Re: [CR]Marguerite Wilson

(Example: Racing)

Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:22:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Marguerite Wilson
To: Paul Williams <castell5@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To: <002201c66173$b0a9a900$8aabfea9@YOURE7C4726E5B>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I think the thing that amazes about Burton is she regularly competed against top male trialists and often beat all but the best of them. Not sure if Wilson did that to the same extent. Of course time trialing is an essentially individual discipline, so female cyclists competing against men would be a lot more common than in road racing.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

Paul Williams <castell5@sympatico.ca> wrote: Jerry,

It would be interesting to know how they compare - did Burton attempt all of the events that Wilson did? What was the competition like for Wilson in the 1930s and how many women pros were there?

Here are Wilson's records as of 31 Dec. 1949:

25 miles (p.) - 1h. 6m. 16s.

50 miles (p.) - 1h. 56m. 33s

100 miles - 4h. 31m. 8s.

100 miles (a. tandem with Mrs Uren) - 4h. 20m. 48s.

1,000 miles (p.) - 3d. 11h. 44m.

12 hours. (a.) - 215 miles

12 hours (p.) - 230 miles

24 hours (p.) - 396 miles

London to York (a.) - 10h 54m.

London to York (p.) - 10h 3m

London to Birminham (p.) - 5h 45m

London to Bath and back (p.) - 10h 50 m 53s

London to Brighton and Back (p.) - 5h 20m 30s (interestingly a Mrs. S. Farrell as an amateur was the record holder at 5h 6m 35s)

London to Portsmouth and Back (p.) - 7h 15m 14s

Land's End to London (p.) - 17h 9m

London to Liverpool (p.) - 10h 2m

Edinburgh to Glasgow and Back (p.) - 4h 33m

Liverpool to Edinburgh (p.) - 12h 10m

Land's End to John o' Groats (p.) - 2days, 22h, 52m.

Regards,

Paul Williams,
Ottawa, ON, Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos"
To: "Chuck Schmidt"


List" Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Marguerite Wilson


> Odd that almost no one in America, and perhaps few today even in UK, know
> of her. Perhaps it is because her achievements would soon after be
> eclipsed by the even greater ones of Beryl Burton.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>
> Marguerite Wilson in "Golden Book of Cycling"
>
> http://www.rra.org.uk/gbc_wilson.htm
>
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> .