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Cricket in the British Empire

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And when the game’s o’er, and our fate shall draw nigh,
(For the heroes of cricket, like others, must die),
Our bats we’ll resign, neither troubled nor vexed,
And give up our wickets to those that come next....

Rev. Reynell Cotton, Hyde Abbey School, Winchester, c.1780



English boy with Cricket Bat


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