135, by Ludwig van Beethoven was written in October 1826 and was the last substantial work he finished.

When the last hand has finished being played, the dealer reveals the hole card, and stands or draws further cards according to the rules of the game for dealer drawing.

During the first American League season in 1901, they finished last ( 8th place ) with a record of 48 – 89.

The team finished last for the first time since their 1988 season.

On February 1, 1999, Barış Manço died of a sudden heart attack before the release of his just finished last work Mançoloji ( Mançology or Manchology ) ( 1999 ), a double album containing the new recordings of his hit songs along with an unfinished instrumental song " 40.

They had finished in last place for two successive seasons, although they contained a number of promising young players.

The following year, however, they finished in last position, despite boasting a talented playing list.

Although they had their best season in decades at 92 – 70, they lost key games against the Mets and finished the season a disappointing eight games out of first place while the Mets exploded past them by winning 39 of their last 50 games.

In 2006, bottom fell out as the Cubs finished 66 – 96, last in the NL Central.

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

Coronation Street was the last British soap to make the switch to 16: 9 ( Take the High Road remained in 4: 3 until it finished in 2003 ).

They were built for the China tea trade and began with the Falcon in 1859, and finished with the last ships built in 1870.

The Cowboys then finished an up-and-down 2006 season with a 9 – 7 record and a playoff appearance, but after a last second loss in the wild-card game against the Seattle Seahawks, Parcells retired and was succeeded by Wade Phillips.

In 1906 he finished his coursework, having focused the last year on courses in anthropology and taking seminars such as Primitive Culture with Farrand, Ethnology with Boas, Archaeology and courses in Chinese language and culture with Berthold Laufer.

The last book Thompson finished was Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law ( 1993 ).

The Marlins finished last ( 51 – 64 ) in their division in the strike shortened season of and fourth ( 67-76 ) in.

The two books generally considered most important to the Revival were Raymond Weaver's 1921 biography Herman Melville: Man, Mariner and Mystic and his 1924 edition of Melville's last great but never quite finished manuscript, Billy Budd, which Melville's granddaughter gave to Weaver when he visited her for research on the biography.

In 1973 – 1974 Hellas finished the season in 4th last place thus avoiding relegation, but were sent down to Serie B during the summer months as a result of a scandal involving team president Saverio Garonzi.

Anatoly Karpov finished in third and Darmen Sadvakasov last.

The other five participants, Polgár, Karpov, Shirov, Grischuk and Lékó all finished with 4½ for second and last position.

In November 2008, Polgár had a terrible result in The World Chess Blitz Championship in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, finished last of the 16 players with only 2½ points.

She finished last in the elite four-player Crown group, losing games to Vladmir Kramnik and Anish Giri.

Jacksonville's 1996 season was a marked success as they won six of their last seven games of the season and finished with a record of 9 – 7.

At the end of the 2010 season, the Royals finished with a 67 – 95 record, in last place in the division for the sixth time in seven years.

Elizabeth viewed the partially finished results at Kenilworth in 1572, but the complete effect of Leicester's work was only apparent during the queen's last visit in 1575.

Things initially went well, and for much of the season Chelsea were on course for promotion, but two wins from their final seven league games ensured the club finished 4th.

In 1980, Taylor and his passenger Benga Johansson won 4 races, and finished on the podium in all seven events.

When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue seven other Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations further west.

After dropping seven games behind the Atlanta Braves on July 21, Philadelphia finished with an MLB-best record of 97 – 65.

Orbison later recalled that, by the age of seven, " I was finished, you know, for anything else "; music would be his life.

Sosa finished the season with 40 home runs, and he hit two more in the 2003 NLCS against the Florida Marlins, but overall, the Cubs lost the series in seven games.

Griese finished the game with just six out of seven pass completions for 73 yards.

When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to seven other Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations.

** Federico Faggin, having finished the design of the 4004, became leader of the project from January 1971 until its successful completion in April 1972, after it had been suspended – for lack of progress – for about seven months.

After no less than seven false starts, Craig won the race in 10, 8-Lippincott only finished third.

After making the postseason for seven consecutive years, from 1981 to 1987, the Nordiques became one of the worst teams in the league: from 1987 – 88 to 1991 – 92, the team finished last in their division every season and three times had the worst record of the league.

Although the salary cap was a blow to one of the highest spenders of the league, the Colorado Avalanche finished the 2005 – 06 regular season with a 43 – 30 – 9 record for 95 points, good enough to finish second in the Northwest Division, seven behind the Calgary Flames and tied with the Edmonton Oilers.

The Heat finished the regular season with a 44 – 38 record and faced the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, to whom they lost 4 – 0 in the best of seven series.

The Hornets finished their inaugural season with a record of 20 wins and 62 losses, and led the NBA in attendance ( a feat they would achieve seven more times in Charlotte ).

The Demons finished the 2010 season in 12th position with eight and a half wins ( more than double their win tallies from 2008 and 2009 combined ); that could have easily been eleven if not for close results against 2010 Premiers during the course of the year ( a one point loss in round 2 and a draw in round 12 ) and the Western Bulldogs ( a four-point loss in round seven ).

Jairzinho was second top scorer with seven goals, Pele finished with four goals.

The toll road was finished in 1853, and included seven tollhouses between Lansing and Howell.

His dominance over his peers ( despite his comparative lack of success in the majors ) was probably best expressed in the Official World Golf Rankings: Norman finished the season on top of the ranking list on seven occasions, in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996 and 1997, and was second at the end of 1988, 1993 and 1994.

He finished the series of pictures after seven years to the satisfaction of the members of the society, who granted him two exhibitions, and at subsequent periods voted him 50 guineas, a gold medal, and a further 200 guineas.

Montoya finished the 1998 F3000 season with four wins, seven pole positions, and nine podium finishes in twelve races.

Both drivers finished the season with equal number of points but having won seven races to the Scotsman's three decided the title in the Colombian's favor.

Two weeks later in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Montoya, in a blue Clorox scheme led seven laps and finished 3rd.

Williams finished the year ranked World No. 2 having won seven titles, her best showing in both respects of her career.