"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 25/1/05 21:09, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"pied piper" wrote in message
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[snip]

The casting worm is a pest there werent cricket pitches and golf
greens etc
in Darwins day.

You do surprise me.

[snip]

Franz


I haven't seen PP's above quoted comment on my screen but W.G. Grace was
born in 1848 and Darwin in 1809; Darwin died in 1882. I think it's fair to
assume that cricket was being played in England in Darwin's time because
the
first club was formed in 1750.
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Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

doh what a numbskull I was refering to cricket pitches after the sports turf
science revolution all them years ago cricket was just played in the middle
of a field