Sefton Harriers A Centenary History
1889-1999
Norman Wilson

By the summer of 1919 track running was back in full swing with Sefton Harriers runners very much at the head of affairs.
At Stamford Bridge, London on 5th July our E.J.Rogers finshed 3rd in the A.A.As 4 mile Championship. Ted also took 2nd place in the N.C.A.A 1 mile Championship in Manchester in the same year.
The following Sefton success were recorded in the summer:

 Sefton were making a rapid recovery from the war years, and in addition to the successes achieved on the track and field; at the Annual general Meeting on 10th September 1919, "the Hon Treasurer was congratulated on the excellent financial position of the Club who had now a balance of £11.17.6d. after everything had been paid for and allowed for. For the first time in 10 years our finances were in credit! At the same Meeting J.T.Rimmer was unanimously elected a life-member. It was a well deserved honour for a man who put back into the sport more than he ever took out.
The minutes of this particular meeting have presented the author with rich pickings and reproduced here is a further extract:
A.A.A voting power. Mr T.C Jones proposed, Mr A.E Lovelady seconding:- "That Sefton Harriers place themselves on record as strongly protesting against the present voting arrangements of A.A.A. by which the Southern voting strength is more than twice that of the Northern and Midlands districts combined. The motion was passed unanimously, it being decided