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Sunday, July 02, 2006

One-legged cricketers beat one-armed cricketers

According to the BBC:

On the 9th and 10th of August 1796, a cricket match took place between a team of one-legged pensioners and a team of their one-armed counterparts. They played at the Montpelier Tea Gardens in Walworth (now part of south London)

The two teams were drawn from among war veterans at the Greenwich Hospital, and the match between them was arranged by two "noble lords" who had a bet of 1000 guineas on the outcome.

The one-legged Greenwich Pensioners (93 and 104) defeated their One Armed counterparts (41 and 53) by 103 runs.

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