Word: golfed
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...gray ivy-clad ruins of the ancient cathedral and castle standing in the midst of the clean, prim town, the old library, with its many literary treasures, and the broad "links," a great stretch of sandy common by the seashore, sacred to the royal and ancient game of golf, while there is an intellectual tone about the society of the place which Mr. Lowell will find thoroughly congenial. Besides the university, St. Andrew's boasts the possession, in the Madras College, of one of the best public schools in Scotland, whose masters are not less distinguished for learning than...
...result of the long series of Inter-'Varsity competitions (Oxford and Cambridge) for 1883 is announced as follows : Oxford has won the boat race the single-handed billiards, the Rugby foot-ball match, the golf, the bicycling, the tennis (single and double), the lawn tennis (single and double), the shooting, the polo. Cambridge has been victorious in the cricket match, the cross country racing, the athletic sports, the double billiards, the Association foot-ball match, and the racquets, both games ; the chess match was a tie." [London Truth...
...recognized sports consist of athletics, boating, billiard, racquets, tennis, lawn tennis, chess, golf, bicycling, foot-ball and cricket. Matches are played between the two universities, or among the various colleges themselves, or between college teams and outside clubs...