The following comprehensive list of Stothard’s races was drawn up by Alex Wilson – there is always a wealth of research involved in compiling such a list and we are grateful to him for it.
25.03.1928 |
Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 100y | 12.2 | 1 | |
25.03.1928 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 300y hcp | 39.4 (scr) | 1 | |
25.03.1928 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 400y | 56.8 | 1 | |
25.03.1928 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 880y | 4 | ||
02.04.1928 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | CC | 22:28.6 | 1 | Junior race; won very easily |
23.03.1929 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 880 | 2:09.0 | 1 | |
23.03.1929 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | LJ | 5.41 m | 1 | |
26.03.1929 | Raeburn Place | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 880 | 2:12 or thereabouts | 2 | |
04.04.1929 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | CC | 21:46.6 | 1 | Junior race; won easily; record (previously 22:08) |
15.03.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | CC | 26:55 | 1 | 59 ran; won by quarter a mile |
19.03.1930 | Colinton | Achilles v Merchiston | 880 | 2:07.6 | 1 | 2 – W.C. Wentworth (Achilles) 20 y (ran 4 y wide as handicap!!) |
19.03.1930 | Colinton | Achilles v Merchiston | LJ | 5.51m | 4 | 1 – R.W. Revans (Achilles) 6.86m (competed at 1928 Olympics) |
. 03.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | Mile | 4:44.6 | 1 | Equals school record set by L.H. Weatherill in 1924 (competed for England in 1934 and 1938 Empire Games) |
26.03.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 440 | 54.4 | 1 | School record (previously figures of 55.2 were jointly held by G.O. Turnbull in 1893 and W.H. Welsh in 1898); windy |
29.03.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 880 | 2:04.4 | 1 | School record |
01.04.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 440 | 55.0e | 2 | 1 – J.R.S. Watson (E.A.) 54.6; 2 – J.C. Stothard (Merchiston) 3 y
windy and wet |
01.04.1930 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 880 | 2:10.0 | 1 | 2 – J.D.A. Anderson (Merchiston) 10 y |
26.03.1931 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | Mile | 4:43.2 | 1 | 2:25 at 880; magnificent last quarter; won by 40-50 y; school record; cold wind blowing |
31.03.1931 | Raeburn Place | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 880 | 2:13.2 | 1 | 2 – I.L. Young (Academy) 40 y |
31.03.1931 | Raeburn Place | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | Mile | 4:55.6 | 1 | 2 – H.J.S. Matthew (Academy) 20 y |
31.03.1931 | Raeburn Place | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 4×220 | 1:42.0 | 1 | Ran anchor leg; won by 10 y |
31.03.1931 | Raeburn Place | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | LJ | 5.65 m | 3 | 1 – D.R.S. Milne 5.97m |
18.03.1932 | Colinton | Achilles v Merchiston Castle School | 880 | 2:05.0 | 1 | |
23.03.1932 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 440 | 53.6 | 1 | School record |
24.03.1932 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | Mile | 4:39.0 | 1 | School record |
26.03.1932 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 880 | 2:03.8 | 1 | School record |
30.03.1932 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | 880 | 2:22.0 | 1 | |
30.03.1932 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle v Edinburgh Academy | Mile | 5:07.8 | 1 | |
03.12.1932 | Cambridge | Intervarsity | 4×880 | 7:58.4 | 1 | A.K. Pardhy, Forbes T. Horan, J.C. Stothard, C.J. Tucker; equals record |
02.03.1933 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | 880 | 2:02.2 | 1h1 | |||
04.03.1933 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | 880 | 1:59.4 | 2 | 1 – Forbes T. Horan 1:59.4; 2 – J.C. Stothard inches; 3 – Cyril J. Tucker 7 y | ||
18.03.1933 | White City | Intervarsity | 880 | 2:00 e | 3 | 1 – Norwood P. Hallowell (Harvard & Balliol) 1:55.8: 2 – F.T. Horan (Cambridge )12 y; 3 – Stothard (Cambridge) 12 y | ||
25.03.1933 | Colinton | Merchiston Castle Games | 100y | 10.7 | 2 | Open to Merchistonians; 1 – P.C. Barkla 10.6; 2 – Stothard; 3 – D.R.S. Milne; less than a yard covered the first three | ||
28.03.1933 | Glenalmond | 440 | 1 | |||||
20.05.1933 | White City | U.A.Uni. champs | 880 | 1:58.2 | 1 | 1 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge, Alverstone) 1:58.2; 2 – C.W.J. Claydon (London) 6 y; 3 – E. Illingsworth (Leeds) 1 ½ y | ||
09.06.1933 | Cambridge | AAA v Cambridge Un. | 880 | 1:58.4 | 1 | 2 – Thomas H. Scrimshaw (AAA) 4 y; 3 – C.J. Tucker (Cambridge) | ||
08.07.1933 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Oxbridge v Harvard & Yale | 880 | 3 | 1 – Pen Hallowell (Oxford) 1:54.0; 2 – J. White (Harvard); 3 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge) | |||
15.07.1933 | Princeton, NJ, USA | Oxbridge v Princeton & Cornell | 880 | 4 | 1 – R.W. Bonthron (Princeton) 1:53.0; 2 – N.P. Hallowell (Oxford) 1:53.8; 3 – P. Vipond (Cornell); 4 – J.C. Stothard (Cambridge) | |||
08.11.1933 | Oxford | Inter-College Relays | 4×440 | 3:32.2 | 1 | Ran last leg for Caius | ||
25.11.1933 | Oxford | University Relays | 4×880 | 8:04e | 2 | Oxford won by 40 yards in 7:56.4; Stothard ran 1:57.8 on third leg | ||
14.02.1934 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | 880 | 2:06.4 | 1 | |||||||||||
22.02.1934 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. Handicaps | 1320y hcp | 3:09.2 | 1 | Won from scratch | ||||||||||
26.02.1934 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | Mile | 4:38e | 2h1 | E.V. Hope won by 40 y in 4:30.6 | ||||||||||
01.03.1934 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | Mile | 4:23.6 | 1 | 2 – Michael John Kent Sullivan 12 y; 3 – E.V. Hope 7y | ||||||||||
03.03.1934 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | 880 | 1:56.6 | 1 | 2 – M.J.K. Sullivan 4 y; 3 – E.V. Hope 2 y | ||||||||||
10.03.1934 | White City | Intervarsity | 880 | 1:54.6 | 2 | 1 – N.P. Hallowell (USA & Balliol) 1:54.2 (record); 2 – J.C. Stothard (Merchiston & Caius) 1:54.6; 3 – C.J. Tucker 6 y | ||||||||||
05.06.1934 | Cambridge | Cambridge Un. v AAA | 880 | 1:59.8 | 1 | 2 – Michael H.C. Gutteridge 5 y | ||||||||||
14.06.1934 | New Goldenacre | Atalanta v Heriot’s School AC | 880 hcp | 2:03.5 [estimated] | 1 | Won in 2:09.4 (conceded 36 yards by running wide) | ||||||||||
23.06.1934 | Hampden Park | SAAA | 880 | 1:58.8 | 1 | 2 – R. Graham 10 y; 3 – I.A. Murray | ||||||||||
21.07.1934 | White City | Oxbridge v Princeton & Cornell | 880 | 1:58.6 | 1 | 2 – Bill Bonthron (Princeton) 1:59.0 (2 y); 3 – Steve Sampson (Cornell) 10 y | ||||||||||
04.08.1934 | White City | British Empire Games | 880 | 1:56.0 | 1h3 | 2 – Jerry Sampson (CAN) 9 y; 3 – Clive Whitehed (ENG) | ||||||||||
06.08.1934 | White City | British Empire Games | 880 | 1:55.6 | 3 | 1 – Phil Edwards (CAN) 1:54.2; 2 – Willie Botha (RSA) 1:55.5; 3 – J.C. Stothard (SCO) 1:55.6; 4 – John Powell (ENG) 1:55.6 | ||||||||||
06.08.1934 | White City | British Empire Games | 4×400 | 3 | 1 – England 3:16.8; 2 – Canada 4 y; 3 – Scotland (Wallace, Wylde, Stothard, Hunter) | |||||||||||
01.12.1934 | Cambridge | University Relays | 4×880 | 7:58.5 | 1 | 1:59 anchor leg; Cambridge won by 90 y | ||||||||||
01.12.1934 | Cambridge | University Relays | 4×440 | 3:24.2 | 1 | Anchored Cambridge to victory by 6 y | ||||||||||
08.02.1935 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | 440 | 51.5 | 1 | Won by 10 yards | ||||||||
08.02.1935 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | 880 | 2:02.8 | 1 | Won by 7 y | ||||||||
14.02.1935 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | LJ | 5.98 m | 3 | |||||||||
14.02.1935 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | 880 | 2:08.6 | 1 | |||||||||
14.02.1935 | Cambridge | Inter-college meeting | 3 miles | 16:27.2 | 1 | Tied with M.F. Dutton (Caius) | ||||||||
26.02.1935 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. Handicaps | 1320y | 3:04.8 | 1 | Won from scratch | ||||||||
05.03.1935 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | 880 | 2:00.0 | 1 | 2 – J.L. Capper 8 y | ||||||||
07.03.1935 | Cambridge | Cambridge Uni. sports | Mile | 4:18.8 | 1 | 2 – Peter D. Ward 50 y | ||||||||
23.03.1935 | White City | Intervarsity | 880 | 1:55.4 | 1= | Tied with M.J.K. (Cambridge) | ||||||||
23.03.1935 | White City | Intervarsity | Mile | 4:23.2 | 1 | 2 – W.T. Squires (Oxford) 4:23.2 (inches) | ||||||||
18.05.1935 | White City | U.A.Uni. champs. | 880 | 1:56.6 | 1 | 2 – M.J.K. Sullivan 1:57.4; 3 – Jim Alford (Cardiff) 1:58.0 | ||||||||
25.05.1935 | White City | Kinnaird Trophy | 880 | 1:57.2 | 1 | 2 – Tom Scrimshaw 1:58.1e (5 yds); 3 – Brian F. McCabe 1:58.1e | ||||||||
10.06.1935 | White City | British Games | Mile | 4:30.2 | 1 | 2 – L. Nilsson (SWE) 10 y | ||||||||
15.06.1935 | Cambridge | AAA v C.U. | Mile | 4:15.8 | 1 | 2 – Aubrey V. Reeve (AAA) 4:18. (18 y); 3 – B.C. Eccles (AAA) 12 y | ||||||||
22.06.1935 |
Hampden |
SAAA | 880 | 1:53.6 | 1 | 2 – W.C. Botha (E.Uni. & RSA) 1:56.6; 3 – A.D.G. White (TVH) | ||||||||
29.06.1935 | Hampden | GBR v FIN | 880 | 1:57.4 | 1 | 2 – John Powell 1:58.2 (5 y) | ||||||||
29.06.1935 | Hampden | GBR v FIN | 4 x 880 | 7:52.0 | 1 | A. Collyer, J. Powell, T. Riddell, J. Stothard | ||||||||
30.06.1935 | Antwerp | Achilles v BEL clubs | 800 | 1:57.4 | 1 | |||||||||
03.07.1935 | Craiglockhart | Atalanta v Eastern Dis. | 440 | 52.4 | 1 | |||||||||
03.07.1935 | Craiglockhart | Atalanta v Eastern Dis. | 880 | 2:00.6 | 1 | 2 – W.H. Whalley 2:01.0 | ||||||||
12.07.1935 | White City | AAA | 880 | 1:56.1 | 1h1 | |||||||||
12.07.1935 | White City | AAA | 880 | 1:53.3 | 1 | 2 – John Powell 1:53.8; 3 – Ralph Scott 1:54.0 | ||||||||
20.07.1935 | White City | Oxbridge v Harvard & Yale | Mile | 4:26.8 | 1 | 2 – John Scheu (Harvard ) 4:29.6; 3 – Roswell Brayton (Harvard) 20 y | ||||||||
27.07.1935 | White City | GBR v FRA | 880 | 1:57.4 | 1 | 2 – J. Powell 1:57.4 (inches); 3 – R. Soulier (FRA) 8 y | ||||||||
11.08.1935 | Munich (Dante Stadium) | GER v GBR | 800 | 1:54.4 | 1 | 2 – W. Dessecker (GER) 1:54.6; 3 – H. König (GER) 1:56.4; 4 – T.H. Scrimshaw (GBR) 1:56.8 | ||||||||
16.08.1935 | Budapest | World Student Games | Medley; last leg | 3:31.2 | 1 | 1 – B.U.A.C. 3:31.2; 2 – Germany 3:32.2; 3 – Czechoslovakia 3:33.8 | ||||||||
17.08.1935 | Budapest | World Student Games | 800 | 1:59.1 | 1h1 | |||||||||
18.08.1935 | Budapest | World Student Games | 800 | 1:56.0 | 1 | 2 – Georg Pochat (GER) 1:56.5; 3 – Paul Faure (FRA) 1:56.6 | ||||||||
22.08.1935 | Zagreb | B.U.A.C.v YUG | 800 | 1:50.8 | 1 | Doubtful | ||||||||
09.06.1936 | Hawkhill | Sports Dispatch Trophy | Mile | 4:35.0 | 1 | 2 – Ian H. MacDonald (E.U.) 4:36.5 (9 y) |
13.06.1936 | White City | Kinnaird Trophy | 880 | 2:03 | 2h1 | |
13.06.1936 | White City | Kinnaird Trophy | 880 | 1:56.3e | 3 | 1 – John Powell 1:55.4; 2 – Brian MacCabe 1:55.8 (2 ½ y); 3 – J.C. Stothard 1:56.3 (3 y); 4 – Reg Thomas 1:56.5 |
18.06.1936 | New Goldenacre | Ed. Un. & FP v Western District & FP | Mile | 4:25.2 | 1 | 2 – G.A. Smith 20 y |
27.06.1936 | Hampden Park | SAAA | Mile | 2 | 1 – R. Graham 4:12.5; 2 – J.C. Stothard 50 y; 3 – Ian MacDonald 20 y | |
30.06.1936 | Helenvale Park | Glasgow Transport Sports | 1000 hcp | 2:13.3 | 1 | 2 – Bobby Graham (scr) 2:14.2 (6 y) |
10.07.1936 | White City | AAA | 880 | 1:57.5 | 2h4 | DNQ for final |
10.07.1936 | White City | AAA | Mile | d.n.f. |
29.05.1937 | White City | Kinnaird Trophy | Mile | 4:19.3e | 3 | 1 – S. Wooderson 4:17.1; 2 – Frank Close 10 y; 3 – J.C. Stothard 3 y | ||||||||
25.06.1937 | Hampden Park | SAAA | 880 | 2:03.2 | 1h2 | |||||||||
26.06.1937 | Hampden Park | SAAA | 880 | 1:57.5 | 1 | 2 – John A.H. Lees 10 y; 3 – R.T.H. „Dick“ Littlejohn 5y | ||||||||
29.06.1937 | Helenvale Park | Glasgow Transport Sports | 1000 hcp | 2:14.8 | 1 | 2 – W. Gowans (Garscube, 40y) 2:15.0 | ||||||||
02.07.1937 | Wuppertal | Int. meeting | 800 | 1:53.4 | 1 | 2- Joseph Mostert (BEL); 3 – John Powell (GBR) | ||||||||
16.07.1937 | White City | AAA | 880 | 1:57.3 | 1h2 | |||||||||
17.07.1937 | White City | AAA | 880 | 1:55.2 | 5 | 1- Arthur Collyer 1:53.3; 2 – Frank Handley 1:53.5; 3 – Jim Alford 1:54.3; 4 – Brian MacCabe 1:55.1; 5 – Stothard 1:55.2; 6 – Jack Powell 1:55.3 | ||||||||
08.08.1937 | Amsterdam | Int. Meeting | 800 | 1:58.8 | 1 | 2 – Schmidt (GER) 1:59.0 | ||||||||
17.08.1937 | Helenvale Park | Glasgow Transport Sports | 1320y hcp | 3:04.0 | 4 | 1 – Alex Haire (RUC, 22y) 2:59.0 | ||||||||
26.08.1937 | Paris | World Student Games | 800 | 1:57.8 | 2h1 | |||||||||
27.08.1937 | Paris | WSG | Olympic relay | 3:28.3 | 1 | (800x200x200x400) 1- B.U.A.C. 3 (Stothard; Pennington, Cyril Holmes, Barnes) 3:28.3; 2 – GER 3:31.4; 3 – FRA 3:34.6 | ||||||||
27.08.1937 | Paris | WSG | 1500 | 2h1 | 1 – P. Denizet (FRA) 4:48.0; 2 – J.C. Stothard 200y | |||||||||
28.08.1937 | Paris | WSG | 800 | 1:54.3 | 2 | 1 – Jim Alford (GBR) 1:54.1; 2- Stothard (GBR) 1:54.3; 3 – J. Arady (HUN) 1:54.3; 4 – G. Istenes (HUN) 1:54.4; 5 – P. Faure (FRA) 1:54.5; 6 – W. Dessecker (GER) 1:55.5 | ||||||||
28.08.1937 | Paris | WSG | 1500 | d.n.s. | 1 – Jim Alford (GBR) 3:56.0; 2 – Jack Emery (GBR) 3:57.0; 3 – H. Stieglitz (GER) 3:59.9 | |||||||||
04.09.1937 | Helsinki | FIN v GBR | 4×800 | 7:39.9 | 1 | A.J. Collyer, J.C. Stothard, J.V. Powell, F.R. Handley
British record |
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05.09.1937 | Helsinki | FIN v GBR | 800 | 1:53.8 | 1 | 2 – O. Teileri (FIN) 1:53.9; 3 – Frank Handley (GBR) 1:54.2; 4 – T. Peussa (FIN) 1:54.6 | ||||||||
07.09.1937 | Stockholm | SWE v GBR | Mile | 4:16.4 | 3 | 1 – A. San Romani (USA) 4:08.4; 2 – Henry Johnsson (SWE) 4:08.8; 3 – J.C. Stothard 4:16.4; 4 – Reg Thomas; 5 – Robert Graham | ||||||||
11.09.1937 | Oslo | NOR v GBR | 800 | 1:54.2 | 2 | 1 – Arthur Collyer 1:53.5; 2 – J.C. Stothard 1:54.2; 3 – A. Hansen (NOR) | ||||||||
12.09.1937 | Oslo | NOR v GBR | 1500 | 3:54.5 | 2 | 1 – H. Lehne (NOR) 3:53.2; 2 – J.C. Stothard (GBR) 3:54.5; 3 – R. Graham (GBR) 3:56.7 | ||||||||