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.