{"id":2772,"date":"2024-11-25T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/?page_id=2772"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:41:59","slug":"the-noble-cricketers-john-wolcot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/the-noble-cricketers-john-wolcot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Noble Cricketers &#8211; John\u00a0Wolcot (1778)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2772?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earlycricket.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subtitle  &#8211; A Poetical and Familiar Epistle, Address&#8217;d to Two of the Idlest Lords in His Majesty&#8217;s Three Kingdoms <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A satirical poem about cricket, reversing the heroic mode that was becoming established. 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