SPORTING PARSON
DILLINGHAM'S HANDY SWIM LONDON, sth June The Rev. G. W. Gillingham, one of the secretaries of the Worcester County Club, showed a variety of strokes all round the wicket wlic.i. he swam to the pavilion at Worcester to obtain urgently needed tickets, paper:, and books for the Kent v. Worcester match. The ground is ch.se to the River Severn and was under six foot of water. Mr Gillingham drove up lo the edge of the water in a motor ear in which lie undressed and then swam with the pavilion keys around his neck, placing llu* articles in a water-tight box and swam back across the ground.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 June 1931, Page 3
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109SPORTING PARSON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 June 1931, Page 3
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