Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Reece
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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Tom Reece
- ... that whilst making his record break of 499,135, English billiards player Tom Reece was in play for 85 hours and 49 minutes without his opponent taking a turn? Source: "Ballistics, 1907" Kenneth Gregory, The Guardian, 3 June 1967, p.5. (Available at newspapers.com )
- ALT1:... that English billiards player Tom Reece accompanied Annette Kellermann on a section of her unsuccessful attempt to swim across the English channel in 1905? Source: "The Channel Swim: A quadruple failure – Miss Kellerman prostrated" Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 25 August 1905, p.3. (Available via British Newspaper Archive for subscribers)
- Reviewed: Jürgen Holtz
5x expanded by BennyOnTheLoose (talk). Self-nominated at 20:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC).
Hi BennyOnTheLoose, review follows; article 5x expanded on 27 July; article is well written and cited inline to reliable sources throughout; most sources are offline or subscription only but happy to AGF tehre is no overly close paraphrasing from these, a spot check on the online sources didn't flag anything up; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and cited (AGF on citations), my preference is for ALT0; I would suggest mentioning in the article that Chapman didn't get to play any shots during the 85 hours, for those not familiar with the term "break"; a QPQ has been carried out. Good work on an interesting biography - Dumelow (talk) 09:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, Dumelow. I've added a few words into the article based on your suggestion. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:47, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
- I always thought this put into perspective my highest billiards break of 10... Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:04, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
