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How the game was played

Essays in sports history
  • ISBN-13: 9781911204299
  • Publisher: EDWARD EVERETT ROOT
    Imprint: EDWARD EVERETT ROOT
  • By Wray Vanplew
  • Price: AUD $68.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 30/10/2016
  • Format: Paperback (211.00mm X 148.00mm) 320 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Windows & variants [ULD]History of sport [WSBX]
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This work by the award-winning sports historian goes beyond scores and results to present a unique view of Britain's sporting past. This involves looking at the dark side of sport, the use of alcohol as a performance enhancing drug, the violence of football hooligans before the First World War, the tribulations of weight-watching jockeys, and the employment of children as young a seven as golf caddies. On the more positive side the ground-breaking contribution of the Glasgow Charity Cup in using football as a vehicle for charitable fund raising is highlighted as is the pioneering role of women in golf - a sport in which they have often been considered subordinate to men - and the courage shown by amateur jump jockeys in piloting their mounts over fences and hurdles.
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