The History of Wandsworth Common
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Alfred Twilley (or Twilly)
[ALFRED TWILLEY or TWILLY [the more common spelling in C19]]
TWILLY SEARCH
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Twilly
Earliest races (that I know of) 5 May 1845, 30 June 1845, reported January 1846:
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 11 January 1846 [referring to 1845]
CHRONOLOGY OF PEDESTRIANISM FOR 1845
TWILLY, A. of Wandsworth; beaten by Robt Innwood of Tooting, May 5 — beat Cheeny of Clapham, 150 yards, £5 a side, June 30.
[ROBERT INWOOD or INNWOOD]
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 13 April 1845
R Inwood of Tooting and A. Twilly of Wandsworth — to run one mile, £10 a side, near the Plough, Battersea Rise, Surrey.
Inwood and Twilley — Robert Inwood Tooting and Twilley Wandsworth, Surrey, are matched to run one mile, for £10 a side. £5 a side are now down, and the race to come off on the 5th of May, near Wandsworth.
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PEDESTRIANISM
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 11 May 1845
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INWOOD and TWILLY
The one mile between Robert Inwood of Tooting, Surrey, and A. Twilly of Wandsworth, came off on Monday last, on Wandsworth Common. The men and their friends agreed to meet at the Plough Inn, according to articles, at seven o'clock in the evening, but the time running was not sent to us by the landlord of the Plough, which should have been done, that the spectators, who mustered numerously from London and other places, might not have been detained from three o'clock to seven.
Inwood, who had been in training under the care of the celebrated Robinson of Newton Moor, at Blackheath, looked in first-rate condition, but Twilly was fat and anything but up to the mark for mile race.
This made the odds in betting 2 or 3 to I on Inwood, which was freely offered by the knowing ones from London, but not so freely taken, although a good deal of money was laid out.
At a quarter past seven o'clock the spectators, who numbered nearly two thousand, many of whom seemed quite tired of waiting, had the pleasure of seeing the men stripped and ready for action.
The signal being given, the men were soon at work, Inwood taking the lead at merry pace, and at the first quarter of a mile headed his opponent by a dozen yards, and continued gaining ground fast, Twilly already seeming in great distress, and he, finding that he had not a chance, gave up at half the distance, dead beat, Inwood running in an easy winner.
Twilly's friends seemed thunderstruck at his giving up so early in the race, and many said had not done his best to win; but this we are assured was not the case, for struggled to his utmost to keep going, and when he gave up be was quite black in the face.
Berry of Lambeth and Pope from the West-end, ran a race of 100 yards, for small slake, upon the same ground, the latter receiving three yards start, which ended in a dead heat, after a well contested race.
[BNA: Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — 11 May 1845 ]
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 29 June 1845
PEDESTRIANISM
MATCHES TO COME
JUNE 30 — Cheeney of Clapham and A. Twilley of Wandsworth Common — 150 yards. £5 a side, at the latter place.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 13 July 1845
CHEENY AND TWILLY
The 150 yards match for £5 a side, between Cheeny of Clapham and A. Twilly of Wandsworth Common came off at the latter place on the 30th ult. It was a scratch start, and after about a dozen false attempts, Twilly went away with the lead, which he maintained to the end, winning by a yard and half.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 8 February 1846
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John Hicks wishes to run Alfred Twilly 150 yards, for from £10 to £25 a side, and will meet him on the evening of Mills and Frost's race, the Antelope Inn, Wandsworth; and should he decline, he will run any party known in the parish as a forester, for the like sum.
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["he will run any man known in the parish as a forester"??]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 8 February 1846
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John Hicks wishes to run Alfred Twilly 150 yards, for from £pound;10 to £pound;25 a side, and will meet him on the evening of Mills and Frost's race, the Antelope Inn, Wandsworth; and should he decline, he will run any party known in the parish as a forester, for the like sum.
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["he will run any man known in the parish as a forester"??]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
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The Era — Sunday 5 April 1846
MATCHES FOR THE WEEK
A. Twilly, of Wandsworth, aid T. Brown (the Brompton novice), 440 yards, 10 sovs a-side.
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London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday, for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
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London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday, for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 12 April 1846
Twilly and Brown.
The quarter of a mile race between A. Twilly, Wandsworth, and Thomas Brown, of Brompton, for a side, came off Monday last, Wandsworth Common, Surrey, and owing the unfavourable state the weather, the rain pouring down nearly throughout the day, but few persons attended.
The race was anything but an equal match At .ittle w»t four o'clock the men showed themseh es, tnm, but Brown was much too etput such a distance. The was exceedingly flat, being offered upon TwiHyy fret me. with bo takeia. They got well away'together, hut it was soon seen had the speed, for Twilly shot right from his opponent good throughout the distance, and run in easy winner nearly twent)
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["known in the parish as a forester" — where is this said? and what does it mean?]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
Twilly
Earliest races (that I know of) 5 May 1845, 30 June 1845, reported January 1846:
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 11 January 1846
CHRONOLOGY OF PEDESTRIANISM FOR 1845
TWILLY, A. of Wandsworth; beaten by Robt Innwood of Tooting, May 5 — beat Cheeny of Clapham, 150 yards, £5 a side, June 30.
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 8 February 1846
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John Hicks wishes to run Alfred Twilly 150 yards, for from £10 to £25 a side, and will meet him on the evening of Mills and Frost's race, the Antelope Inn, Wandsworth; and should he decline, he will run any party known in the parish as a forester, for the like sum.
[BNA: Link.]
["he will run any man known in the parish as a forester"??]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
[BNA: Link.]
The Era — Sunday 5 April 1846
MATCHES FOR THE WEEK
A. Twilly, of Wandsworth, and T. Brown (the Brompton novice), 440 yards, 10 sovs a-side.
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Twilly v Brown on Wandsworth Common
London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday , for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 12 April 1846
Twilly and Brown.
The quarter of a mile race between A. Twilly, Wandsworth, and Thomas Brown, of Brompton, for a side, came off Monday last, Wandsworth Common, Surrey, and owing the unfavourable state the weather, the rain pouring down nearly throughout the day , but few persons attended.
The race was anything but an equal match At .ittle w»t four o'clock the men showed themseh es, tnm, but Brown was much too etput such a distance. The was exceedingly flat, being offered upon TwiHyy fret me. with bo takeia. They got well away'together, hut it was soon seen had the speed, for Twilly shot right from his opponent good throughout the distance, and run in easy winner nearly twent)
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["known in the parish as a forester" — where is this said? and what does it mean?]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
ROBERT INWOOD or INNWOOD]
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle
— Sunday 13 April 1845
R Inwood of Tooting and A. Twilly of Wandsworth — to run one mile, £10 a side, near the Plough, Battersea Rise, Surrey.
Inwood and Twilley — Robert Inwood Tooting and Twilley Wandsworth, Surrey, are matched to run one mile, for £10 a side. £5 a side are now down, and the race to come off on the 5th of May, near Wandsworth.
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TWILLY SEARCH
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle
— Sunday 11 May 1845
INWOOD AND TWILLY
The one mile between Robert Inwood of Tooting, Surrey, and A. Twilly of Wandsworth, came off on Monday last, on Wandsworth Common.
The men and their friends agreed to meet at the Plough Inn, according to articles, at seven o'clock in the evening, but the time running was not sent to us by the landlord of the Plough, which should have been done, that the spectators, who mustered numerously from London and other places, might not have been detained from three o'clock to Mven. [??]
Inwood, who had been in training under the care of the celebrated Robinson of Newton Moor, at Blackheath, looked in first-rate condition, but Twilly was fat and anything but up to the mark for mile race.
This made the odds in betting 2 or 3 to I on Inwood, which was freely offered by the knowing ones from London, but not so freely taken, although good deal of money was laid out.
At a quarter past seven o'clock the spectators, who numbered nearly two thousand, many of whom seemed quite tired of waiting, had the pleasure of seeing the men stripped and ready for action.
The signal being given, the men were soon at work, Inwood taking the lead at a merry pace, and at the first quarter of a mile beaded his opponent by a dozen yards, and continued gaining ground fast, Twilly already seeming in great distress, and he, finding that he had not a chance, gave up at half the distance, dead beat, Inwood running in an easy winner.
Twilly's friends seemed thunderstruck at his giving up so early in the race, and many said had not done his best to win; but this we are assured was not the case, for struggled to his utmost to keep going, and when he gave up he was quite black in the face.
Berry of Lambeth and Pope from the West-end, ran race of 100 yards, for small slake, upon the same ground, the latter receiving three yards start, which ended in a dead heat, after a well contested race.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle
— Sunday 29 June 1845
PEDESTRIANISM
MATCHES TO COME
JUNE 30 — Cheeney of Clapham and A. Twilley of Wandsworth Common — 150 yards. £5 a side, at the latter place.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle
— Sunday 13 July 1845
Cheeny of Clapham and A. Twilly of Wandsworth Common came off at the latter place on the 30th ult. It was a scratch start, and after about a dozen false attempts, Twilly went away with the lead, which he maintained to the end, winning by a yard and half.
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 8 February 1846
...
John Hicks wishes to run Alfred Twilly 150 yards, for from £10 to £25 a side, and will meet him on the evening of Mills and Frost's race, the Antelope Inn, Wandsworth; and should he decline, he will run any party known in the parish as a forester, for the like sum.
[BNA: Link.]
["he will run any man known in the parish as a forester"??]
Final deposit? So money had to be lodged with an independent "stakeholder
[BNA: Link.]
The Era — Sunday 5 April 1846
MATCHES FOR THE WEEK
A. Twilly, of Wandsworth, and T. Brown (the Brompton novice), 440 yards, 10 sovs a-side.
_
[BNA: Link.]
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London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday , for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
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London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday , for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
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Twilly v Brown on Wandsworth Common
London Journal and Pioneer Newspaper — Saturday 11 April 1846
A TWILLY (of Wandsworth), and T. BROWN (of Brompton), ran 440 yards on Wandsworth-common, on Monday , for £10 a-side. It was a one-sided affair — Twilly taking the lead, keeping it, and running in a winner by about as many yards as he pleased.
[BNA: Link.]
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Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle — Sunday 12 April 1846
Twilly and Brown.
The quarter of a mile race between A. Twilly, Wandsworth and Thomas Brown of Brompton, for £10 a side, came off Monday last, on Wandsworth Common, Surrey, and owing the unfavourable state of the weather, the rain pouring down nearly throughout the day , but few persons attended.
The race was anything but an equal match. At a little past four o'clock the men showed themselves, Twilly looking in first-rate trim, but Brown was much too stout for such a distance. The [??] was exceedingly flat, any odds being offered upon Twilly but met with no takers.
They got well away together, but it was soon seen who had the speed, for Twilly shot right from his opponent at a good paces, was never caught throughout the distance, and run in easy winner by nearly twenty yards.
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