Initiated by the Welsh Cross Country Association the first International
Cross Country Championship was held in 1903. Following the success of this
first championship, the four participating associations (ENG, IRL, SCO and
WAL) decided to create the International Cross
Country Union (ICCU) on occasion of the next year's race.
In the morning of the 1904 Manchester race these four countries adopted a
statute providing for the annual change of the hosting right for the
championship among the members. The president and the secretary are each
elected from the delegates of the host association for one year at the
morning session before the race. In 1920, it was decided to occupy the
position of the secretary by one and the same person for more than one year
in order to get more continuity in this office.
In 1907, FRA joined the four home nations. This was the only new one until
1923 as BEL became the sixth member. But in 1929, for the first time
runners participated from countries which did not belong to the ICCU (ESP,
ITA, LUX, SUI).
On the congress of 1971, the ICCU decided to hand over supervision of the
International Cross Country Championship to the
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1973 onwards.
The ICCU dissolved itself in 1972.
28.03.1903 - 25.03.1904 | --- |
26.03.1904 - 24.03.1905 | Albert J. Eggleston ENG |
25.03.1905 - 09.03.1906 | Dr. Robert James Rowlette IRL |
10.03.1906 - 22.03.1907 | W. Fairlamb WAL |
23.03.1907 - 25.03.1908 | George Hume SCO |
26.03.1908 - 19.03.1909 | Joseph Genet FRA |
20.03.1909 - 25.03.1910 | J. Knight ENG |
26.03.1910 - 24.03.1911 | Walter J.M. Newburn IRL |
25.03.1911 - 29.03.1912 | W.J. Morgan WAL |
30.03.1912 - 23.03.1913 | William Laing SCO |
24.03.1913 - 27.03.1914 | P. Enderlin FRA |
28.03.1914 - 02.04.1920 | C.W.F. Pearce ENG |
03.04.1920 - 18.03.1921 | T. Murphy IRL |
19.03.1921 - 31.03.1922 | Harry Packer WAL |
01.04.1922 - 24.03.1923 | J. Howieson SCO |
25.03.1923 - 21.03.1924 | Joseph Genet FRA |
22.03.1924 - 27.03.1925 | W.T. Rainbow ENG |
28.03.1925 - 27.03.1926 | John J. Keane IRL |
28.03.1926 - 01.04.1927 | L. van Beveren BEL |
02.04.1927 - 23.03.1928 | A. Packer WAL |
24.03.1928 - 22.03.1929 | J.C.A. Bogie SCO |
23.03.1929 - 21.03.1930 | Joseph Genet FRA |
22.03.1930 - 27.03.1931 | G.M. Todd ENG |
28.03.1931 - 19.03.1932 | General Eoin O'Duffy IRL |
20.03.1932 - 24.03.1933 | Edouard Hermés BEL |
25.03.1933 - 23.03.1934 | W.H. Facey WAL |
25.03.1934 - 22.03.1935 | Condie Chalmers SCO |
23.03.1935 - 27.03.1936 | Joseph Genet FRA |
28.03.1936 - 19.03.1937 | W.R. Kershaw ENG |
20.03.1937 - 01.04.1938 | Edouard Hermés BEL |
02.04.1938 - 31.03.1939 | Major William Baird NRL |
01.04.1939 - 29.03.1946 | Eddie W. O'Donnell WAL |
30.03.1946 - 29.03.1947 | John Follon SCO |
30.03.1947 - 02.04.1948 | Paul Méricamp FRA |
03.04.1948 - 25.03.1949 | W.C. Jewell ENG |
26.03.1949 - 24.03.1950 | Fred A. Moran IRL |
25.03.1950 - 30.03.1951 | Edouard Hermés BEL |
31.03.1951 - 21.03.1952 | Norman J.A. Moses WAL |
22.03.1952 - 20.03.1953 | George Dallas SCO |
21.03.1953 - 26.03.1954 | Paul Méricamp FRA |
1954 - 1973 | ??? |
28.03.1903 - 25.03.1904 | A. Ross Scott SCO |
26.03.1904 - 24.03.1905 | J.H. Hardwick ENG |
25.03.1905 - 09.03.1906 | H. Dudley Fletcher IRL |
10.03.1906 - 22.03.1907 | Frank Liddington Johns WAL |
23.03.1907 - 25.03.1908 | A. Ross Scott SCO |
26.03.1908 - 19.03.1909 | M.L. Banderville FRA |
20.03.1909 - 25.03.1910 | W. Coles ENG |
26.03.1910 - 24.03.1911 | S.J. Hardy IRL |
25.03.1911 - 29.03.1912 | Frank Liddington Johns WAL |
30.03.1912 - 23.03.1913 | William Roxburgh SCO |
24.03.1913 - 27.03.1914 | H. Pratt FRA |
28.03.1914 - 02.04.1920 | Charles Otway ENG |
03.04.1920 - 18.03.1921 | W.F. Osborne IRL |
19.03.1921 - 22.03.1935 | George Hume SCO |
23.03.1935 - 27.03.1936 | H.J. Scott SCO, acting |
28.03.1936 - 05.01.1945 U | William Thomas Rainbow ENG |
06.01.1945 - 29.03.1946 | --- |
30.03.1946 - (1954) | Lawrence North Richardson ENG |
1954 - 1973 | ??? |
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