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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;Dr. Edward Hitchcock gives this account of the game of wicket at is MA college:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"In my days baseball was neither a science nor an art, but we played 'wicket'. On smooth and level ground about 20 feet apart were placed two 'wickets,' pine sticks 1 inch square and 8 to 10 feet long, supported on a block at each end so as to be easily knocked off. The ball was made of yarn, covered with stout leather, about six inches in diameter and bowled with all the power of the wicket tender at each end. The aim was to roll it as swiftly as possible at the opposite wicket and knock it down if possible. This was defended by the man with a broad bat, 3 feet long, and the oval about 8 inches [across], who must defend his wicket. If the bowler could by [bowling] a fair ball, striking twice between the wickets, knock down the opposite wicket, the striker was out. But if the batter could by a direct or sideways hit send the ball sideways or overhead the outside men, they [ &lt;i&gt;i.e.&lt;/i&gt; ., the batter and his teammate at the opposite end] could run till the ball was in the hands of the bowler. But the bowler to get the batter out must with the ball in his hand knock the wicket outwards before the batter could strike his bat outside a line three feet inside the wicket . . . . This game was played on the lowest part of the 'walk' under the trees which now extends from chapel to the church."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hitchcock, Edward, "Recollections," in George F. Whicher, ed., &lt;u&gt;Remembrance of Amherst: An Undergraduate's Diary, 1846-1848&lt;/u&gt;. [Columbia University Press, 1946], page 188. Per John Thorn 7/04/2003.&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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