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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 527

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o men under11 stone 3 lbs., whilstthe heavy-weight isopen to the world. The present heavy-weight champion isGeorge Steadman, ofWhitehaven. Stead-man is now 51 yearsof age, but, when hecarried away the beltfrom the Grasmerering in 1896 for thethirteenth time, he wasas good, both in attackand… … to the military demands of the day, the chiefsupporters were called from home and no sportswere held—the Grasmere Gathering has apractically unbroken record. In 1852 the a wrestler in 1862 ; he can wrestle in any andevery recognised style, and has met and thrownthe thin French Champion Le Boeuf, at…

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