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John Collis Snaith was an English first-class cricketer active 1900 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Nottingham; died in Hampstead.

✵ 24. February 1876 – 8. December 1936
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John Snaith Quotes

“Beside a perfectly-timed boundary hit on a hard ground from fast bowling, all other delights of this life are a nothingness.”

John Snaith

Willow the King (1899)

Life , Time

“Cricket is quite a gentle, harmless game, but he is a lucky man who has not to sweat some blood before he's done with it.”

John Snaith

Willow the King (1899)

Game

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