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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;"The Great Cricket Match, between the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Chambers, 11 men on each side, for 200 Guineas, was begun to be played on Monday at two in the Afternoon, on Richmond Green. By agreement they were not to play after 7 o'clock. . . . when the Hour agreed being come, they were obliged to leave off, tho' beside the Hands then playing, they [chambers' side] had 4 or 5 more to have come in. Thus it proved a drawn Battle. There were many Thousand Spectators, of whom a great number were Persons of Distinction of both Sexes." &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;u&gt;The Daily Journal&lt;/u&gt;, August 25, 1731, as uncovered by Alfred Robbins in his 1907 digging. Robbins finds the article of "historical interest, for it is the earliest I have yet traced of a drawn game." Alfred Robbins, "The Earliest Cricket Report," &lt;u&gt;Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc.&lt;/u&gt;, September 7, 1907, page 192. &lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; does this match still stand as the first recorded drawn match?&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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