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Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport.

Raymond Glendenning was a well known radio sports presenter and popular figure of the of the forties and fifties and lent his name to several sports books of the time. The book was fronted by him and each volume contained a mixture of features on various sports. Each volume also contains 3-4 stories of Skip and Co. of Felgate School

The book continued beyond 1962 as the Grandstand Book of Sport but no longer contained Hamilton stories.

You can find full details in the publications section of  The Greyfriars Index

 


Felgate in the Glendenning book of sport

Felgate was created by Hamilton for the Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport but new stories also appeared in Billy Bunter's Own and Tom Merry's Own.

 

Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1950 Chancing it with Charne
Skip Plays for School
Perkinson's Last Match
Sportsman [Felgate]
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1951 Perkinson's Promise [Felgate]
Spot of Luck [Felgate]
First Man Home
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1952 Skip's Secret
Skip's Run!
Jolly Good Sport!
Unexpected
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1953 Not Out
Skip on the Spot
Skip's Game
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1954 Leg up for Langdale
Just Like Skip
Trouble For Three
Skip's Scheme
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1955 Caught Ruggles
Man Wanted
Winning Through
Truants Luck
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1956 Photo Finish
Skip on the Warpath
Poor old Perk
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1957 Skip All Over
Fight to a Finish
Rivals of the River
Perkinsons Plight
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1958 Six for Sleake
Not a Success
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Perkinson Punch
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1959 Play the Game
Pluck and Luck
Skip Knows How
Skip's Goal
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1960 Just Like Perkinson
The Upper Hand
Out of Bounds!
Langdale's Luck
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1961 Skip Solves the Problem
Narrow Escape
Christmas present for Charne
Last Man In
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport 1962 Skip the Fighting Man
Truant's Triumph
Pulling Perkinson's Leg
All's Well That Ends Well