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ICCU - International Cross Country Union (historical)

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.

Presidents

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 ???

Honorary Secretary and Treasurer

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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