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... Ward , and especially Mr. E. H. Budd , often our antagonist in Lans- down matches , have respectively assisted in the first twenty years of the present century . But , distinct mention must we make of one most important Chronicler ...
... Ward , and especially Mr. E. H. Budd , often our antagonist in Lans- down matches , have respectively assisted in the first twenty years of the present century . But , distinct mention must we make of one most important Chronicler ...
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... wards the player at the other , who is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . If it pitches in the hole , the party who threw it takes his turn with the club . If the cat be struck , the club- bearers change places , and each ...
... wards the player at the other , who is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . If it pitches in the hole , the party who threw it takes his turn with the club . If the cat be struck , the club- bearers change places , and each ...
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... Ward , and published in " Old Nyren , " by the talented Mr. C. Cowden Clarke , will remember that the traditionary " blockhole " was a veritable hole in former times , and that the batsman was made Out in running , not , as now , by ...
... Ward , and published in " Old Nyren , " by the talented Mr. C. Cowden Clarke , will remember that the traditionary " blockhole " was a veritable hole in former times , and that the batsman was made Out in running , not , as now , by ...
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... Ward's play - good for something to the last . First - rate straight play and free leg - hitting sel- dom last long together : when once exulting in the luxurious excitement of a leg volley , the muscles are always on the quiver to ...
... Ward's play - good for something to the last . First - rate straight play and free leg - hitting sel- dom last long together : when once exulting in the luxurious excitement of a leg volley , the muscles are always on the quiver to ...
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... Ward at sixty , Mr. E. H. Budd at sixty - five , and old John Small at seventy years of age , were useful men in good elevens . Cricket is a game available to poor as well as rich ; it has no privileged class . Unlike shoot- ing ...
... Ward at sixty , Mr. E. H. Budd at sixty - five , and old John Small at seventy years of age , were useful men in good elevens . Cricket is a game available to poor as well as rich ; it has no privileged class . Unlike shoot- ing ...
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