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1949 5th Brighton to Glasgow

Race Summary Credit: Story of The Brighton to Glasgow by Charles Fearnley

1949_Brighton_Glas-six001w A page from a book about the race kindly sent in by Coureur provided the initial information.

The book was .... Fearnley, Charles - The Story of the "Six" - an intimate account of the 1949 Brighton-Glasgow Six day Cycling Marathon, London, Hutchinson, 1949

And through the generosity of another web user a scanned copy of the whole book has since been provided. [Thanks to Tony Stringer]

So after a long delay - apologies Tony - work has at last started on putting it online.

Stage	Date	Route	1st	Time	2nd	3rd
1		Brighton - Catherham (66 miles)	George Lander	2:47:20	Roland Watel	Les Wade
2		London - Wolverhampton (119 miles)	Clive Parker	5:01:34	Ken Russell	L Hook
3		Wolverhampton - Bradford (98 miles)	Tom Saunders	4:49:25	George Lander	Ken Russell
4		Bradford - Newcastle upon Tyne (103 miles)	Geoff Clark	6:10:07	Stan Blair	Norman Taylor
5		Newcastle upon Tyne - Edinburgh (106 miles)	Eugène Garnier	5:13:28	Tom Saunders	George Lander
6		Edinburgh - Glasgow (?? miles)	Peter Lynch	5:03:20	John Welch	J Spragg

Final Classifications

Pos.	Rider	Team	Time
1	Geoff Clark	ITP	29:19:42
2	George Lander	Polhill RC	29:25:19
3	Tom Saunders	Urago Cycles	29:29:51
4	Clive Parker	Paris Cycles	29:30:30
5	Ken Russell	Bradford RCC	29:32:44
6	L Hook	R O Harrison Cycles
7	Les Wade	Polhill RC
8	Geoff Graves	Polhill RC
9	Stan Blair	Ridley CC
10	J Spragg	Hateley Cycles
11	Eugène Garnier	FSGT
12	Peter Lynch	Rotrax Cycles
13	M Becker	T Higgins
14	C Brown	Ealing CC
15	J Ford	ITP
16	F Seel	ITP
17	E Mitchell	South Lancs RC
18	M Peers	ITP
19	A Baguet	FSGT
20	G Penman	Ealing CC
21	I Greenfield	Comet RC
22	A Clarke	Paris Cycles
23	T Lovell	Three Spires RC
24	K Taylor	J Taylor Cycles
25	R Loveday	Streatham CRC
26	J Fletcher	R O Harrison Cycles
27	H Burvill	Paris Cycles
28	N Jones	Wolverhampton RCC
29	K Swaby	Halifax RCC
30	C Ramet	FSGT
31	J Welsh	Hateley Cycles
32	J Curtin	South Lancs RC
33	H Bloomfield	J Taylor Cycles
34	V Brown	Ridley CC
35	P Jukes	Birmingham P
36	D Buttle	East London RC
37	N Taylor	J Taylor Cycles
38	R Lewis	Wolverhampton CRA
39	F Nicholls	Sedgley RCC
40	J Williams	R O Harrison Cycles
41	H Armstrong	Tyne Electric
42	K Jones	Birmingham P

Pos	Team	Time	Award
1	Polhill RC	88:37:44	Charles Fearnley Trophy
2	ITP	88:53:58	Charles Fearnley Consolation Trophy
3	Paris Cycles	89:22:23
4	FSGT	89:31:06
5	R O Harrison Cycles	90:22:32

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