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Short Works on Sports Collection 01

Various

A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The collection includes pieces on baseball, cricket, lacrosse, cycling, athletics, fishing, polo, fencing, marbles and three kinds of football, by authors including Arnold Bennett, Zane Grey, Banjo Paterson, and P. G. Wodehouse. (Summary by Phil Benson)

Genre(s): Sports Fiction, Sports & Recreation

Language: English

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Casey at the Bat Ernest Lawrence Thayer Etext Larry Wilson
 00:04:42 en
Play 02 How I keep Fit, by the Champions of Leading Sports from the Strand Magazine 1891 Unknown Etext Ruth Golding
 00:28:36 en
Play 03 A Friendly Game of Football Edward Dyson Etext Algy Pug
 00:04:37 en
Play 04 A Modern Game of Rugby Football Bertram Fletcher Robinson Etext Phil Benson
 00:27:22 en
Play 05 Far Inland Football John Arthur Barry Etext Algy Pug
 00:15:14 en
Play 06 Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish Zane Grey Etext Jesse Zuba
 00:24:41 en
Play 07 'Disarming' from The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre John Taylor Etext Newgatenovelist
 00:02:22 en
Play 08 Teams That Have Won the Association Cup C. B. Fry Etext Phil Benson
 00:33:29 en
Play 09 How M'Dougal Topped the Score Thomas Edward Spencer Etext Son of the Exiles
 00:06:26 en
Play 10 "Marbles" from Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort Calhoun Etext Larry Wilson
 00:17:37 en
Play 11 At the Nets, from Mike P. G. Wodehouse Etext Algy Pug
 00:10:21 en
Play 12 The Matador of the Five Towns, Chapter 3 Arnold Bennett Etext Phil Benson
 00:16:47 en
Play 13 About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Etext Algy Pug
 00:15:51 en
Play 14 Nudity of Victor Statues, from Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art Walter Woodburn Hyde Etext Phil Benson
 00:07:19 en
Play 15 The Marathon from The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906 James Edward Sullivan Etext Piotr Nater
 00:16:09 en
Play 16 The Geebung Polo Club Andrew Barton Paterson Etext Algy Pug
 00:03:50 en
Play 17 Cycling, from the Sportswoman's Library Vol 2 Mary S. Locke Etext MaryAnn
 00:29:26 en
Play 18 Cricket on the Hearth Norman Rowland Gale Etext Ruth Golding
 00:02:24 en
Play 19 The Original Game, from Lacrosse, the National Game of Canada William George Beers Etext Phil Benson
 00:31:42 en
Play 20 Casey's Revenge Grantland Rice Etext Rachel
 00:04:00 en