In the year 1739 a Croydon (Surrey) farmer undertook, if or a large wager, to bowl a 'skittle ball all the eleven miles from Croydon to London Bridge in 500 throws. lie did so in 445.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20222, 5 February 1934, Page 5
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