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Ranji gives his house at Staines, Jamnagar as a hospital The Prince of Wales

Ranji gives his house at Staines, Jamnagar as a hospital
The Prince of Wales Hospital.
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar GCSI, GBE (10 September 1872 - 2 April 1933) (known as K.S. Ranjitsinhji, Ranji or Smith during his career) was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, and county cricket for Sussex. Legendary batsman

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Insects, hand-colored lithograph, published in 1880

1) Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), 2) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), 3) European mantis (Mantis religiosa), 4) Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), 5) Forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes), 6) Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca), 7) Water scorpion (Nepa cinerea), 8) Cicada orni (Cicadidae), 9) Eoropean scorpion (Euscorpius alpha), 10) Tarantula (Lycosa tarantula), 11) European garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Hand-colored lithograph from my archive, published in 1880

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Noble Game

circa 1780: Cricket being played at White Conduit House, Islington, the original home of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) which moved to Lord's in 1788. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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