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1420:Blackham
1266:Blackham
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1586:Giffen
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1306:Slight
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1286:Groube
1276:Bonnor
975:Donnan
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945:Giffen
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741:McKone
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547:versus
316:bowled
122:medium
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1591:Horan
1576:Boyle
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1445:Evans
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1296:Moule
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1160:Boyle
1135:Allan
981:Lyons
951:Lyons
939:Lyons
933:Trott
927:Moses
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765:Wills
759:Lewis
753:Wills
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380:3/111
348:29.81
345:40.75
322:1,295
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286:22.14
283:23.08
273:7,816
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208:Years
987:Hill
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630:2016
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394:21/–
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