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

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomJews from the United KingdomHumoristsConservative Party (UK) politiciansGovernment ministers of the United Kingdom
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