Word: crickets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cricket, amateurs are "gentlemen," professionals are "players...
Nevertheless, the British took the Nazis' open attack on their morale with war-tempered resignation. One daytime robot rumbled over a cricket pitch, trailing a 30-ft. lash of flame, and exploded in a nearby field. The game went on. A milkman told a customer that one of the things had hit near his place the night before, then added: "Blew a hole in a field. That won't do much good, will...
...best prison camps in Germany. The barracks squatted in a spacious clearing among the pine woods northeast of Dresden. The prisoners had a chapel, library, playing field and garden. They lazed through a 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. day. They took walks, naps, sun baths. They had rugby and cricket matches. They attended lectures (science, languages, history, elocution). The food was heavy on soup and potatoes, but Red Cross parcels and afternoon tea kept British spirits up. Last March 22, Stalag Luft Ill's easy routine suddenly fell to pieces. Exactly what happened only the Germans knew...
Huggins bowled for the Trinidad Club, the present holder of the championship , cup. An all-round dependable of the Trinidad team is Joseph Cameron, who with Hackett and Holder was among the pioneers of Harlem cricket some 30 years ago. Cameron and his brother Henry, operators of an employment agency, are also leaders in the socially desirable Royal Exiles cricket club, which is not in the leagues...
...Royal Exiles are a group of 24 Harlem businessmen who play for relaxation, occasionally travel to Boston, Newark and Philadelphia to engage other amateur clubs. The Camerons keep open house for the cricket elect at their place of business. Photographs of noted players cover the walls; on display is the Trinidad trophy cup; in a billiard room are kept the wickets, bats and balls; there or in the yard at the rear, the Royal Exiles foregather to practice batting strokes and exchange the news of the cricket world...