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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 his memoirs, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, a Puritan spanine of Maidstone, England, states: "Maidstone was formerly a very profane town, in as much as I have seen morrice-dancing, cudgel-playing, stool-ball, cricketts, and many other sports openly and publicly indulged in on the Lord's Day." &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note:&lt;/b&gt; Henderson covers Wilson, but doesn't reference him. In the text, he says that Wilson wrote a memoir in 1700, but doesn't use a year for the events that were then recalled. I assume that the 1672 date is taken from date clues in the whole text. Henderson's source may be his ref #167: see Woodruff, C.H., "Origin of Cricket," &lt;u&gt;Baily's Magazine&lt;/u&gt; [London, 1901], Vol. 6, p. 51. David Block [page 173ff] describes how "base ball" was substituted for "stool-ball" in later accounts of Wilson' s biography, which he cites as Swinnick, George, &lt;u&gt;The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone&lt;/u&gt; [London].&lt;/p&gt;". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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