Oldest Member (character)
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The Oldest Member is a fictional character from the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse. He narrates the majority of Wodehouse's golf stories from the terrace of a golf club whose location is
The Oldest Member (right), 1922 illustration by Tony Sarg for "The Long Hole" in McClure's Magazine
The Clicking of Cuthbert
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The Clicking of Cuthbert is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all with a golfing theme. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 3 February 1922 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd of Lo
Oldest Member (character)
…Poskitt, one of the Wrecking Crew, who are all described as septuagenarians in "Scratch Man". However, the Oldest Member says he attended Cambridge in "The Heel of Achilles". In that story, the Oldest Member tells of a time when he was a young man shortly after finishing his college education. At that time, he worked as…
First edition (UK)
1921 illustration by Wilmot Lunt for "The Clicking of Cuthbert" in The Strand Magazine
1921 illustration by E. H. Shepard for "The Salvation of George Mackintosh" in the Strand