- Title: U.K.: ANNUAL WORLD MARBLES CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO THE TOUCAN TERRIBLES.
- Date: 28th April 1974
- Summary: 1. CU Inn sign ZOOM OUT TO GV playing slab 0.11 2. MV Rams player makes opening throw 0.21 3. MV toucan Terrible team memebr throws 0.37 4. MV Announcer 0.40 5. MV Rams player throws 0.46 6. SV Toucan Terribles team members watch game 0.51 7. GV Toucan Terrible player finishes the game and is congratulated by team members 1.17 8. CU Scoreboard - Toucan Terribles 25, Rams 1. 1.20 9. GV Cup presented to team captain 1.34 Initials BB/2223 JT/AH/BB/2242 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th May 1974 13:00
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- Location: TINSLEY GREEN, SUSSEX, U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA2G1Y8W1IZ852L1UNDXYRDGAV6
- Story Text: The World Marbles Championship was held at the village in at Tinsley Green in the south of England on Sunday (28 April), and ended with a resounding victory for the team known as the Toucan Terribles.
In the game of marbles each player has his own glass sphere -- known as a tolley -- with which he tries to knock as many marbles as possible off a concrete slab.
In the finals, between the Toucan Terribles and the Rams, one of the Toucan Terribles launched himself on a brilliant break of 25 points. This was enough to win the game, since it was half the number of marbles on the slab -- the winning target.
Players of this ancient game are no mere dilettantes. Rain had forced them to abandon the Championships half way through a few weeks ago, but they gathered on Sunday to try again.
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