These were my contemporaries (writes Michael Buss) for I recognise so many faces (far left, David Bloor; far right Gerald Sunders; high in the middle back, Adrian Wildbore. Also at the back Alasdair McAffee and me.) If this was the Intermediate race - it was won by Tony Back (see below). I came second - darn it!
Colin Hinds and Roger Finney have now put names on nearly everybody - see below.
| 1 | Bloor | 31 | Baxter | ||
| 2 | Kinsey | 32 | Jackson | ||
| 3 | Matthews | 33 | Fletcher | ||
| 4 | Hill | 34 | Collins | ||
| 5 | Patrick | 35 | Finney | ||
| 6 | Perry | 36 | Owen | ||
| 7 | Wells | 37 | Stephens | ||
| 8 | Warwick | 38 | Back | ||
| 9 | Wildbore | 39 | Higgs | ||
| 10 | Tomlinson | 40 | Simpkin | ||
| 11 | Fitzgerald | 41 | Butler | ||
| 12 | Chapman | 42 | Baker | ||
| 13 | McCaffe | 43 | Bullock | ||
| 14 | Jackson | 44 | Parrish | ||
| 15 | 45 | Harris | |||
| 16 | Buss | 46 | Boucher | ||
| 17 | Brimblecombe | 47 | |||
| 18 | Old | 48 | James | ||
| 19 | 49 | Allsopp | |||
| 20 | Harrison | 50 | Blake | ||
| 21 | Cartledge | 51 | Froggatt | ||
| 22 | Lacey | 52 | Bull | ||
| 23 | Newcombe | 53 | Hinds | ||
| 24 | Saunders | 54 | Keetley | ||
| 25 | Lockyer | ||||
| 26 | Redfern | Best guess | |||
| 27 | Wharton | Central School | |||
| 28 | Milward | Cross Country | |||
| 29 | Griffiths | 1956? | Forms 3X & 3A | ||
| 30 | Noble | Darley Park | |||