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It was obvious that to match Brumidi, white must be mixed with all but the darkest tones.
But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.
Shayne noted idly that it carried Miami Beach license plates as he approached, and then saw the flare of a match in the front seat as they passed, indicating that it was occupied.
Even so, it was still not clear to many in the enormous horde of spectators -- unquestionably the largest golf crowd ever -- that this tournament was to be, essentially, a match between Palmer and Player.
there was no Martian concept to match it -- unless one took `` church '' and `` worship '' and `` God '' and `` congregation '' and many other words and equated them to the totality of the only world he had known during growing-waiting then forced the concept back into English in that phrase which had been rejected ( by each differently ) by Jubal, by Mahmoud, by Digby.
He attained a reputation for brawn and audacity after a very competitive wrestling match to which he was challenged by the renowned leader of a group of ruffians, " the Clary's Grove boys ".
To keep options available for lower case letters and other graphics, the special and numeric codes were arranged before the letters, and the letter " A " was placed in position 41 < sub > hex </ sub > to match the draft of the corresponding British standard.
Though a world championship match between Karpov and Fischer was highly anticipated, those hopes were never realised.
Fischer insisted that the match be the first to ten wins ( draws not counting ), but that the champion would retain the crown if the score was tied 9 9.
The first Test match between England and Australia was played in 1877, though the Ashes legend started later, after the ninth Test, played in 1882.
More recent researchers, in particular Ronald Willis and Joy Munns have studied the tour in detail and concluded that the presentation was made after a private cricket match played over Christmas 1882 when the English team were guests of Sir William Clarke, at his property " Rupertswood ", in Sunbury, Victoria.
A fourth match was played, against a " United Australian XI ", which was arguably stronger than the Australian sides that had competed in the previous three matches ; this game, however, is not generally considered part of the 1882 83 series.
Because the series was at stake, the match was to be " timeless ", i. e., played to a finish.
Australian captain Herbie Collins was stripped of all captaincy positions down to club level, and some accused him of throwing the match.
Bradman himself thought that his 254 in the preceding match, at Lord's, was a better innings.
It was not until the last session of what was the 7th Test ( one match having been abandoned without a ball bowled ) that England's success was secured.
This was a remarkable match in which Australia looked certain to take a 2 0 series lead after they had forced England to follow-on 227 runs behind.
It was the first time since 1894 95 that a team following on had won a Test match.
After a rain-affected draw at Edgbaston, the fourth match at Headingley was convincingly won by Australia by an innings and 80 runs to level the series.
sc Heerenveen managed to do the same in 2008 09, though their away victory at Feyenoord was a KNVB Cup match ( Heerenveen had drawn 2 2 at De Kuip in the Eredivisie match ).

match and notable
It is notable that Sweden reached the final four having won only one match ( as a result of Austria's withdrawal from the first round ): the only time this has happened in a World Cup.
The match also was notable because they had defeated several up-and-coming players en route to the final.
The match was also notable for Hadlee's superb all round performance-he took 8 wickets in the match, and scored a rapid-fire 99 in New Zealand's only innings.
In professional golf, a small number of notable tournaments use the match play scoring system.
The Whitesboro seal displays a notable friendly wrestling match between founder Hugh White and a local Oneida chief.
The most notable were a match factory ; apart from that Nybro was also the easternmost part of the Glasriket, Kingdom of Crystal, that covers a total of four municipalities and has had many glass blowers, most notably Orrefors, Emmaboda and Kosta Boda.
He scored 28 in the second innings, but the drawn match was more notable for an incident on the third morning, when the new opening pair overslept on Taylor's 21st birthday.
The 1876-77 season was notable for a match between a combined XI from New South Wales and Victoria and the touring Englishmen at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was later recognised as the first Test Match.
He maintained a brilliant match record and successively defeated all the leading players of the day in a series of notable jubango ( contest between two players consisting of ten games ), even forcing them down to handicaps.
The most notable match race is the America's Cup which was until recently sailed by boats of the International America's Cup Class, which is a formula class.
Other notable match racing events in sailing include the Canada's Cup and the Richardson Trophy, both held on the Great Lakes.
Mackintosh is notable as a producer for his transformation of the musical into a global, highly profitable brand, and was the first theatrical producer to recognise that both touring productions and worldwide productions ( often in countries where musicals were seldom seen, such as the former eastern bloc countries in the early 90s ) were potentially highly lucrative markets which could, collectively, match and even surpass the revenues generated from New York and London productions.
Mascaras also wrestled in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ), where his most notable match was a match with Cactus Jack at Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout on February 6, 1990 in the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Another notable video game from the 1970s was The Driver, a racing-action game released by Kasco ( Kansai Seiki Seisakusho Co .) that used 16 mm film to project full motion video on screen, though its gameplay had limited interaction, requiring the player to match their steering wheel, gas pedal and brakes with movements shown on screen, much like the sequences in later laserdisc video games.
The 1950s brought little league success, but were notable for some fine goalscoring by Jack Connor, whose 140 goals in 5 seasons are still a club record, including 13 hat-tricks ( three of which back-to-back once against Crewe Alexandra and twice against Chester ), two instances of four goals in a match ( against Workington and Carlisle United ), and two of five goals in a match ( against Bradford Park Avenue and Tranmere Rovers ).
The Pilgrims lost 4 0, but the match was more notable for the travelling support.
Their most notable achievement is that they held, from 1885 until 2007, the record for the biggest victory in World senior football, when on 12 September 1885 they beat Bon Accord 36 0 in a Scottish Cup match with a further goal disallowed for offside.
Among many other notable matches he played with Anderssen, he defeated him in 1866, lost in 1868 by a score of eight wins, three losses, one draw, and finally defeated him convincingly ( 5 2 ; no draws ) in a match in 1871.
This match was notable for attracting a crowd of 28, 576, despite the low profiles of both teams
This match itself was most notable for the fact that it took place in Sylvan's hometown of Montreal, Québec, Canada, and saw Sylvan receive an overwhelmingly positive reaction from the crowd, including a roaring ovation at almost everything he said and did for the biggest pop of the night.
The match was notable for being Pauleta's last game for the national team so as captain Luís Figo's last before retirement from international football though, surprisingly, he was not selected to start the game, coming on as a substitute near the end and setting up Portugal's goal in a 3 1 defeat.

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