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19 February 2004 : Editor, The Times
February 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Sir
Football was not the only game banned by Henry VIII. He outlawed what then passed for cricket, as well as all other ‘new’ sports. His purpose was to force the young men of the day to return to archery, which skill had become “sore decayed” and on which the defence of the realm depended.
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