Sporting Siblings and Brothers in Arms
This year will mark 100 years since the Hartley brothers from Shipton under Wychwood, in West...
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Posted by Bill Williams | Oct 3, 2022 | Archival Research, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Sport & Leisure History | 2
This year will mark 100 years since the Hartley brothers from Shipton under Wychwood, in West...
Read MorePosted by Bill Williams | Aug 22, 2022 | Leisure, Sport & Leisure History | 0
Chastleton House, built in 1607 is most famous for an episode during The English Civil War in...
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By the early summer of 1916, Captain Gilbert Laird Jessop (hero of the 1902 Oval Test Match) was...
Read MorePosted by Bill Williams | May 9, 2022 | Archival Research, Cricket, Team Sports | 0
The summer of 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of ‘Botham’s test’, which for...
Read MorePosted by Bill Williams | Apr 7, 2022 | Archival Research, Cricket, Team Sports | 1
The 1898 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Gilbert Laird Jessop AKA ‘The Croucher’, is a well-known...
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