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Georgian Giants

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5/5. William G Stewart visits south London, where 200 years ago an extraordinary game of cricket took place between a team of one-armed men and a team, as The Times report put it, "with each a wooden leg". It attracted massive crowds and serious gambling, and caused a riot. Producer Tom Aiban

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William G Stewart
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Tom Aiban
Source: Radio Times

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