02 September 1950
W.A. club championship results
In the senior category John Prydderch's 10.4 secs for the 100 yards and Matt Smith's 5ft. 8ins. high jump were the best track and field performances respectively at the conclusion of Wallasey Athletic Club's 1950 athletic championships. Which were completed last Saturday at Leasowe Road.
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977
09 September 1950
Date fixed for W.A.C.'s annual meeting
The annual general meeting of Wallasey Athletic Club will be held at the Queen's Arms, Liscard Village, on Thursday, September 21 at 7.30 p.m., when all members are asked to attend.
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985
14 October 1950
Cross-Country season opens
The cross-country season was officially opened on Saturday, when all clubs
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979
21 October 1950
Athletic club notes
Wallasey Athletic Club open their cross-country fixtures when they entertain Waterloo, at Leasowe Road, next Saturday.
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976
18 November 1950
Junior athletes win at Chester
The juniors had their first fixture of the season last week against H.M.S. Conway, and Chester College, at Chester, and were fortunate enough to beat their opponents comfortably.
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981
02 December 1950
Wallasey A.C.
Last week's fixture against Liverpool Harriers at Wallasey was an excellent if not glorious event for Wallasey.
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982
16 December 1950
Athletic clubs successful day
Wallasey's youths team achieved their greatest victory to date when they won the Cheshire Youths championship at Bromborough on Saturday. Their close packing 2nd, 4th, 7th and 8th positions ensured a safe margin of three points over the second team, Wirral A.C.
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983
23 December 1950
Athletic Club Notes
Liverpool Pembroke A.C. and Boundary Harriers fielded good sized packs when they visited Wallasey on Saturday.
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990
23 December 1950
Close finish in A.C.'s novice championship
What is said to be the closest finish in the history of the Club Novice Championship was witnessed at Leasowe Road on Saturday, when D. Anderson and R. Fullerton
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984
30 December 1950
Athletic Club notes
The club held their Christmas handicap on Saturday, and an entry of 22 enjoyed an excellent run. Once again it was evident that the youths in the club are running extremely well, and they occupied the first four places in the race, in spite of large handicaps.
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989
13 January 1951
Runners could not cross swollen Birket
Because of the rapid thaw at the end of the week the Birket had risen so high it was impossible to cross it, and Wallasey Athletic Club was therefore unable to run over the usual course. The fixture with Wirral A.C. had to be held over a distance of 7½ miles, most of which was road.
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988
20 January 1951
Dinsdale again wins club championship
There were no surprises in this years Wallasey Athletic Club championships but this did not detract from the appreciation of the fine running of the club champions.
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987
27 January 1951
Wallasey Athletic Club notes
Last week's visit to Liverpool Harriers headquarters at Woolton Park did not prove to be a very profitable one for Wallasey’s senior team.
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986
03 February 1951
Bob Johnston’s fine performance
For Wallasey the outstanding feature of the Liverpool & District Cross-Country Championships held at Wirral A.C. headquarters, Prenton, was Bob Johnson's magnificent performance in winning comfortably the junior event. He easily outclassed the second and third men, who were nearly two hundred yards behind d at the finish.
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980
17 February 1951
Cross-country championships at Moreton
Bob Johnston (Wallasey A.C.) took second place in the West Lancashire Cross-Country junior championship race held at Moreton on Saturday. He finished behind W. A. Price (Liverpool Pembroke) who completed the five mile course in 27 minutes 36 secs.
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969
09 June 1951
Platt's New County Record
During the 4th annual Cheshire County Athletic Championships at Port Sunlight Oval last Saturday afternoon, Len Platt, of Wallasey Athletic Club and Cheshire, set up new figures for the long jump with a leap of 22ft 2in., beating his own previous best championship performance by 1ft. 8in.
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978
09 June 1951
Long jump record by local athlete
Wallasey athletes were well to the fore in the Cheshire County Championships at Port Sunlight Oval on Saturday, winning the 120 yards hurdles, the long jump (a record),
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975
09 June 1951
Wallaseyans do well in the County sports
Wallasey Athletic Club members gained places in 15 of the 36 events in the Cheshire athletic championships, held at Port Sunlight, Oval, on Saturday.
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974
16 June 1951
Athletic club notes
At Holt High School on Wednesday evening, Liverpool Harriers defeated Wallasey Athletic Club by 197 points to 166 points in a selection of events contested by graded teams.
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973
30 June 1951
Platt retains his hop jump title
Len Platt of Wallasey Athletic Club retained his hop, step and jump title with a distance of 44ft. 3ins. when the Northern Counties Athletic Championships were decided at Fallowfield, Manchester last Saturday. He also took second place in the long jump with a leap of 21ft. 51/2ins.
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972
07 July 1951
Best performance by Len Platt
During the match between the Northern Counties, Midland Counties and A.A.A. at Coventry last weekend (which was remarkable for the victory of the Midland team), Wallasey Athletic Club's County representative, Len Platt, achieved a distance of 45ft. 51/4 ins. to take second place in the hop, step and jump event which was won by the British Olympic jumper, S. Cross of Warwickshire.
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971
28 July 1951
Athletic Club successes
Wallasey Athletic Club junior members, Don Anderson and Bob Fullerton, scored excellent successes during the weekend.
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970