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1947 Cambridge defeats Oxford in game of "Foot-the-Ball"
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1:09Now PlayingDate: 27th October 1947
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Popular Game of "Foot-the-Ball"
ENGLAND: Oxfordshire: Oxford:
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FOOT THE BALL 1947 game of Foot-the-Ball. Players in Victorian dress, top-hats, wigs and other ancient dress. Cambridge wins 2-0 and Oxford pay for drinks which men are consuming at the end
Sport; Competitions
old-fashioned, retro, playacting, postwar, postwar, peacetime, university, students, costume
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