AN ANGLERS' TROPHY
A trophy fit lor anglers who are famous for stretching their arms to indicate the size of their catch is the Olphwaterhouse Cup, for which- three dozen Birmingham anglers compete every year at the championship of the Birmingham Anglers' Association on the River Severn. .Reputed to be the heaviest sporting trophy in the world, it weighs 631b 13Joz, or 4h stone. Mr. T. A. Waterhouse, who presented the cup won .it himself last year. But as he had no lorry to take ■it away it did not grace his dining-room sideboard during the period it was in his possession. '■ i
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 4
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103AN ANGLERS' TROPHY Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 4
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