Cheery chatter and the clatter of cups and saucers indicated that something was • doing in the village hall. The Mudford domino team was "at home" to the Slumpton players. A visitor inquired why one young man sat apart, his face wearing an expression of gloom. "Ah, he's a bit upset," said a villager. "Hope of our side, he was, till the deciding game to-night. Then blessed 'f he didn't lose his nerve, played two lumps of sugar, and dropped the double-six in his coffee!"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4747, 17 September 1935, Page 6
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