"I once admitted—to my shame— That football was a brutal game. Because She hates it."
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To Anthea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Alfred Cochrane
Alfred Cochrane (26 January 1865 – 14 December 1948) was an accomplished cricketer, and subsequently made his name as a writer on sporting subjects and of light verse
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