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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 467

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as formed in 1869 with the ostensibleobject of promoting championships and legislat-ing for the government of amateur sport. Formany years its authority was not much recogni.sedoutside the southern counties ; but since 1889,when England was divided into three districts,each of which has… … Nearing the Water, Somersault Dive. gate from one of its three branches, i.e..Northern, Midland, or Southern, and the re-presentation in the Council of the districtbodies is based on the number of clubs affiliatedto each of them, so that, unlike several ofthe kindred associations, it is purely…

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