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Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: A Truly Wonderful Collection of Rugby Trivia
Paul Donnelley
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Description for Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: A Truly Wonderful Collection of Rugby Trivia
Hardback. Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a rugby fan's delight, chock-full of astonishing events, time-honoured anecdotes and distinctly unlikely facts, charting the history of the sport from 1823 to date. Do you know which was the first novel to mention rugby? When the last 20-a-side rugby match was played? Or why a fan cut off his testicles to celebrate a win? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: WSJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 195 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a rugby fan's delight, chock-full of astonishing events, time-honoured anecdotes and distinctly unlikely facts. Beginning in 1823 with an event that probably didn't happen, the book charts the history of the sport to the present day. Did you know that Wasps were not included at the formation of the Rugby Football Union because their representative went to the wrong venue and got drunk? Or that the first international was won by Scotland because the umpire, a Dr Almond, adjudged: 'When an umpire is in doubt, I think he is justified in deciding against the side ... Read more
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a rugby fan's delight, chock-full of astonishing events, time-honoured anecdotes and distinctly unlikely facts. Beginning in 1823 with an event that probably didn't happen, the book charts the history of the sport to the present day. Did you know that Wasps were not included at the formation of the Rugby Football Union because their representative went to the wrong venue and got drunk? Or that the first international was won by Scotland because the umpire, a Dr Almond, adjudged: 'When an umpire is in doubt, I think he is justified in deciding against the side ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hove, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785310386
SKU
V9781785310386
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Paul Donnelley
The Sunday Times Top Ten best-selling author Paul Donnelley has written more than twenty books on a variety of subjects including football, cricket, golf, true crime, television and cinema. He has written more than 600 articles for newspapers, magazines and online, and at one time or another he has worked for most Fleet Street newspapers.
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