Short Works on Sports Collection 01
Various
20 chapters · 5 h 3 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Ruth Golding, Algy Pug, Phil Benson, Jesse Zuba, Newgatenovelist and others
Sports Fiction · Sports & Recreation
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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)
Chapters
1 Casey at the Bat 5 min 2 How I keep Fit, by the Champions of Leading Sports from the Strand Magazine 1891 29 min 3 A Friendly Game of Football 5 min 4 A Modern Game of Rugby Football 27 min 5 Far Inland Football 15 min 6 Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish 25 min 7 'Disarming' from The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre 2 min 8 Teams That Have Won the Association Cup 33 min 9 How M'Dougal Topped the Score 6 min 10 "Marbles" from Healthful Sports for Boys 18 min 11 At the Nets, from Mike 10 min 12 The Matador of the Five Towns, Chapter 3 17 min 13 About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories 16 min 14 Nudity of Victor Statues, from Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art 7 min 15 The Marathon from The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906 16 min 16 The Geebung Polo Club 4 min 17 Cycling, from the Sportswoman's Library Vol 2 29 min 18 Cricket on the Hearth 2 min 19 The Original Game, from Lacrosse, the National Game of Canada 32 min 20 Casey's Revenge 4 min
