''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' was a newspaper established by Sir Edward Hulton, a Manchester City chairman, a newspaper proprietor and a racehorse owner. It started publication in 1897, was renamed ''Evening Chronicle'' in 1914 but stayed in Manchester. It continued publication under various ownerships until 1963, when it was merged with the more successful ''

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'' and discontinued publication.

History

Hulton's father

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was a well-known publisher and had founded earlier the '' Sporting Chronicle'' in 1871, the ''

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'' in 1875 and the ''

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'' in 1885. Besides the ''Manchester Evening Chronicle'', Sir Edward Hulton also founded the ''Daily Dispatch'' in 1900 and the '' Daily Sketch'' tabloid newspaper in 1909. The ''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' was renamed ''Evening Chronicle'' in 1914. Edward Hulton and Co., of London and Manchester, a private company of proprietors, printers and

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s was sold for £6 million when Hulton retired due to illness in 1923. The newspapers were sold, including the ''Manchester Evening Chronicle''. The paper became controlled by Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere. Most of Hulton newspapers were sold again soon afterwards, to the Allied Newspapers consortium formed in 1924 (renamed

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in 1943 and bought by Roy Thomson in 1959). Almost all the newspapers Hulton founded have since merged with other newspapers. In 1955 the ''Daily Dispatch'' merged with the '' News Chronicle'', which was subsequently absorbed into the '' Daily Mail'' in 1960. The ''Evening Chronicle'' on the other hand, ailing by the 1960s was merged with the more successful ''

'' in 1963.

Tournaments

''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' also organized various sports events, notably The '' Manchester Evening Chronicle Tournament'', a professional golf tournament played at Mere Golf Club in Mere, Cheshire, England. It was held from 1947 to 1949. Total prize money was £1400 in 1947 and £1500 in 1948 and 1949. The event was won by Belgian

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in 1947, by Australian

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in 1948 and Northern Irish golfer

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in 1949.

References

{{Defunct newspapers of the United Kingdom Newspapers published in Manchester Publications established in 1897 Publications disestablished in 1963 History of Manchester Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom