The war was now over and things were getting back to normal – for the Inter-Scholastics however things were better than normal with eighteen schools taking part and four records being set in the one afternoon.   With mixed weather on the day, the prospects for the future were bright.  The ‘Glasgow Herald’ told us that there were 18 schools taking part – two more than the previous best.   The introductory comments and result below are from the ‘Scotsman’

 

That the boys competing were of a high standard, is self evident but the results of the SAAA Championships in June that year featured some of the athletes who had already turned out for their school in the inter-scholastics.   The following remarks are from the ‘Scotsman’ report on that meeting about the former Dumbarton Academy boy who had won events in the inter-scholastics as follows:

1916 as an Under 16, won 100 yards, 120 yards hurdles and Broad Jump

1917 in the open events, won 100 yards, high jump, broad jump, cricket ball

1918 won the 100 yards, 440 yards, 120 yards hurdles.

1919 won the 100 yards, broad jump and throwing the cricket ball

In his first year as a senior in the SAAA championships (1920) the following comments were made:   

The winners of the individual results are summarised below.

OPEN EVENTS

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	LJ Dunn	Watson’s College	10.8 seconds
440 Yards	J Shearer	George Heriots High School	57.4 seconds
One Mile	J Halliday	Royal High School	5:04.8
120 Yards Hurdles	LJ Dunn	Watson’s College	17.2 seconds
High Jump	HD Watt	Dollar Institution	5′ 5 1/2″ *
Broad Jump	J Watson	Watson’s College	20′  4″
Throwing the Cricket Ball	J Watson	Watson’s College	90 yards 2 feet 6 inches
Putting the Weight	AM Murray	George Heriot’s High School	34′  3″
Relay		Royal HS	3 min 11.8 sec

UNDER 16

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	J Crawford	Whitehill School	11.6
880 Yards	W Lyall	Stewart’s College	2:19.0
120 Yards Hurdles	RGA Savage	Watson’s College	19.0 seconds
High Jump	J Bonham T Dick	Allan Glen’s High School Leith Academy	4′  8 3/4″
Broad Jump	WD McKenzie	George Heriot’s High School	16′ 6″

UNDER 14

EVENT	WINNER	SCHOOL	PERFORMANCE
100 Yards	A McGeorge	Royal High School	11.8 seconds
300 Yards	A McGeorge	Royal High School	39 seconds *
High Jump	A McGeorge	Royal High School	4′  21/2
Broad Jump	A McGeorge	Royal High School	16′  1″ *
Relay		Royal High School	NTG

McGeorge in the Under 14 age group easily won all event with three being meeting records although the reports only named two was such.  It was also encouraging to see no fewer than nine schools sharing the spoils – Ayr Academy, Dollar Institution, George Heriot’s, Leith Academy, Royal High School, Trinity, Stewart’s, Watson’s and Whitrehill.