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  • They haven't cometosee you umpiring, they have come to see me bat.

    -W(illiam) G(ilbert) Grace
    On refusing to leave the crease after an umpire gave him out before he had scored, attributed. Other versions of the story have the umpire refusing to call out on the first ball, explaining to the outraged bowler that the crowd had paid not to see him bowl, but to see Grace bat.

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