Ernest Barnes (athlete)

Barnes was a member of the Derby & County AC, where he was vice-captain below fellow Olympian Harry Sewell and in 1907 helped the club win the Midlands junior cross-country title.^[2]

Barnes represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London,^[3][4] and finished 13th in the men's marathon.^[5] He was only one of four British athletes to complete the race. Despite being the first Briton into the stadium, he finished one place behind William Clarke, the leading Briton.^[2]

In 1909, Barnes won the Derby's 10-mile championship race in 1909 and finished 10th in the International Cross Country Championships at Derby.^[2]

Barnes built his own house using his skills as a bricklayer and master builder and later became the landlord of the Homesford Cottage Inn at Whatstandwell, Derbyshire.^[2]

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