
Jon Baddeley
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Only seven teams entered the 1908 Tug of War competition. German and Greece withdrew before the start, leaving USA and Sweden to compete against three UK Police Teams: City of London, Liverpool and Metropolitan. Liverpool pulled against the US in the quarter finals, with the other teams having byes, and won the first pull after which the Americans protested the Police team wearing their service boots. When this was declined, the US withdrew. Liverpool beat Sweden in the semi finals and went on to be defeated by the City of London in the final.