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It was one of those rare occasions when a game of cricket had not been interrupted by the weather, but would the Church be so forgiving?
Picture: By Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), via WIkimedia Commons. Public domain.. Source.
Posted January 30
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As various ball sports began to take hold in England, King Edward III became convinced that Government action was required.
Picture: © Kresten Hartvig Klit, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.. Source.
Posted March 28 2022
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‘Rain stopped play’ but it did not stop the ladies of Surrey and Hampshire from finishing their epic struggle at the Newington ground.
Picture: By Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), via the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain image.. Source.
Posted October 23 2021
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Cricketing legend W. G. Grace tells a story illustrating how fellow-batsman K. S. Ranjitsinhji set about winning the hearts of English cricketers.
Picture: © John Sutton, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted December 20 2020
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In 1932, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession, the Jam Sahib brought vanished days back to Nawanagar with a lavish hand.
Picture: © Anil Kausalyayan, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.
Posted August 19 2020
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In the year that Ranjitsinhji put aside his bat to concentrate on being the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, journalist A. G. Gardiner looked back on his dazzling career.
Picture: From Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted August 17 2020