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The First Monstre Meet

The following seasons saw the Nightingales consolidate their position. Its members - notably John Baker, Alf Adams and secretary C.D. Hiscocks - are credited with organising the first Monstre meet of local clubs.

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Fifty athletes turned up at the Duke of Cumberland in Cottingham for the first meet in December 1886. The social that followed, chaired by George Lidiard of Hull Harriers, proved a memorable and high-spirited affair. The Nightingales set another precedent that season, being the first local club to enter the Kennedy Cup, the forerunner of the present Yorkshire Cross-Country Championship, where they took a creditable third place.