''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' was a newspaper established by Sir Edward Hulton, a

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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 Edward Hulton 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 ''

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'' 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

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and

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. Most of Hulton newspapers were sold again soon afterwards, to the Allied Newspapers consortium formed in 1924 (renamed Kemsley Newspapers in 1943 and bought by

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in 1959). Almost all the newspapers Hulton founded have since merged with other newspapers. In 1955 the ''Daily Dispatch'' merged with the ''

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'', which was subsequently absorbed into the ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', a professional golf tournament played at Mere Golf Club in

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, 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 Flory Van Donck in 1947, by Australian

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in 1948 and Northern Irish golfer Fred Daly in 1949.

References

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