Title
Photograph of Wilf Higgins
Reference
YA2009.27/15
Production date
1938 - 1938
Creator
- Manchester Athletic ClubBiographyBiography
Manchester Athletic Club was formed on 9 September 1886. Its original home was close to Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Stretford, Manchester. The Club was responsible for organising the sporting events associated with the Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Old Trafford in 1887 in return for free training facilities for a year at the exhibition site, now the home of the White City retail park in Old Trafford, Manchester.
Following the exhibition, the Club continued to rent the facilities at Old Trafford until 1892, when the Club relocated to the new Fallowfield Stadium, alongside a velodrome used by Manchester Athletic Bicycle Club, later the Manchester Wheelers' Cycling Club.
Manchester Athletic Club introduced club championships at the Fallowfield Stadium in 1894, with the most successful Club members going on to compete in the Amateur Athletics Association championships. Other innovations were the Withington Road Relay, held between Withington and Didsbury, Manchester, and the Heaton Park Relay in North Manchester.
Manchester Athletic Club merged with its rival club Manchester and District Harriers in 1977, becoming the Manchester Harriers and Athletic Club.
Scope and Content
Commemorative photograph in card mount celebrating Wilf Higgins as the 1000 Yards Sprint Champion of The British Empire for 1934-1938, issued by the Manchester Athletic Club, owners of the Fallowfield Stadium where the 1934 British Empire Games were held.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Higgins, Ernest WilfredBiographyBiography
Ernest Wilfred Higgins, also known as 'Wilf Higgins', was a Mancunian cyclist who competed at the international level in the 1930s. He cycled with the Manchester Wheelers Club. Higgins won a gold medal at the British Empire Games held in Fallowfield in 1934 for his performance in the 1000 yard sprint. He also won London's cycling Grand Prix and, together with D.S. Horn, the Tandem National Championship in 1935.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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