14 Feb 2005 17:51:31

M. Perry

Conan Doyle the Sportsman

Can you imagine Charles Dickens boxing? How about Shakespeare on skis? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle boxed and skied. He also played golf and was even on a celebrity cricket team! You can learn all the details at: http://www.siracd.com/life/life_sports.shtml Best wishes, M. Perry Webmaster - The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle http://www.siracd.com/ He might fail from want of skill or strength, but deep in his somber soul he vowed that it should never be from want of heart. - The Croxley Master by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

15 Feb 2005 08:01:12

Robert Henderson

Re: Conan Doyle the Sportsman

In article <Dy5Qd.107$kU3.31@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net >, M. Perry <mperry8304@earthlink.net > writes >Can you imagine Charles Dickens boxing? How about Shakespeare on skis? Sir >Arthur Conan Doyle boxed and skied. He also played golf and was even on a >celebrity cricket team! You can learn all the details at: > Doyle was an extremely keen cricketer who once dismissed WG. A large, vigorous man, in real life he is the Dr Watson character to Dr Joseph Bell's Holmes. J M Barrie was addicted to the game, bowling amazing slow leg-breaks which he reckoned he could collect in mid air before they reached the batsman if he didn't like them. P G Wodehouse opened the bowling for Dulwich College with the much feared Edwardian fast bowler N A Knox. Raymond Chandler was also a pupil at the school at the same time, although I don't think he played for Dulwich at cricket. I wonder if any other school has ever had two best-selling authors as pupils at the same time? RH >http://www.siracd.com/life/life_sports.shtml > -- Robert Henderson philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk Blair Scandal web site at http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal web site at http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk