The Quarterly Review, Volume 247John Murray, 1926 - English literature |
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... cricket , football , boxing ; team - work , as in rowing , where the individual must subordinate his personal idiosyncrasies to a serviceable co - operation with the rest of the crew , have brought out qualities which prove helpful in ...
... cricket , football , boxing ; team - work , as in rowing , where the individual must subordinate his personal idiosyncrasies to a serviceable co - operation with the rest of the crew , have brought out qualities which prove helpful in ...
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... of nations . We are not alike ; we shall never be alike ; but our common interests are more important than our incidental differences . ROBERT MCELROY . Art . 2. - CRICKET AND ITS CHRONICLERS . 1. 230 BRITISH - AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
... of nations . We are not alike ; we shall never be alike ; but our common interests are more important than our incidental differences . ROBERT MCELROY . Art . 2. - CRICKET AND ITS CHRONICLERS . 1. 230 BRITISH - AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
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Art . 2. - CRICKET AND ITS CHRONICLERS . 1. A History of Cricket . By H. S. Altham . Allen & Unwin , 1926 . 2. The Hambledon Men . Ed . by E. V. Lucas . Frowde , 1907 . 3. A Cricketer's Book . By Neville Cardus . Grant Richards , 1922 ...
Art . 2. - CRICKET AND ITS CHRONICLERS . 1. A History of Cricket . By H. S. Altham . Allen & Unwin , 1926 . 2. The Hambledon Men . Ed . by E. V. Lucas . Frowde , 1907 . 3. A Cricketer's Book . By Neville Cardus . Grant Richards , 1922 ...
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... Cricket will decline into a mere exhibition of rough , coarse horseplay . ' He was not always right ; but we have to remember that his mental picture of the game was much affected by the circumstance that ' in those days it was the ...
... Cricket will decline into a mere exhibition of rough , coarse horseplay . ' He was not always right ; but we have to remember that his mental picture of the game was much affected by the circumstance that ' in those days it was the ...
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... cricket . But let us make no mistake about it : the great fun of the game is not in first - class cricket ; I do not think it is even in second - class cricket ; it is in third- class cricket , in every village match on every village ...
... cricket . But let us make no mistake about it : the great fun of the game is not in first - class cricket ; I do not think it is even in second - class cricket ; it is in third- class cricket , in every village match on every village ...
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