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A list of all pages that have property "Text"Text" is a predefined property that represents text of arbitrary length and is provided by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>." with value "&lt;p&gt;"CURIOUS CRICKET MATCH. A young nobleman, of great notoriety in the [illegible: baut-ton? A corrupton of beau ton?], had made a match of a singular nature, with one of the would-be members of the jockey club, for a considerable sum of money, to be played by Greenwich pensioners, on Blackheath, sometime in the present month. The 11 on one side are to have only one arm each; and the other, to have both their arms and only one leg each. The nobleman has not at present made his election, whether he intends to back the legs or the wings - but the odds are considerably in favour of the latter."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser&lt;/u&gt;&lt;i&gt;,&lt;/i&gt; August 29, 1793, as taken from an unknown London newspaper. Posted to 19CBB 7/30/2007 by Richard Hershberger. John Thorn, email of 2/2/2008, found an identical account: "Curious Cricket Match," &lt;u&gt;World&lt;/u&gt;, Monday, May 13, 1793, column two, at the fold. Perhaps the &lt;u&gt;Independent&lt;/u&gt; found August to be a slow news month?&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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    • 1793.3  + (<p>"CURIOUS CRICKET MATCH. A young … <p>"CURIOUS CRICKET MATCH. A young nobleman, of great notoriety in the [illegible: baut-ton? A corrupton of beau ton?], had made a match of a singular nature, with one of the would-be members of the jockey club, for a considerable sum of money, to be played by Greenwich pensioners, on Blackheath, sometime in the present month. The 11 on one side are to have only one arm each; and the other, to have both their arms and only one leg each. The nobleman has not at present made his election, whether he intends to back the legs or the wings - but the odds are considerably in favour of the latter."</p></br><p><u>Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser</u><i>,</i> August 29, 1793, as taken from an unknown London newspaper. Posted to 19CBB 7/30/2007 by Richard Hershberger. John Thorn, email of 2/2/2008, found an identical account: "Curious Cricket Match," <u>World</u>, Monday, May 13, 1793, column two, at the fold. Perhaps the <u>Independent</u> found August to be a slow news month?</p>lumn two, at the fold. Perhaps the <u>Independent</u> found August to be a slow news month?</p>)
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