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No.58 January 2004 | Contex HOME THE KNOWLEDGE London Brain Teaser No 49 Sport has not featured in The Knowledge as far as I recall. So in a wave of euphoria over our recent rugby triumph here are some questions on the subject of sport. (a) It now seems ironic that the offices of the Australian High Commission face the church of St Clement Danes. Why? (b) Where in London was the game pallo a maglio often played? (c) The Marylebone Cricket Club had two previous grounds before settling at Lordıs in St Johnıs Wood. Where were they? (d) The oldest annually contested event in the British sporting calendar was endowed by which actor/theatre manager who died in 1715? (e) Which successful north London football club was originally founded south of the river? |
