“The beast lives unhistorically; for it ‘goes into’ the present, like a number, without leaving any curious remainder.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the advantage and disadvantage of history for life
Old Tom Sweby’s former playing partner, friend, and team mate Dennis Victor Mardle, was the first from Bedfordshire to represent England, and the only from Luton. Even though William Ward, who participated in the (1896-1911) Anglo-American cable matches numerous times did indeed play for Luton before moving to London, he is in fact from Abotts Langley, Hertfordshire.
Once again I am indebted to John Saunders and his excellent site Britbase for the latest discovery, and indeed it does appear that on the back of Mardle’s success on the circuit in 59, come late October, he was asked to step up to the mark and play for England in a match against the Dutch, please see below:
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