Short Works on Sports Collection 01: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Works on Sports Collection 01, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Short Works on Sports Collection 01. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The collection includes pieces on baseball, cricket, lacrosse, cycling, athletics, fishing, polo, fencing, marbles and three kinds of football, by authors including Arnold Bennett, Zane Grey, Banjo Paterson, and P. G. Wodehouse. (Summary by Phil Benson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Works on Sports Collection 01
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 5:02:55

Catalogue topics

• baseball
• fishing
• cycling
• football
• cricket
• soccer
• athletics
• lacrosse

Track guide

1. 01 - Casey at the Bat — 4:42
2. 02 - How I keep Fit, by the Champions of Leading Sports from the Strand Magazine 1891 — 28:36
3. 03 - A Friendly Game of Football — 4:38
4. 04 - A Modern Game of Rugby Football — 27:22
5. 05 - Far Inland Football — 15:14
6. 06 - Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish — 24:41
7. 07 - 'Disarming' from The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre — 2:22
8. 08 - Teams That Have Won the Association Cup — 33:29
9. 09 - How M'Dougal Topped the Score — 6:26
10. 10 - — 17:37
11. 11 - At the Nets, from Mike — 10:21
12. 12 - The Matador of the Five Towns, Chapter 3 — 16:47
13. 13 - About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories — 15:51
14. 14 - Nudity of Victor Statues, from Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art — 7:19
15. 15 - The Marathon from The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906 — 16:09
16. 16 - The Geebung Polo Club — 3:50
17. 17 - Cycling, from the Sportswoman's Library Vol 2 — 29:26
18. 18 - Cricket on the Hearth — 2:24
19. 19 - The Original Game, from Lacrosse, the National Game of Canada — 31:42
20. 20 - Casey's Revenge — 4:00

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