a history
Tiverton: … The Hon. Tres. Of the Temple Memorial and Tercentenary Fund acknowledges with thanks £5, from Mr. A. G. Symonds; … includes … 10s from Mr. R. M. Pinsent …
[see Tiverton Gazette: 24th May 1904]
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Blundell’s School Old Boys’ Celebration: … Cricket: Past v Present. This match was played on Wednesday and Thursday, the old boys defeating the present team by five wickets: Present: 1st Innings 153; Second Innings: 202 (two catches by Pinsent); Past: 1st Innings: 253, (R. M. Pinsent, not out 11); 2nd Innings: 104 (for 5 wkts) (R. M. Pinsent c and b Cruwys 0) … see data for return match …
[see also Tiverton Gazette: 2nd July 1902]
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Devon County Agricultural Show: the 1901 exhibition under the auspices of the Devon County Agricultural Association was opened on Tuesday at Torquay … … … Poultry: … Dorkings, cock: 1, Nicholls & Son, Wadebridge; 2, Mrs. Sperling, Lew Down; 3, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbott; R. H. Reeves, Emsworth: Dorking hen, 1 and 2, W. S. Pinsent, 3, H. Reeves, …
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920
Tiverton v Totnes: Devon Cup: Second Round: A good game resulted from the meeting of these teams at Tiverton in the second round for the Devon Cup. The homesters started and at once attacked, but Totnes force them back and after the game had been in progress many minutes Pinsent (an old Blundellian) landed a penalty goal for the visitors. … … Pinsent was several times called upon and his strong kicks were invaluably … …The visitors continued to play a good defensive game, and dribbled to Tiverton’s 25, but Hughes kicked high and caught Pinsent, and Norman securing, outpaced several men, dodged Pinsent and scored. No goal … the game ended Tiverton 1 goal, 2 tries (11 points), Totnes 1 penalty goal (3 points) …
[see also Tiverton Gazette: 26th March 1901]
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Agricultural Show at Tiverton: … Poultry … Class2, Dorking, hen – 1, A. C. Ditton; 2, H. Reeves, Emsworth; 3, W. S. Pinsent, Newton Abbot; 4 Mrs. Sperling, Lew Trenchard …
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920
Cricket Match: The annual fixture in connection with the celebration of Old Boy’s Day at Blundell’s School was begun on Wednesday in fine weather … Present, First Innings 120 (A. H. Duckett, c. Pinsent b. Milton 7), 2nd innings: 215 (for 7 wickets) … Past, First Innings 157 (R. M. Pinsent, b. Drake,5); Second Innings: 99 (7 wickets), includes R. M. Pinsent, not out, 8 …
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GRO0750 Devonport: Robert Maye Pinsent: 1881 – 1944
Boy’s Thefts at Sampford Peverell: Arthur Staddon, a lad of 14, was charged with stealing a quantity of cigarettes, value 3d, from the premises of George Francis Pinsent, licensee of the Globe Inn, Sampford Peverell. The prosecutor stated that as the result of losing cigarettes from his bar for several weeks past, he on 11th January placed two marked packers in a box with the others in the bar. On the 20th January, prisoner was outside cleaning some handles, when witness heard him enter the bar and leave again. Witness went to the box and found one of the packets missing. In the evening, he saw prisoner smoking cigarettes in a hayloft, but the lad said he had got them from Uffculme. Witness fetched Constable Fewings. … continues … Superintendent Collins reported that the prisoner had been sent to a reformatory for three years in 1896 for stealing sixpence from his father, a blind basket-maker living at Uffculme. Prisoner charged said: I saw the cigarettes in the box and thought I’d like them (laughter). Mrs. Pinsent, recalled, said he had previously lost two silver spoons and had found them on the lad. He overlooked that theft. The boy was well behaved save that “he could not keep his fingers off anything.” … With the consent of the stepmother, the lad was ordered to be birched.
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Devon Quarter Sessions: The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for Devon were opened at Exeter on Tuesday. Sir J. B. Phear presided …
Grand Jury: Messrs. John Steer, (foeman), W. L. Pincent, W. Smale, J. Hellier, R. Mortimer, A. Knapman, C. Salter, W. E. Baker, H. P. Fry, C. G. Lovesay, C. Leyman, D. Frost, J. Hearle, G. Higgins, S. S. Roase, E. Northy, S. A. Foster, S. W. Yolland, J. Couran, W. Sanders, R. W. Friend, E. S. Robinson and W. Pugsley. Sir John Phear, in charging the grand jury said there were sixteen prisoners for trial, one more than at the last Michaelmas Sessions; but the average for the past five years had been 16 4/5th …
The offences were mostly of a simple character, and if anything less serious than usual …
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