brian F. McCabe 1:58.1e
10.06.1935 White City British Games Mile 4:30.2 1 2 – L. Nilsson (SWE) 10 y
15.06.1935 Cambridge AAA v C.U. Mile 4:15.8 1 2 – Aubrey V. Reeve (AAA) 4:18. (18 y); 3 – B.C. Eccles (AAA) 12 y
22.06.1935

Hampden

SAAA 880 1:53.6 1 2 – W.C. Botha (E.Uni. & RSA) 1:56.6; 3 – A.D.G. White (TVH)
29.06.1935 Hampden GBR v FIN 880 1:57.4 1 2 – John Powell 1:58.2 (5 y)
29.06.1935 Hampden GBR v FIN 4 x 880 7:52.0 1 A. Collyer, J. Powell, T. Riddell, J. Stothard
30.06.1935 Antwerp Achilles v BEL clubs 800 1:57.4 1
03.07.1935 Craiglockhart Atalanta v Eastern Dis. 440 52.4 1
03.07.1935 Craiglockhart Atalanta v Eastern Dis. 880 2:00.6 1 2 – W.H. Whalley 2:01.0
12.07.1935 White City AAA 880 1:56.1 1h1
12.07.1935 White City AAA 880 1:53.3 1 2 – John Powell 1:53.8; 3 – Ralph Scott 1:54.0
20.07.1935 White City Oxbridge v Harvard & Yale Mile 4:26.8 1 2 – John Scheu (Harvard ) 4:29.6; 3 – Roswell Brayton (Harvard) 20 y
27.07.1935 White City GBR v FRA 880 1:57.4 1 2 – J. Powell 1:57.4 (inches); 3 – R. Soulier (FRA) 8 y
11.08.1935 Munich (Dante Stadium) GER v GBR 800 1:54.4 1 2 – W. Dessecker (GER) 1:54.6; 3 – H. König (GER) 1:56.4; 4 – T.H. Scrimshaw (GBR) 1:56.8
16.08.1935 Budapest World Student Games Medley; last leg 3:31.2 1 1 – B.U.A.C. 3:31.2; 2 – Germany 3:32.2; 3 – Czechoslovakia 3:33.8
17.08.1935 Budapest World Student Games 800 1:59.1 1h1
18.08.1935 Budapest World Student Games 800 1:56.0 1 2 – Georg Pochat (GER) 1:56.5; 3 – Paul Faure (FRA) 1:56.6
22.08.1935 Zagreb B.U.A.C.v YUG 800 1:50.8 1 Doubtful

 

 

09.06.1936 Hawkhill Sports Dispatch Trophy Mile 4:35.0 1 2 – Ian H. MacDonald (E.U.) 4:36.5 (9 y)
13.06.1936 White City Kinnaird Trophy 880 2:03 2h1
13.06.1936 White City Kinnaird Trophy 880 1:56.3e 3 1 – John Powell 1:55.4; 2 – Brian MacCabe 1:55.8 (2 ½ y); 3 – J.C. Stothard 1:56.3 (3 y); 4 – Reg Thomas 1:56.5
18.06.1936 New Goldenacre Ed. Un. & FP v Western District & FP Mile 4:25.2 1 2 – G.A. Smith 20 y
27.06.1936 Hampden Park SAAA Mile 2 1 – R. Graham 4:12.5; 2 – J.C. Stothard 50 y; 3 – Ian MacDonald 20 y
30.06.1936 Helenvale Park Glasgow Transport Sports 1000 hcp 2:13.3 1 2 – Bobby Graham (scr) 2:14.2 (6 y)
10.07.1936 White City AAA 880 1:57.5 2h4 DNQ for final
10.07.1936 White City AAA Mile d.n.f.

 

 

29.05.1937 White City Kinnaird Trophy Mile 4:19.3e 3 1 – S. Wooderson 4:17.1; 2 – Frank Close 10 y; 3 – J.C. Stothard 3 y
25.06.1937 Hampden Park SAAA 880 2:03.2 1h2
26.06.1937 Hampden Park SAAA 880 1:57.5 1 2 – John A.H. Lees 10 y; 3 – R.T.H. „Dick“ Littlejohn 5y
29.06.1937 Helenvale Park Glasgow Transport Sports 1000 hcp 2:14.8 1 2 – W. Gowans (Garscube, 40y) 2:15.0
02.07.1937 Wuppertal Int. meeting 800 1:53.4 1 2- Joseph Mostert (BEL); 3 – John Powell (GBR)
16.07.1937 White City AAA 880 1:57.3 1h2
17.07.1937 White City AAA 880 1:55.2 5 1- Arthur Collyer 1:53.3; 2 – Frank Handley 1:53.5; 3 – Jim Alford 1:54.3; 4 – Brian MacCabe 1:55.1; 5 – Stothard 1:55.2; 6 – Jack Powell 1:55.3
08.08.1937 Amsterdam Int. Meeting 800 1:58.8 1 2 – Schmidt (GER) 1:59.0
17.08.1937 Helenvale Park Glasgow Transport Sports 1320y hcp 3:04.0 4 1 – Alex Haire (RUC, 22y) 2:59.0
26.08.1937 Paris World Student Games 800 1:57.8 2h1
27.08.1937 Paris WSG Olympic  relay 3:28.3 1 (800x200x200x400) 1- B.U.A.C. 3 (Stothard; Pennington, Cyril Holmes, Barnes) 3:28.3; 2 – GER 3:31.4; 3 – FRA 3:34.6
27.08.1937 Paris WSG 1500 2h1 1 – P. Denizet (FRA) 4:48.0; 2 – J.C. Stothard 200y
28.08.1937 Paris WSG 800 1:54.3 2 1 – Jim Alford (GBR) 1:54.1; 2- Stothard (GBR) 1:54.3; 3 – J. Arady (HUN) 1:54.3; 4 – G. Istenes (HUN) 1:54.4; 5 – P. Faure (FRA) 1:54.5; 6 – W. Dessecker (GER) 1:55.5
28.08.1937 Paris WSG 1500 d.n.s. 1 – Jim Alford (GBR) 3:56.0; 2 – Jack Emery (GBR) 3:57.0; 3 – H. Stieglitz (GER) 3:59.9
04.09.1937 Helsinki FIN v GBR 4×800 7:39.9 1 A.J. Collyer, J.C. Stothard, J.V. Powell, F.R. Handley

British record

05.09.1937 Helsinki FIN v GBR 800 1:53.8 1 2 – O. Teileri (FIN) 1:53.9; 3 – Frank  Handley (GBR) 1:54.2; 4 – T. Peussa (FIN) 1:54.6
07.09.1937 Stockholm SWE v GBR Mile 4:16.4 3 1 – A. San Romani (USA) 4:08.4; 2 –  Henry Johnsson (SWE) 4:08.8; 3 – J.C. Stothard 4:16.4; 4 – Reg Thomas; 5 – Robert Graham
11.09.1937 Oslo NOR v GBR 800 1:54.2 2 1 – Arthur Collyer 1:53.5; 2 – J.C. Stothard 1:54.2; 3 – A. Hansen (NOR)
12.09.1937 Oslo NOR v GBR 1500 3:54.5 2 1 – H. Lehne (NOR) 3:53.2; 2 – J.C. Stothard (GBR) 3:54.5; 3 – R. Graham (GBR) 3:56.7