The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

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"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle in which Holmes investigates the mysterious disappearance of a star rugby player on the eve of an important match.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherlock Holmes short story
detective fiction short story
author Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED
centralMystery why Godfrey Staunton disappeared before an important rugby match
collection The Return of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Cyril Overton NERFINISHED
Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED
Dr. Leslie Armstrong NERFINISHED
Godfrey Staunton NERFINISHED
Lord Holdhurst NERFINISHED
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Sherlock Holmes universe NERFINISHED
firstPersonNarrator Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1904
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAdaptation radio drama
television episode
hasInvestigationType missing person case
hasTheme loyalty
privacy versus duty
sports and ethics
HolmesCanonGroup The Return of Sherlock Holmes stories NERFINISHED
HolmesMethod observation and deduction
use of cab-tracking and telegrams
isFollowedByInCollection The Adventure of the Abbey Grange NERFINISHED
isPrecededByInCollection The Adventure of Black Peter NERFINISHED
literaryForm short story
literaryPeriod Edwardian era NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Dr. John H. Watson NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOf Sherlock Holmes canon NERFINISHED
plotFocus disappearance of a rugby player
protagonistOccupation consulting detective
publicationMedium magazine
series Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED
settingLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
sportDepicted rugby union
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
titleCharacterRole missing rugby three-quarter

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes containsStory The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter