He proudly wrote a poem after one match:
'Once in my heyday of cricket,
Oh Day, I shall ever recall,
I captured that glorious wicket,
The greatest, the grandest of all.'
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| Indeed - his only career wicket was a certain Dr WG Grace! PHEW! |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
WG Grace.
It is a little known fact that Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was a cricketer of some repute and played in ten first class matches representing the MCC.
He proudly wrote a poem after one match:
'Once in my heyday of cricket,
Oh Day, I shall ever recall,
I captured that glorious wicket,
The greatest, the grandest of all.'
He proudly wrote a poem after one match:
'Once in my heyday of cricket,
Oh Day, I shall ever recall,
I captured that glorious wicket,
The greatest, the grandest of all.'
I Rate Renoir.
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