The 1912 championships were held on 18th May in Stewart’s College fields in Edinburgh – and the number of competing schools was down to eight.   A disappointment after the 14 of the previous year.   Allan Glen’s, Ayr Academy, Bellahouston Academy, Edinburgh Institution, George Heriots, Royal High School, Rothesay Academy and Stewart’s College were the participants.  There was also a change in the age groups in 1912 with the Under 13 age group now being the Under 14 age group.  The ‘Scottish Referee’ had a number of articles, paragraphs, etc, on the event including a straight account of the results.

There had been many very good athletes taking part over the years and none were written up as the Stewart’s athlete R Cruickshank was. 

The above is from the  justly proud ‘Grantown Supplement’ 0f  20th May. 1912 but even more space is given of the athlete’s performances and ability.

The Edinburgh papers of the time clearly served their readers well and the Edinburgh Evening News too leapt on the Cruickshank bandwagon.  

A good meeting with excellent performances but a fair drop from the previous year’s participants leaving us with the question of where would next year’s venture take us?   

Meanwhile the individual winners  are noted here.

OPEN EVENTS

EVENTS	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	RA Cruickshank	Stewart’s College	10.4 seconds *
440 Yards	JM Davie	Stewart’s College	56 seconds
One Mile	DA Miller	Ayr Academy	5 min 12 seconds
120 Yards Hurdles	R Broadwood	George Heriot’s School	18.2 seconds
High Jump	RA Cruickshank A McIntosh	Stewart’s College Royal High School	5′ 1 1/4″
Broad Jump	RA Cruickshank	Stewart’s College	20′ 7″
Throwing the Cricket Ball	RA Cruickshank	Stewart’s College	104 Yards 2 Feet 7 Inches
Putting the Weight	WA Morrison	George Heriot’s	30′ 6 1/2″

UNDER 16

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	JK Murray	Ayr Academy	10.8 * seconds
880 Yards	I Robertson	Edinburgh Institution	2 min 16.8 sec
120 Yards Hurdles	JG Black	Royal High School	20.4 seconds
High Jump	M Edelman GS Campbell	Royal High School Stewart’s College	4′ 10 1/4″
Broad Jump	R Gardner	George Heriots	18′ 2″

UNDER 14 

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	R Baird	Allan Glen’s High School	12.0 seconds
300 Yards	R Baird	Allan Glen’s High School	43.4 seconds
High Jump	G Govan	Royal High School	4′ 3″
Broad Jump	A Bryden	Allan Glen’s High School	15′ 4″

Lots of good performances there but how did the schools do?    The home team, Stewart’s, had six,  Royal High had four  Allan Glen’s had three, Heriot’s had three, Ayr had two.