Cricket is a game which the English, not being a spiritual … - Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft

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Cricket is a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of Eternity.

Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft

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Stormont Mancroft (27 July 1914 – 14 September 1987) was a British Conservative politician and humorous writer.

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