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ACKWORTH GAMES AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM

ACKWORTH GAMES AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM
ACKWORTH GAMES AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM

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An early account of sports at Ackworth School, Yorkshire, during the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with multi-authored chapters on Fifty Years of Ackworth Cricket, Football at Ackworth, Swimming and Athletics at Ackworth, Cricket Tours and The Games of Yesteryear, with photographic illustrations of teams and individuals throughout.

8vo. 79pp. Cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly marked. Spine heavily rubbed at ends. Good condition internally. Only 600 copies printed, of which this is no.133.

Date
1917
Publisher
S. Atkinson
Author
Sam ATKINSON (ed.)

£40.00 (Code: 102699)

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