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Unread 08-21-2009, 01:02 PM
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A cricket match was played at Greenwich in 1796 between eleven one-armed men and eleven one-legged men. It was stopped by a riot. But in the return match the one-legged prevailed. The stake was 1,000 guineas. That would be an awful lot in our money. Maybe a million.
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