On This Week in Sport & Leisure History
29th July~4th August 2019
29th The most famous bowls match in history took place on this day in 1588, or so legend has it....
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Author: Margaret Roberts
On this Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 22nd-28th July 2019
22nd Cosmo Duff-Gordon, was born on this day in 1862. A prominent Scottish landowner and...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 15th-21st July 2019
15th On this day in 1815 the first flat horse race was held at an English race track – Cheltenham...
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On This Week in sport & Leisure History ~ 8th-14th July 2019
8th Events at Wimbledon on this day over the years include: in 1905, Laurence Doherty won his 4th...
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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 1st-7th July 2019 ~ Tennis
1st BBC 2 began transmissions in colour in Britain in 1967 with nearly seven hours’ coverage of...
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