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5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (12-19 Methods)
5152 Spliced Surprise Major (20-23 Methods)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (4-14 Methods)
5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (14 Methods)
15,840 Spliced Surprise Maximus (30 Methods)
5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus (3-10 Methods)

5088 Spliced Surprise Major (4 Methods)

John R Leary 1978 p1084

 23456    M  W  H   Methods
---------------------------------
 52436       -      YPYP/R
 62345    -  2  -   R/P/YRSSY/R/
 32546    -         R/YR
 52643    -         SYY/SR
 46325    -  -      PYP/RRRRR/PYP
 24365       -      RS/YYS
 36245       -  -   RY/R/
 45362    2  -      R/YSSRY/P/R
 23564    -     -   R/PYPY/
---------------------------------
3 part. 
1824 Rutland, 1536 Yorkshire, 960 Pudsey, 768 Superlative.
120 com, all the work, 96 cru's.
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5152 Spliced Surprise Major (23 Methods)

John R Leary (from Norman Smith's) 1985 p72

  12345678 Tring
  --------
- 13578264 Uxbridge
  17325486 Cornwall
  14267835 Double Dublin
  16482573 Bristol
  18654327 Whalley
- 13586742 Watford
  18375264 London
  17823456 Tavistock
  15634827 Glasgow
  16452378 Chiswick
  12748635 Cassiobury
- 18356742 Lindum
  15873264 Carmarthen
  13684527 Wembley
- 15836742 Otley
- 17358264 Jersey
  18634725 Preston
  14265873 Ipswich
  13876542 Cray
  15723486 Ashtead
  16482357 Lincolnshire
  12547638 Pudsey
- 15738264
  --------
7 part. 224 each method. 
160 com, all the work, 36 cru's. 
Each lead different.
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5152 Spliced Surprise Major (12-19 Methods)

John R Leary 1985 p1085

           12 Methods     15 Methods     18 Methods     19 Methods       
           -----------------------------------------------------------
  12345678 Lyme           Lyme           Lyme            Lyme          
- 13578264 Devon          Devon          Devon           Devon         
  15836742 Buckfastleigh  Buckfastleigh  Buckfastleigh   Buckfastleigh 
- 12743586 Orwell         Orwell         Orwell          Gemini        
  13876254 Mytholmroyd    Otley          Londonthorpe    Londonthorp   
  16584327 Lyme           Delrow         Thurston        Thurston      
  14257638 Flint          Flint          Delrow          Delrow        
- 18654327 Mytholmroyd    Mytholmroyd    Mytholmroyd     Mytholmroyd   
  14267835 Scorpio        Scorpio        Scorpio         Scorpio       
- 17358264 Lyme           Hardham        Hardham         Hardham       
  18634725 Buckfastleigh  Flint          Flint           Flint         
  15723486 Aquarius       Londonthorpe   Thurston        Thurston      
  14265873 Otley          Buckfastleigh  Mytholmroyd     Mytholmroyd   
  16482357 Delrow         Aquarius       Belfast         Belfast       
  13876542 Buckfastleigh  Glasgow        Quantock        Quantock      
  12547638 Dunwich        Aquarius       Glasgow         Glasgow       
- 16482573 Otley          Otley          Otley           Otley         
- 15864327 Londonthorpe   Londonthorpe   Orwell          Orwell        
  18452673 Orwell         Orwell         Londonthorpe    Londonthorpe   
  12743865 Scorpio        Hardham        Hardham         Hardham       
  16538742 Otley          Aquarius       Aquarius        Aquarius      
  13675284 Dunwich        Chertsey       Chertsey        Chertsey      
- 12743658 Dunwich        Dunwich        Dunwich         Dunwich       
- 16482735
  --------
com         153            160            160              160 
cru's        24             28             32               32 
7 part. 224 of each occurrence. 
All arrangements are all the work. Every lead different, all Methods wrong place. 
All works above treble different as are all works below. All 12 lead head groups are rung. 
All 2nds place Methods are rung with 4ths place bobs. All 8ths place Methods are rung with 6ths place bobs.
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5152 Spliced Surprise Major (20-23 Methods)

John R Leary 1985 p1085

            20 Methods      21 Methods       22 Methods       23 Methods
            ------------------------------------------------------------
  12345678  Lyme            Lyme             Lyme             Lyme            
- 13578264  Devon           Devon            Devon            Devon          
  15836742  Buckfastleigh   Buckfastleigh    Buckfastleigh    Buckfastleigh   
- 12743586  Gemini          Gemini           Gemini           Gemini          
  13876254  Londonthorpe    Londonthorpe     Londonthorpe     Londonthorpe    
  16584327  Thurston        Thurston         Thurston         Thurston        
  14257638  Delrow          Delrow           Eire             Eire            
- 18654327  Mytholmroyd     Mytholmroyd      Mytholmroyd      Mytholmroyd     
  14267835  Scorpio         Scorpio          Scorpio          Scorpio         
- 17358264  Hardham         Hardham          Hardham          Hardham         
  18634725  Flint           Flint            Flint            Flint           
  15723486  Deva            Deva             Deva             Deva            
  14265873  Mytholmroyd     Mytholmroyd      Mytholmroyd      Saddleworth     
  16482357  Belfast         Belfast          Belfast          Belfast         
  13876542  Quantock        Quantock         Quantock         Quantock        
  12547638  Glasgow         Glasgow          Glasgow          Glasgow         
- 16482573  Otley           Otley            Otley            Otley           
- 15864327  Orwell          Orwell           Orwell           Orwell          
  18452673  Londonthorpe    Whalley          Whalley          Whalley         
  12743865  Hardham         Delrow           Delrow           Delrow          
  16538742  Aquarius        Aquarius         Aquarius         Aquarius        
  13675284  Chertsey        Chertsey         Chertsey         Chertsey        
- 12743658  Dunwich         Dunwich          Dunwich          Dunwich         
- 16482735
  --------
com         160             160               160              160               160
cru's        32              33                33               31
7 part. 224 of each occurrence. 
All arrangements are all the work. Every lead different, all Methods wrong place. 
All works above treble different as are all works below. All 12 lead head groups are rung. 
All 2nds place Methods are rung with 4ths place bobs. All 8ths place Methods are rung with 6ths place bobs.
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5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (4-14 Methods)

John R Leary

              4 Methods               10 Methods        
             ----------------------------------------
  1234567890 Superlative(No2)        Superlative(No2)  
- 1357920486 Cambridge               Middlesex         
  1905836742 London(No3)             Bristol           
  1593078264 Cambridge               Superlative(No2)  
  1089654327 Bristol                 Lockington        
  1860492573 Bristol                 Lockington        
  1648207935 Superlative(No2)        Rutland           
- 1427365890 London(No3)             London(No3)       
  1746283059 London(No3)             Cambridge         
- 1867402935 Superlative(No2)        Rutland           
  1426385790 London(No3)             Lincolnshire      
  1648273059 Cambridge               Yorkshire         
  1234569807 Superlative(No2)        Superlative(No2)  
  1593027486 Cambridge               Pudsey            
- 1907856342
  ----------
For  5 ring  4 with lead  9 and lead 11 as Rutland
For  6 ring  5 with lead 10 and lead 12 as Yorkshire
For  7 ring  6 with lead  4 as Lincolnshire
For  8 ring  7 with lead 14 as Pudsey
For  9 ring  8 with lead  8 as Lockington
For 11 ring 10 with lead  1 as Carlisle
For 12 ring 11 with lead 10 as Nideggen
For 13 ring 12 with lead  6 as Clyde
For 14 ring 13 with lead 11 as Sussex County and lead 13 as Lincolnshire
9 part. 360 each occurrence. All arrangements are all the work.
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5040 Spliced Surprise Royal (14 Methods)

John R Leary

              Comp A              Comp B            Comp C
  -------------------------------------------------------------------           
  1234567890 Carlisle            Carlisle          Carlisle        
- 1908674523 Middlesex           Middlesex         Middlesex       
  1234567089 Quixwood            Quixwood          Quixwood        
  1640293857 Avoncliffe          Avoncliffe        Avoncliffe      
  1426305978 Claverton           Claverton         Claverton       
- 1578930264 Lockington          Devon             Devon           
  1853729406 Clyde               (Limpley Stoke)   (Limpley Stoke) 
  1382547690 Rutland             Vicuna            Vicuna          
  1234865079 Nideggen            Dumfries          Dumfries        
  1426308957 Superlative(No2)    (Bedwyn)          (Bedwyn)        
- 1238547690 Attenborough        Attenborough      Attenborough    
  1069478523 Sussex County       Sussex County     Sussex County   
  1486203957 Bristol             Bristol           Wootton Rivers  
  1824365079 London(No3)         London(No3)       Metropolitan    
- 1648203957
  ----------
9 part. 360 each occurrence. All arrangements are all the work.
Comp A is each lead different, all works above and below are different.
Comp B as A, also all are wrong place, all lead head groups included.
Comp C contains none of the standard 8.
The following are proposed Methods.
(Limpley Stoke)=56.78-14-78.56.30.14-14.58-56-50.14.56.14.70;10
(Bedwyn)=-30-16.78-58.16.78-34.50.36-34.50-18-90;12             
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15,840 Spliced Surprise Maximus (30 Methods)

John R Leary 1993 p548

  123456789OET Burwell Fen
  ------------
- 12357496E8T0 Andromeda 
  1524367890ET Wembley
  145628307T9E Carlisle
  1T0E89674352 Adventurer's Fen
  108T6E495723 Daresbury
  1ET907836245 Strathclyde
  137295E4T608 Belfast
- 123795E4T608 Orion
  17253496E8T0 Chatteris Fen
  1574263890ET Cornwall
  1648507T2E39 Zanussi
  1392E7T50486 Halifax
  1ET903826745 Devon
  1T0E89634257 York
  108T6E495372 Dun Laoghaire
- 1239E7T50486 Cambridge
  1ET302896745 Folgate
  1T0E83624957 Westminster
  108T6E435279 The Hundred
  192735E4T608 Rigel
  1574962830ET Berkshire
- 123ET9078564 Pudsey
  1T03826E4957 Old West River
  1E2937T50486 Preston
  13T20E896745 Ariel
  1795E42638T0 Well Creek
  1648507T93E2 Fenchurch
  18604T53729E Bristol
  157496E8203T Uxbridge
  1456789OET23
  ------------
11 part. 528 each method. 329 com, all the work.
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5040 Spliced Surprise Maximus (3-10 Methods)

John R Leary 1989 p243

 1234567890ET   B          1326547890ET   X(13)       1T0E89473652   Q
 1795E3T20486   X          157293E6T408   B           1ET907864235   Q
 1ET907856342   X          1ET907854263   X           19E7T6028543   B
 108T6E492735   F          108T4E693725   B           108T4E395726 X(28)
 1T0E89674523   H         -1632547890ET   B           1438502T6E79   H
 18604T2E3957   X          1795E3T60284   Q          -1352647890ET X(30)
 142638507T9E   X(7)       157396E2T408   Q(19)       167593E2T408   H
 13527496E8T0   F          13567294E8T0   F(20)       19E7T6058342   F
-1423567890ET   F         -1263547890ET   F           1796E5T30284   B
-163428507T9E   F(10)      132468507T9E   X(22)       1T0E89472635   B
 1468302T5E79   Q         -12657394E8T0   X           1428305T6E79 H(35)
 18406T3E2957   B          1796E2T50384   B          -1235647890ET
 1326547890ET              1T0E89473652


 B = Bristol
 F = Londinium, Barford or Newgate
 Q = Londinium, Barford, Newgate or Belfast
 X = Cambridge, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Superlative or Pudsey
 H = Cambridge, Lincolnshire or Pudsey

 1. Belfast cannot follow a plain lead of a 2nds place method.
 2. Belfast can be rung for any lead (10), provided that Londinium is
    not rung for any lead (20), and Superlative or Pudsey is rung for
    all leads (28).
 3. If Pudsey is rung for any lead (35), then no lead (19) may be
    Belfast.
 4. If Pudsey is rung for any lead (7) or any lead (22), then the
    corresponding lead in other parts may not be rung as Yorkshire.
 5. If Pudsey is rung for any lead (13), then all leads (30) must be
    rung as either Superlative or Pudsey.

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