Concept of the cricket game; Link between cricket and religion; Influence of the game in the ethics and moral of the Anglo-Saxon character.SandifordKeithA.P.EBSCO_AspJournal of Social HistorySandiford KAP (1983) Cricket and the Victorian society. Journal of Social History 17(2): 303-317....
Part Jiminy Cricket, part Puck, part Passepartout, with just a pinch of Cheshire Cat, but forever Endeavour’s lucky penny — turning up when least expected to lend wisdom or comfort, counsel or encouragement – often all those things at once. Our guardian angels don’t always announce themse...
Those early novels were not obscure, even to the reading boy; the wit was net too subtle and alembicated, or too profuse307; the humour was English—beer and cricket were provided—there was pathos, comedy, character in abundance, but the novels did not appeal to that happy reading public...