Word: rochampton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...victory of the Oxford-Cambridge cross-country racers over Cornell at Rochampton, 29 points to 25, is a reminder (not especially needed) that the British Empire yet furnishes rivals worthy our best sporting steel. Eight months ago an English team at the University of Pennsylvania won the two-mile relay in the world's record time. The Empire was our runner-up in the Olympic games. We won the Davis Cup, but we must remember that out of the fifteen contestants for it the Australasians have won six times, the British five, and American four. Next June we will send...
...required for a short period of time. The Britisher, on the other hand, has usually excelled in events which require stamina, endurance and long training. Of such events cross-country running is a typical example. The Oxford and Cambridge harriers had a further advantage in being familiar with the Rochampton course, which is the course over which are customarily held the cross-country contests between the two universities...
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