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St Andrew the Great

Saturday, 30 April 1983 in 2h 52 (10–3–1 in G)

5152 Half-Lead Spliced Double Surprise Major (23m)

224 each Premier, Ancient Druids, Blue Boar, Double Dublin, Free Press, Granta, Sir Isaac Newton, Gemini, Ashtead, Stanton, Jolly Millers, Maypole, Rhadegund, Zebra, Lancashire, Superlative, Live and Let Live, Old Spring, Spade and Beckett, Hat and Feathers, Elm Tree, Dewdrop, Jug and Firkin; 321 changes of method. 161 at the half-lead and 160 at the lead-end. All the work.

Composed by P A B Saddleton

1 Patrick L H Brooke (C)

2 John S Warboys

3 Alison L Brooke

4 David A Agg

5 John N Hughes-D'Aeth

6 Philip A B Saddleton

7 Paul S Seaman

8 David C Brown

First peal of 23 half-lead spliced.

Presumed to be the most number of changes of a method to a peal of S Major.

The following methods are rung for the first time:

Ancient Druids S Major: 345-36.45-5-36-4-45.36-456.7 LE2

Blue Boar S Major: 3-3.4-2.5.36.4.7-5.6-6.7 LE2

Dewdrop S Major: -3-4.56.2.5.36.4.7.34.5-6-7 LE2

Elm Tree S Major: 34-3.4-5-36-4-5.6-56.7 LE2

Free Press S Major: -36-6.5.2.5.36.4.7.4.3-36-8 LE8

Granta S Major: 34-3.6-56-36-34-3.6-56.7 LE2

Hat and Feathers S Major: -36-4-2.5.36.4.7-5-36-7 LE2

Jolly Millers S Major: 345-3.4-5-36-4-5.6-456.7 LE2

Jug and Firkin S Major: 36.56.3.4.56-5.36.4-34.5.6.34.56.7 LE2

Live and Let Live S Major: -36.5.4-2-36-7-5.4.36-7 LE2

Maypole S Major: 3.56.3.6-56-36-34-3.6.34.6.7 LE2

Old Spring S Major: -3.56.4.5-2.36.7-4.5.34.6-7 LE2

Rhadegund S Major: 3-3.4.5-2.36.7-4.5.6-6.7 LE2

Sir Isaac Newton S Major: 5.36-6.5-5.36.4-4.3-36.4.7 LE2

Spade and Beckett S Major: 34-36.4-56-36-34-5.36-56.7 LE2

Zebra S Major: 5.36.5.6-56-36-34-3.4.36.4.7 LE2

This peal named a new method or variation.