Word: match
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Talant won the tournament, after beating the Sears brothers three sets to nothing. It was generally supposed that they would make a hard fight against Tailer and Snow. About two hundred students watched the match, which was characterized by the steady play of Lee and Talant, but the college champions were too brilliant for them. Snow volleyed strongly, while Tailer placed accurately, hitting very hard. The sets were the longest and most brilliant ever seen in Cambridge. In the third set the games were four to one against Snow and Tailer. They then won five games straight, their play calling...
After the match Tailer beat Hale for second place in singles, 6-0, 6-4. Lee plays P. S. Sears for the single championship to-morrow at two. Beck Hall courts...
...annual cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge resulted this year in a victory for Oxford by several wickets. It was played at Lord's on July 3, 4 and 5, and was witnessed by a large number of people. Of the fifty-three games played, Cambridge has won twenty-six and Oxford twenty-five, two being drawn...
...SLOCUM.LOST. a silver match box; initials I. M. G. Please return to Leavitt and Peirce...
...Tallant then played the Sears brothers for first prize in doubles. The match was won by Lee and Tallant...