... exercised to recruit their ranks by good players. But cricketers are not made. They cannot be picked up on the roadside like blackberries. In , In 1889 Yorkshire lost ten matches out of 14, and I again in 1891 ten out of 16. This was positively heart.breaking ...

... —The Loots County Council have agreed to a resolution in favour of the passing of an Act of Parliament making mushrooms, blackberries, and plant roots the property of the occupier of the which they grow, and rendering anyone taking the seine liable to ...