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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;In 1907, a kindred spirit of ours reported [in a listserve-equivalent of the day] on his attempts to find early news coverage of cricket. He reports on a 1720 article he sees as "the first newspaper reference I have yet found to cricket as a popular game:"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;"The Holiday coming on, the Alewives of Islington, Kentish Town, and several adjacent villages . . . . The Fields will swarm with Butchers'; Wives and Oyster-Women . . . spanerting themselves with their Offspring, whilst their Spouses and Sweethearts are sweating at Ninepins, some at Cricket, others at Stool-Ball, besides an amorous Couple in every Corner . . . Much Noise and Cutting in the Morning; Much Tippling all Day; and much Reeling and Kissing at Night."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Alfred F. Robbins, "Replies: 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 191. Provided by John Thorn, 2/8/2008, via email. He reports his source as &lt;u&gt;Read's Weekly Journal, or British-Gazeteer&lt;/u&gt;, June 4, 1720, and advises that he has omitted phrases not "welcome to the modern taste. Accessed via Google Books 10/18/2008.&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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