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| Title: | The Adventure of the Missing Three-quarter | Collection: | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
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| Year published: | 1904 (August) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | Why did a rugby player disappear the day before an important match? | ||
| Apparent crime: | Possible abduction | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | An important rugby player leaves his hotel on the eve of a match with no explanation. | ||
- Introduction
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The coach of the Cambridge University rugby team, visits Holmes because his star player, Godfrey Staunton, has walked out of his hotel the day before an important match. He fears that his team will lose without him and he also has concern for his well-being.
- Actual crime
- Possible abduction
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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The player had secretly (to avoid losing an inheritance) married a woman and her dying on tuberculosis was the cause of his disappearance.
- Quotations in this story (0)
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- Characters in this story (2)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
- Other notes
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Another case where Holmes employs a dog to track someone.
- Keywords
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rugby Cyril Overton Trinity College Cambridge Stanley Hopkins Godfrey Staunton Mount-James Leslie Armstong Pompey Jeremy Dixon