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Suffragettes burn down the pavilion of the ground famous for Kapil Devs epic 175

Suffragettes burn down the pavilion of the ground famous for Kapil Dev's epic 175

On April 11, 1913, the picturesque Nevill Ground of Tunbridge Wells was subjected to arson by militant suffragettes. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the fire that destroyed the pavilion and resulted in significant financial loss.

Arunabha Sengupta, Moments in history, Nevill Ground, Wilfred Rhodes, Colin Bythe, Frank Woolley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Hirst, EW Swanton, William Nevill

April 11 2013, 12:47 pm

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