  
				The Pelling-Ratcliff Trophy 
				Presented in 1921
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				Annual Mob Match against 
				Ranelagh Harriers
				Although the first inter-club race with 
				Ranelagh Harriers was in 1886, but it was not until 1907 that a 
				match was run on an "all to score" or "mob match" basis. The 
				fixture on the 12th January 1907 was from our headquarters in 
				West Wickham. Ranelagh started with 17 runners and Blackheath 
				30. The scoring was 17 a side. Two years later it was agreed 
				that the number to score would be that of the club with the 
				smaller numerical strength, less three. This became established 
				as the standard scoring method for all mob matches. 
				In 1922 a trophy was presented by E. H. 
				Pelling of Ranelagh and E. J. Ratcliff of Blackheath to be held 
				by the winning club each year and to be known as the Pelling-Ratcliff 
				Cup. 
				
					
						Ranelagh 23 wins 
						Blackheath 70 wins 
						No competition 
							1914/5-1918/9 (5 years) 
						No competition 
							1939/40-1945/6 (7 years) 
						No race - 1962/3 or 1986/7 (2 years) 
					 
				 
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