It is not often that Newton has such an unpleasant game as that which took place at Crediton on Saturday. Not only was the weather miserably wet and the field consequently covered with a slimy mud, but from the first it was evident that Crediton intended to use every means in their power, fair or foul, to win the game … (description of game) … Both Boyle and Pinsent have been laid up since the match with bad colds. The players had to walk three-quarters of a mile to the field before the match and the same distance after, rain falling heavily all the time. Newton had several new players in their ranks, including W. Hobbs, who has been playing half so well this season for Aller Vale …
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GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949