After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other k…

Bill Bryson
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After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind), I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry. ✨ Bill Bryson (2000). Down Under, Doubleday Books
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After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind), I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry. ✨ Bill Bryson (2000). Down Under, Doubleday Books

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