“Cricket is an ancient pastime; it ripened sweetly, it has endured noblt.”
Bat and Ball (1935), opening words.
Thomas Moult was a versatile English journalist and writer, and one of the Georgian poets. He is known for his annual anthologies Best Poems of the Year, 1922 to 1943, which were popular verse selections taken from periodicals on both sides of the Atlantic. Wikipedia
“Cricket is an ancient pastime; it ripened sweetly, it has endured noblt.”
Bat and Ball (1935), opening words.