The history of Belgrave Harriers | Index to the history pages

Early Days

The history of Belgrave Harriers from 1887 to 1913 was originally

written by Clive Shippen,

but has been edited and added to by Alan Mead.

1914 onwards by Alan Mead.

Athletics at The Oval, Kennington, we believe in 1912. Belgravian Charlie Cook (second left) places 4th in the 100 yards won by Olympic Champion Willie Applegarth (far right).

1887 Why don't we form a harriers club of our own?
1887 The inaugural meeting and the drawing up of a constitution.
1887 Belgrave's first race.
1888 Back to the Oval.
1888-1890 H Morton Carr and the possibility of a Club HQ in Battersea.
1888-1890 Battersea Harriers win the South of Thames Championship.
1888-1890 Annual evening meetings at the SLH grounds.
1891-1899 Walking section improving ... runners take to 'street running'.
1891-1899 Whisky ... and Boxing.
1899 A change of HQ and back to cross-country.

Into the 20th Century

1 900-1902 Sam Sherrington leads the cross country revival.
1 903 Summer competition.
1 903-1904 First ever team medals.
1 904-1912 The demise of the Boxing Section and a move to Tom Sullivan's.
1 913 New headquarters at Chelsea & Wimbledon.
1914 Eagerness and a fair degree of success.
1914 Into the abyss.