There was an attendance of several thousands at Paddington Recreation and|Ground for the annual Good Friday cycle race meeting organized by the Southern Counties C. U. There was a spill in a heat of the mile open handicap in which H. M. Crowe (Becontree Wheelers) son of the secretary of the National Cyclists Union was involved X in a collision with D. H. Dearson (Catford C. C.). Crowe broke Ais collarbone and Dearson was badly shaken. Both were taken to hospital.
One of the leading events was the invitation sprints in which W. W. Maxfield the National sprint champion who is on leave from the R.A.F. R. H. Harris, Manchester, and 19 years old D. Ricketts of the Polytechnic took part. Ricketts made a tremendous burst in the last 200 yards of the first heat run over one lap and won by a length and a half from Harris, and in the 1% laps second heat Ricketts won, easing up, from Harris. Ricketts also took the third sprint over one lap, and he filled first place with the maximum score of nine points.
Maxfield and Harris did not start in the five miles race for the B.S.A. Gold Column, while Ricketts dropped out, owing to a puncture, after he had led for two laps. F. G. Murray (Marlborough C.C.) won the final by half a length from L. Thorpe (Barnet C.C.) with S. Luce (Marlboro' A.C.) third. In the mile race for riders of penny-farthing machines, A. J. Denny beat his father C. A. Denny by 1% lengths.
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