WE ARE SEVEN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1909, Page 3

WE ARE SEVEN.

FAMILY OF ATHLETES CHALLENGE THE WORLD

Seven brothers named Williams, of Hayerford West, sons of a former police superintendent, recently issued a challenge to any other seven brothers in the United Kingdom to play a game of Rugby football for £200. The brothers are not only football players, but several have been exceptionally good oil the running path. In walking, matches, as amateur boxers, and at billiards they could, it is said, challenge any team of seven brothers in the world. ! Their ages range from 22 to 43. The football challenge was accepted by the brothers Randall, of Llanelly; the brothers Phillips, of Maesycwmer; the brothers Davies, of Llandilo; and the brothers Williams, of Ammanford —all in South Wales—and iby the brothers Hall, of Gloucester, and the brothers Marsh, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. No Scotch or Irish team has accepted. As the challenge of the Llanelly brothers was the first received it has been accepted, and the match was ,£o be played on the Saturday before 'Easter, at Carmarthen. 'If the Haver ford West brother® win, they will challenge any other seven brothers in the world. The opposing '' teams '' are already undergoing strict training. The brothers Williams have three trainers, who are watching their diet and giving them running exercises, ball punching, and other exercises until the day of the match. The Randalls are a sturdilybuilt set of brothers, most of them having had considerable experience on the football field. They are slightly younger than the Williamses, their ages ranging from 20 to 37. The Randalls carry on a coal business at Llanelly. They, too, are now training. The younger brothers: play regularly with some of the Llanelly junior teams, and the elder ones have commenced taking runs and do some work with gloves to get themselves into condition.