Quarter Peal Compositions of Other Surprise Major Methods

Matthew Sorell

 23456  W H
 24536  - 2
 32546  - 3
(42536) s  
round two blows after the single Wrong

(printable version)

1,250 Adelaide Surprise Major

Matthew Sorell

 23456    M W B
 54632    - -
(36452)   - 2 -
(32546)   -   3
(42536)     s  
round two blows after the single Wrong

(printable version)

1,280 Adelaide Surprise Major

Matthew Sorell

 23456    M W B H
 42356          -
(54263)     2 -
 65243      -
 23456    - -   2

(printable version)

1,280 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  B  W  H
24536         1  2
53246   1  -  2  1
34625   1     2
23456      -     2

(printable version)

1,344 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  M  B  W  H  
52436        1     
63425  2  -  2  1  
25346  1     2  2  
23456        1  2

(printable version)

1,344 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  M  B  W  H  
42356           1  
46253     -  1  1  
53624  2  -     2  
53246  2     2  1  
23456  1  -     1

(printable version)

1,312 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  M   B   W  H  
54326          2  2  
53246    In,V  2  1  
34625  1       2     
23456      -      2

(printable version)

1,344 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

234567   M  B  W  H     
26354       -  1  1     
543267   2  a  2  1     
23456    1  -     2     
a = In,F,In,F,F,B,V,V.

(printable version)

1,344 Belfast Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  M     B     W  H  
26354        -     1  1  
53624  2  In,B,V,V       
32546  2           2     
23456       In,V   1  2

(printable version)

1,344 Belfast Surprise Major

Matthew Durham

23456  M   B   W   H    
26354      -   1   1    
52643  2       2   2    
54326      -   2   1    
23456  1   -       2

contains all 24 56s also true to Bristol

(printable version)

Belfast Surprise Major

see also:
    1,280 Bristol Surprise Major by Richard C Offen
    1,344 Bristol Surprise Major by Roy K Williams
    1,280 Kent Treble Bob Major
    1,312 Kent Treble Bob Major
    1,312 Kent Treble Bob Major by Roger Bailey

1,312 Bloodstone Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   B  H  M  W
52436            -
23564   -  6
32645   -  5
23456   -  5      
5 = --s--

(printable version)

1,344 Bloodstone Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   B  H  M  W
52436            -
35264   -  3* 3+
23564      -
32645   -  s
23456   -  5      
3* = -s-
3+ = --s
5 = --s--

(printable version)

1,280 Bromsgrove Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   B  M  W  H
34256            2
23564   -  -     -
23456   2  -     -

(printable version)

1,344 Bromsgrove Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  W  H
42356         -
52364   s  s
42365   s
62354   s  s
23456   s     2

(printable version)

1,344 Carmarthen Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  W  H
24356         s
36452   -     s
45263   s  -  -
62354   -  -
54326   s  -
23456      s  s

(printable version)

1,312 Cassiobury Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

 23456   M  W  B  H
(36245)     -  2
 45263   -  -     s
(25643)  -  -  -
(35426)  s  -  -
 23456      -     ss

(printable version)

1,312 Cat's Eye Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  O  H  I  V
63524  s  2
53264  s  2     s
53426  -  -
24356  s     s   
23456  s

(printable version)

1,312 Chromium Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   V  O  I  H
32456      2*
32645      -     -
43256   -  s  s
23456      2+     
2* = - s; 2+ = s -.

(printable version)

1,280 Cornwall Surprise Major

23456   O  H  I  V
45236   -     -
52436      3  -  2
23456         -

(printable version)

1,280 Cornwall Surprise Major

Roger Bailey

23456  H  I  V
65324     -  -
52364     -
64235  3
54632        -
23456     -  -

especially suitable for handbells

(printable version)

1,280 Cray Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

2345678  1  2  3  7 
42356             -
2347658  -  s        (3 leads)
3247856  s  -  s     (3)
2435876  -  s        (3)
2435678  s  -  -     (3)
23456             3*
3* = - s -

(printable version)

1,296 Cunning Little Vixen Little Surprise Major

Roger Bailey

23456  M  B  W  H
34256           2
45362     -
56423     -
24365  2  -  2   
two part

(printable version)

1,296 Cunning Little Vixen Little Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  H  M  W
53246  2     1
23645     1   
three part

contains 60 cru

(printable version)

1,280 Dylan Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   B  M  W  H
42356            -
32654      -
34562   -  s  s  -
34625   -        -
23456   -        2

(printable version)

1,280 Ealing Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

23456  M  B  W  H
35264  -  ss    -
23564  -  -  -  -
36245  -  ss    -
23645  -  -  -  -
43256  -  ss    s
24356  -  -  -  -
23456           s
ss = s3rds/s5ths

(printable version)

1,280 Ealing Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

23456  M  3/5  B  W  H
52364  -   ss
63254  2   ss
23564  -       -     -
23645          -     -
34625  -       -
23456  -   ss

(printable version)

Ealing Surprise Major

see also:
1,280 Rutland Surprise Major by Richard C Offen

1,312 Erophobia Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  B  H  M  W
32654     -  -
23546  -  s
34265  -  3
64523  2  s
26435  -  2
23456  -     -   
fourth place calls

(printable version)

1,296 Eryri Surprise Major

23456   M  B  W  H
43526   1  -     1
two part

(printable version)

1,344 Eryri Surprise Major

David W Beard

23456   M  B  W  H
42356            1
53624   1     1
52436      -  2  1
23456   1  -

(printable version)

1,296 Eryri Surprise Major

David W Beard

23456   B  F/I  W  H
34256              2
43625       x   5
23456   -          3*
3* = - - s
5 = - - s - -

contains all 24 56s and 18 65s

(printable version)

1,344 Glamorgan Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  W  H
24356         s
56432   -  s  s
32465   -  -  s
two part

(printable version)

1,250 Glasgow Surprise Major

23456   B  H
26435   4  2
24635      s
round in two blows
4th place calls

(printable version)

1,280 Glasgow Surprise Major

23456   V  O  I  H
42635      3     -
23564   2     -
23456      -     -
6th place bobs

(printable version)

1,280 Glasgow Surprise Major

Toby Arkless

234567  1  2  3  4  5  6 
652743     x        x     
735462  x                 
527463  -  x  x  x        
245367           -        
43526            x        
352764        x  -     -  
234567  -           -     
- = 14; x = 16.

contains Queens, Whittingtons and Tittums

(printable version)

1,312 Glasgow Surprise Major

Toby Arkless

 23456   B  M  W  H 
(52436)        -     
 35264   -        2   
(62453)     -  -     
 42356      -         
 23456            2  
4th place bobs

(printable version)

1,312 Glasgow Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   V  O  I  H
23645      -     -
43526   -  -  2
34625   -  -
42356   -     -
23456      -      
sixth place bobs

(printable version)

1,344 Halloween Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  W  H
42356         -
56234   -  s  s
23465   s  -  -
65342   -  s  s
23456   s  -  2

(printable version)

1,280 Lancashire Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   W  V  4  M  H
32456               4*
54236      -  -  -
23456   s           -
4* = -s--

(printable version)

1,280 Lancashire Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   W  V  4  B  M  H
24356                  s
25364            -  -
32456      -  -  -     ss
23456   -  -  -     -  s

(printable version)

1,280 Leckhampton Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  B  W  H
42356            -
54326         -
23465   s     s  s
32654      -     s
23456      -  -  2

(printable version)

1,312 Leckhampton Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  3  B  V  W  H
42356                  -
25634      s     s     -
34562      s     s
32465         -     -  -
32654         -        -
34256         -     -  -
23456   -     -     -  -

(printable version)

1,250 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

Philip A B Saddleton

 23456   M  W  H 
 34256         2  
 52346      -  s  
 34265   s  s  -  
 62435      s  s  
(32456)  s  s     
round two blows after the last single Wrong

also true to Yorkshire

(printable version)

1,282 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

James Smith

23456   B  M  W  H
23564   -        -
36245   -
42365         -  s
63245         s  s
32456      s  s  2
round two blows after Wrong

(printable version)

1,282 Lincolnshire Surprise Major

James Smith

23456   B  M  W  H
32564   -        s
23645   -        s
62345            -
53246      s     s
32456         s  2
round two blows after Wrong

(printable version)

Lincolnshire Surprise Major

1,280 Malpas Surprise Major

John M Goldthorpe

23456    M   B   H
34256            2
34562        -   -  
24365    2
43265            2
23564    -          
23645        -   -  
23456        -   -
4th place bobs

(printable version)

1,280 Malpas Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2325)

23456    M  B  W  H
34526          2  s
42365       -     3
24653       -     s
34256    2
23456             -
4th place bobs

(printable version)

1,280 Malpas Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2326)

23456   O  H  I  V
65324         -  -
24536      3
43526         -
23456   -     2   
6th place bobs

(printable version)

Norwich Surprise Major

see:
    1,312 Kent Treble Bob Major
    1,312 Kent Treble Bob Major by Roger Bailey
    1,250 Kent Treble Bob Major by Donald F Morrison
    1,280 Kent Treble Bob Major by Michael F Schulte

1,280 Old Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  B  W  H
26354      -  -  -
52364         -
43265   -        -
64235         -
52436   -        -
23456   -  -

(printable version)

1,280 Old Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  I  B  5  W  H
42356                  -
52364   -  -     -  -
43265   s              s
62345               s  s
53246   -              -
23456   -     -        -

(printable version)

1,280 Pride of Spitalfields Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2379)

23456  V  I  H  O 
34256           -  
36245  -     -     
62345           -  
32546     -  -     
two part
sixth place bobs

(printable version)

1,280 Pride of Spitalfields Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2380)

234567      W  B  M  H 
34256                2  
32546       -        2  
473526  sT        3*      
234567  F   -  -        
fourth place calls

(printable version)

1,250 Pudsey Surprise Major

 23456   W   H
 34256       2
 24536   2   -
 32546   -
(42536)  s    
round two blows after Wrong

(printable version)

1,344 Pudsey Surprise Major

Paul J Flavell

2345678  V  M  W  I
3427856  -  -  -  -
six part

96 combinations of 5678 at the front and at the back

(printable version)

1,250 Pudsey Surprise Major

Philip A B Saddleton

 23456   M  W  H  
 46352   -     s  
 35264   s  -  -  
 64523   -  s  s  
 52346   s  -  -  
 63245   -     -  
(42536)  -  -     
round two blows after the last bob Wrong

(printable version)

1,282 Pudsey Surprise Major

James Smith

 23456   B  M  W  H
 24356            s
 32456            -
 32564   -        -
 26345   -
 34265         -  -
 63245         -
(42536)     -  -   
round two blows after Wrong

(printable version)

1,312 Pudsey Surprise Major

Glenn A A Taylor

23456   B       M   H
42356               -
63254           -   -
34625       a       ss
23456   -           2
a = a pair of half lead singles at 2½ and 6½.

contains Queens

(printable version)

Pudsey Surprise Major

see also:
    1,344 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major by Steve Coleman
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major by Matthew Durham
    1,344 London Surprise Major by Graham A C John
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major
    1,280 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Chris Adams
    1,280 Yorkshire Surprise Major by J Eric Brosius
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Donald F Morrison
    1,280 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Glenn A A Taylor

1,344 Superlative Surprise Major

23456   H
23456   6
6 = s - - s - -

(printable version)

1,250 Superlative Surprise Major

23456  B   M   H
35264  -       
25463      -   ss 
35462      s    
25364      2    
round in two blows

(printable version)

1,280 Superlative Surprise Major

Richard J Angrave

(25364) X  M  W
 32546  x     2
 35264  x     s
(25364)    3*  
start and finish at the treble's backstroke snap
X = s at 1, bob at 1½.
3* = - - S

(printable version)

1,280 Superlative Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456  B  M  W  H 
24356           s  
45263  -           
35264     s        
64523     -  s  s  
42635  -           
32645        s     
23456  -        s

(printable version)

1,344 Superlative Surprise Major

Donald F Morrison (no. 2328)

(25364) M  W  
 35462  -      
 25463  s  ss  
two part
snap start and finish

especially suitable for handbells (3-4 and 5-6 course throughout)

(printable version)

1,250 Superlative Surprise Major

Philip A B Saddleton

23456  B  M  W  H   
24356           s   
45263  -            
26453     ss -  -   
25364     2  -  -   
round two blows later

(printable version)

Superlative Surprise Major

see also:
    1,344 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major
    1,344 Cambridge Surprise Major by Roger Bailey
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major by Steve Coleman
    1,280 Cambridge Surprise Major by Matthew Durham
    1,344 London Surprise Major by Graham A C John
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major
    1,280 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Chris Adams
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major by Donald F Morrison

1,280 Upminster Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M  B  W  H
42356            -
46253      -  -  -
26354   -
25463   s  -  s
64352   s     -  s
23456   -        -

(printable version)

1,312 Upminster Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M I/V W  H
42356            -
35264   -  x  -  -
45263   s    
64352   2     -  s
23456   s        s

(printable version)

1,312 Upminster Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M    B    W  H
26354        -    -  -
62534   2  sT/sV  -  -
25634   s  sT/sV  s  -
52436   -  sT/sV  2  -
23456   -    -

(printable version)

1,312 Upminster Surprise Major

Mark B Davies

23456   M    B    W  H
45362   -   I/V   -  -
36254   s         -  -
26354   s  sT/sV  s  s
64523   -  sT/sV  -  -
25346   s         -  s
53246   s  sT/sV  s  -
23456   -    -       -

(printable version)

Uxbridge Surprise Major

see:
    1,250 Rutland Surprise Major
    1,280 Rutland Surprise Major by Richard C Offen
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major
    1,344 Yorkshire Surprise Major

Wembley Surprise Major

see:
1,280 Rutland Surprise Major by Richard C Offen

1,250 York Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

 23456   W  B  M  H
 42356            -
 26354   -  3     -
 23564   -        2
 52436   -     -  
(32456)  s         
round two blows after the single

(printable version)

1,280 York Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

23456  W  B  M  H
42356           -
26354  -  3     -
23564  -        2
23456  -  2     -

(printable version)

1,280 York Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

23456  W  V/F  B  H
36245  -       2
43265  -
35264  -   x      -
63254  -
23456  -   x      2

(printable version)

1,280 York Surprise Major

Richard C Offen

23456  W  V/F  B  M  H
42356                -
62345      x      2  -
23564      x      2
23456  -       2     -

(printable version)

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