Old Ebor
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A cricket tragic who writes about the pre-war history of the game
https://oldebor.wordpress.com
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The Tragedies of Sam Moss The suspicions over the legitimacy of Sam Moss's bowling action finished his career as a top league cricketer. He continued to play professionally for several years, but he was not destined for a happy ending.
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The Tragedies of Sam Moss
The suspicions over the legitimacy of Sam Moss's bowling action finished his career as a top league cricketer. He continued to play professionally for several years, but he was not destined for a happy ending.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-tragedies-of-sam-moss/
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The Tragedies of Sam Moss The suspicions over the legitimacy of Sam Moss's bowling action finished his career as a top league cricketer. He continued to play professionally for several years, but he was not destined for a happy ending.
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The Tragedies of Sam Moss
The suspicions over the legitimacy of Sam Moss's bowling action finished his career as a top league cricketer. He continued to play professionally for several years, but he was not destined for a happy ending.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-tragedies-of-sam-moss/
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No-one ever knew who Mabel Grey was nor where she came from. Was she a courtesan or an invention? All attempts to define her failed before she vanished as mysteriously as she arrived. She was notorious and scandalous. And the press couldn't get enough
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The Legend of Mabel Grey
Queen of the Demimonde
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No-one ever knew who Mabel Grey was nor where she came from. Was she a courtesan or an invention? All attempts to define her failed before she vanished as mysteriously as she arrived. She was notorious and scandalous. And the press couldn't get enough
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The Legend of Mabel Grey
Queen of the Demimonde
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Samuel Moss, perhaps the fastest bowler in the world in the late 1890s, proved extremely successful playing for Bacup in the Lancashire League. But questions over the legality of his bowling action continued to grow as throwing became a controversial topic in English cricket
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Divided Opinions: Sam Moss and the Throwing Question
At a time when his career should have been going from strength to strength, Sam Moss — according to some, the fastest bowler in the world — found himself at the centre of a furore over his bowling action. After years of questioning glances, he was no-balled multiple times for throwing and his future was cast into uncertainty
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/divided-opinions-sam-moss-and-the-throwing-question/
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The inventor (or discoverer) of the googly did not quite meet the ideal of a cricketing pioneer. Instead he was a mediocre player who had one blinding insight that changed the sport forever
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Bernard Bosanquet
The Father of the Googly
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In 1888, a brutal and inexplicable murder took place in a quiet Somerset village called East Lambrook. Life was never quite the same again.
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Across the Lane
The Murder of Martha Charles
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For a time in the 1890s, the fastest bowler in the world was a league professional who never played first-class cricket. Sam Moss was usually too fast for the opposition batters but his career was tainted by suspicions about his action
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“Very fast but with a somewhat doubtful delivery”: The Arrival of Sam Moss
For a time in the 1890s, the fastest bowler in the world was possibly a professional playing in league cricket. Sam Moss was from Lancashire but his career took him around the country, where he was usually too fast for the opposition batters. But whispers about his bowling action — at a time when English cricket was very sensitive about such matters — followed him too.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/very-fast-but-with-a-somewhat-doubtful-delivery-the-arrival-of-sam-moss/
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The New South Wales cricketer Andy Newell disappeared in 1907 and was assumed to have killed himself after suffering from depression. His obituary was even printed in Wisden. But he was not dead. Instead, he had left his home to begin a new life
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The Resurrection of Andy Newell
The New South Wales cricketer Andy Newell disappeared in 1907 and was assumed to have killed himself after suffering from depression. His obituary was even printed in Wisden. But he was not dead. Instead, he had left his home to begin a new life.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/the-resurrection-of-andy-newell/
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The New South Wales cricketer Andy Newell disappeared in 1907 and was assumed to have killed himself after suffering from depression. His obituary was even printed in Wisden. But he was not dead. Instead, he had left his home to begin a new life
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The Resurrection of Andy Newell
The New South Wales cricketer Andy Newell disappeared in 1907 and was assumed to have killed himself after suffering from depression. His obituary was even printed in Wisden. But he was not dead. Instead, he had left his home to begin a new life.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/the-resurrection-of-andy-newell/
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In January 1892, an Ilminster bank manager called William Lidderdale caught a train to London where he was meeting a surveyor to discuss a property he wanted to buy. He took just over ÂŁ1,000 in cash but nothing else. He was due to be married in a week. He was never seen again
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William Lidderdale disappeared in 1892 on his way to London. His fate was never uncovered, although theories included kidnap, fatal illness and accident. Equally likely, he chose to vanish; and he invented a scorned woman to bolster his story
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The Unravelling of a Myth
The Matter of Mr Lidderdale — Part Three
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Whether or not Joe Root scores that elusive century in Australia, he is going to be remembered as one of England's greatest batters. There is even an argument he is "the greatest". Where does he fit into the historical picture and who might the other candidates be?
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The Measure of Greatness
Joe Root in Context
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Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of the bank manager William Lidderdale, a friend began the process of having him declared legally dead. But rather than settling the matter, it renewed fascination in the baffling case
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The Application to Presume Death
The Matter of Mr Lidderdale — Part Two
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Whether or not Joe Root scores that elusive century in Australia, he is going to be remembered as one of England's greatest batters. There is even an argument he is "the greatest". Where does he fit into the historical picture and who might the other candidates be?
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The Measure of Greatness
Joe Root in Context
https://open.substack.com/pub/oldebor77/p/the-measure-of-greatness?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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On 8 January 1892, a bank manager called William Lidderdale vanished without trace. But a fairly straightforward story was soon complicated by the publication of a death notice full of impossibilities…
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The Matter of Mr Lidderdale
Part One: The Missing Bank Manager
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-matter-of-mr-lidderdale?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
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“He would not have objected to being described as a mercenary”: Phil Mead and the Battle with Poverty
Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/he-would-not-have-objected-to-being-described-as-a-mercenary-phil-mead-and-the-battle-with-poverty/
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On 8 January 1892, a bank manager called William Lidderdale vanished without trace. But a fairly straightforward story was soon complicated by the publication of a death notice full of impossibilities…
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The Matter of Mr Lidderdale
Part One: The Missing Bank Manager
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-matter-of-mr-lidderdale?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
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“He would not have objected to being described as a mercenary”: Phil Mead and the Battle with Poverty
Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/he-would-not-have-objected-to-being-described-as-a-mercenary-phil-mead-and-the-battle-with-poverty/
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In 1883, a body was found hidden in the old boiler of a ruined mill. How did the woman came to be there, and how could she have been failed by literally everyone in her life?
#history
#biography
#asylums
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The Lost Weaver
The Life and Death of Mrs Hannah Haigh
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In 1883, a body was found hidden in the old boiler of a ruined mill. How did the woman came to be there, and how could she have been failed by literally everyone in her life?
#history
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#asylums
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The Lost Weaver
The Life and Death of Mrs Hannah Haigh
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The just-completed series in New Zealand — a sort of "pre-Ashes tour" — revived but reversed an odd historical practice. For decades, England only bothered to visit New Zealand if they were going to Australia as well
#NZvENG
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An Afterthought in the Antipodes
How English cricket neglected New Zealand
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The just-completed series in New Zealand — a sort of "pre-Ashes tour" — revived but reversed an odd historical practice. For decades, England only bothered to visit New Zealand if they were going to Australia as well
#NZvENG
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An Afterthought in the Antipodes
How English cricket neglected New Zealand
https://open.substack.com/pub/oldebor77/p/an-afterthought-in-the-antipodes?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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In 1890, a Liverpool docker called Samuel McKay disappeared during a works outing to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. And almost no-one seemed to notice.
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The Vanished Docker
The Disappearance of Samuel McKay
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Ben Sealy of Trinidad played just one Test match for the West Indies during a career lasting from 1924 to 1941. Useful rather than essential, he never quite made enough impact to guarantee his place. But in 1933, he was one of the leading players in the West Indies team that toured England.
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Popular, Charming and Dispensable: The Overlooked Cricket of Ben Sealy
Ben Sealy of Trinidad played just one Test match for the West Indies during a career lasting from 1924 to 1941. Useful rather than essential, he never quite made enough impact to guarantee his place. But in 1933, he was one of the leading players in the West Indies team that toured England.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/popular-charming-and-dispensable-the-overlooked-cricket-of-ben-sealy/
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Ben Sealy of Trinidad played just one Test match for the West Indies during a career lasting from 1924 to 1941. Useful rather than essential, he never quite made enough impact to guarantee his place. But in 1933, he was one of the leading players in the West Indies team that toured England.
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Popular, Charming and Dispensable: The Overlooked Cricket of Ben Sealy
Ben Sealy of Trinidad played just one Test match for the West Indies during a career lasting from 1924 to 1941. Useful rather than essential, he never quite made enough impact to guarantee his place. But in 1933, he was one of the leading players in the West Indies team that toured England.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/popular-charming-and-dispensable-the-overlooked-cricket-of-ben-sealy/
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In 1890, a Liverpool docker called Samuel McKay disappeared during a works outing to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. And almost no-one seemed to notice.
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The Vanished Docker
The Disappearance of Samuel McKay
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Two English cricketers appeared in court within twelve months of each other in the mid-1920s, but their paths were very different and perfectly illustrate the divisions in English cricket at the time
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Parallel Lives
The Tales of Thomas Raikes and Ronald Lowe
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3 months ago
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Lily Woodcock was a barmaid in Limehouse who twice escaped throwing herself in front of a train. But she was not quite the hysterical woman portrayed in the press, nor was her story quite as straightforward as it seemed
#history
#Limehouse
#biography
#asylums
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The Limehouse Barmaid
The Trials of Lily Woodcock
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Lily Woodcock was a barmaid in Limehouse who twice escaped throwing herself in front of a train. But she was not quite the hysterical woman portrayed in the press, nor was her story quite as straightforward as it seemed
#history
#Limehouse
#biography
#asylums
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The Limehouse Barmaid
The Trials of Lily Woodcock
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Frank Ward spent many years on Lancashire's books, but later struggled with alcoholism and separated from his wife and family. However, he was one of the few such stories with a happy ending because he managed to turn his life completely back around and make a fresh start in New Zealand
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“A reformed, sober and respectable citizen”: The Unexpected Comeback of Frank Ward
Frank Ward played for Lancashire for many years without ever breaking through into the first eleven. Nevertheless, he was a useful and respected cricketer. Following his release by the county, he developed a drinking problem that affected his marriage and resulted in his imprisonment. But unlike many of his contemporaries in similar situations, Ward managed to turn his life back around.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/a-reformed-sober-and-respectable-citizen-the-unexpected-comeback-of-frank-ward/
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Frank Ward spent many years on Lancashire's books, but later struggled with alcoholism and separated from his wife and family. However, he was one of the few such stories with a happy ending because he managed to turn his life completely back around and make a fresh start in New Zealand
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“A reformed, sober and respectable citizen”: The Unexpected Comeback of Frank Ward
Frank Ward played for Lancashire for many years without ever breaking through into the first eleven. Nevertheless, he was a useful and respected cricketer. Following his release by the county, he developed a drinking problem that affected his marriage and resulted in his imprisonment. But unlike many of his contemporaries in similar situations, Ward managed to turn his life back around.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/a-reformed-sober-and-respectable-citizen-the-unexpected-comeback-of-frank-ward/
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Leonard Peart was found in his photography studio after having shot himself. But like something out of the Strand Magazine, before he died, he had also shot one of his own photographs: a portrait of a woman called Miss Dempster
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The Heartbroken Photographer
The Suicide of Leonard Peart
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Leonard Peart was found in his photography studio after having shot himself. But like something out of the Strand Magazine, before he died, he had also shot one of his own photographs: a portrait of a woman called Miss Dempster
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The Heartbroken Photographer
The Suicide of Leonard Peart
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Sport and politics should not mix. Except, in practice, when they can't seem to help themselves.
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A Very Political Game
The Sport That Governed While Pretending Not To
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Sport and politics should not mix. Except, in practice, when they can't seem to help themselves.
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A Very Political Game
The Sport That Governed While Pretending Not To
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The story of her tragic death made the newspapers in 1934, published with a touch of sensationalism and no little implied moralising. But Toni Corazza was far more than just a journalistic cliche.
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The Dancer of Radnor Street
The Life and Death of Toni Corazza
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-dancer-of-radnor-street?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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In 1908, a bookseller from Suffolk, who had been suffering from depression, disappeared in London, prompting a frantic search from his wife. He reappeared almost a month later having been living in the streets with no memory of his former life
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The Amnesiac Bookseller
The Adventures of Harry Edward Harmer
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-amnesiac-bookseller?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Middlesex's J. T. Hearne was the epitome of the respectable professional in a career lasting from 1888 to 1923. One of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets, he was also (less famously) one half of the world's first "celebrity" cricketing couple
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Yours Respectably, J. T. Hearne
Although famous for his success as a bowler — and as one of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets — J. T. Hearne of Middlesex was just as well-known for his utter respectability, the…
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/yours-respectably-j-t-hearne/
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In 1908, a bookseller from Suffolk, who had been suffering from depression, disappeared in London, prompting a frantic search from his wife. He reappeared almost a month later having been living in the streets with no memory of his former life
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The Amnesiac Bookseller
The Adventures of Harry Edward Harmer
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Middlesex's J. T. Hearne was the epitome of the respectable professional in a career lasting from 1888 to 1923. One of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets, he was also (less famously) one half of the world's first "celebrity" cricketing couple
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Yours Respectably, J. T. Hearne
Although famous for his success as a bowler — and as one of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets — J. T. Hearne of Middlesex was just as well-known for his utter respectability, the…
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/yours-respectably-j-t-hearne/
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Yours Respectably, J. T. Hearne Although famous for his success as a bowler — and as one of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets — J. T. Hearne of Middlesex was just as well-known for his utter respectability, the epitome of what the amateur establishment wanted from professional…
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Yours Respectably, J. T. Hearne
Although famous for his success as a bowler — and as one of only four men to take over 3,000 first-class wickets — J. T. Hearne of Middlesex was just as well-known for his utter respectability, the epitome of what the amateur establishment wanted from professional cricketers.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/yours-respectably-j-t-hearne/
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In 1891, just a few days after the census, two men died at a mill in the Lancashire town of Tyldesley. Philip Hill shot Thomas Syms dead and then turned the gun on himself. What led to the events of the Tyldesley Tragedy?
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The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
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Sad news about Dickie Bird. He was one in a long line of great — and somewhat eccentric — English umpires.
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The Umpire in the Spotlight
From Bob Thoms to Dickie Bird
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Sad news about Dickie Bird. He was one in a long line of great — and somewhat eccentric — English umpires.
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The Umpire in the Spotlight
From Bob Thoms to Dickie Bird
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In 1891, just a few days after the census, two men died at a mill in the Lancashire town of Tyldesley. Philip Hill shot Thomas Syms dead and then turned the gun on himself. What led to the events of the Tyldesley Tragedy?
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The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
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I often stumble across stories with no link to cricket which are extremely compelling. So I'm trying something different (not about the sport!). If you like stories from the past and finding out about lost lives, please have a look and maybe subscribe
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The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-tyldesley-tragedy?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I often stumble across stories with no link to cricket which are extremely compelling. So I'm trying something different (not about the sport!). If you like stories from the past and finding out about lost lives, please have a look and maybe subscribe
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The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
https://open.substack.com/pub/lostlives/p/the-tyldesley-tragedy?r=8k8o3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Herbert Charles Tebbutt is one of only a handful of cricketers to have been murderers. An accomplished schoolboy cricketer and a wealthy man, he inexplicably killed his common-law wife Helen Williams (nee Jenks), her daughter, and their two children in 1932. He then killed himself
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The Murderous Rage of Herbert Charles Tebbutt
Herbert Charles Tebbutt is one of only a handful of cricketers to have been murderers. An accomplished schoolboy cricketer and a wealthy man, he inexplicably killed his common-law wife Helen Williams (nee Jenks), her daughter, and their two children in 1932. He then killed himself.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-murderous-rage-of-herbert-charles-tebbutt/
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Herbert Charles Tebbutt is one of only a handful of cricketers to have been murderers. An accomplished schoolboy cricketer and a wealthy man, he inexplicably killed his common-law wife Helen Williams (nee Jenks), her daughter, and their two children in 1932. He then killed himself
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The Murderous Rage of Herbert Charles Tebbutt
Herbert Charles Tebbutt is one of only a handful of cricketers to have been murderers. An accomplished schoolboy cricketer and a wealthy man, he inexplicably killed his common-law wife Helen Williams (nee Jenks), her daughter, and their two children in 1932. He then killed himself.
https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-murderous-rage-of-herbert-charles-tebbutt/
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