Template:Did you know nominations/One-armed versus one-legged cricket

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 12:29, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

One-armed versus one-legged cricket

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A Greenwich pensioner with a wooden leg

... that Greenwich pensioners (pictured) played one-armed versus one-legged cricket?

Reviewed: Ryan Kocer
Comment: Most of the sources confirm the hook

Created by Andrew Davidson (talk). Self-nominated at 22:59, 15 October 2018 (UTC).

The article is new enough and long enough. It is neutral and uses inline citations, assuming good faith for the offline sources. It does not seem to contain any copyright violations. The hook is verified, and the QPQ is done. A few suggestions: in cricket, innings seems to be both singular and plural. Perhaps the hook should be more specific and say that this was played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Gulumeemee (talk) 04:46, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

@Gulumeemee: Thanks for the review. I have amended the spelling to innings throughout. We shouldn't put a particular date-range in the hook because we may still turn up other matches played at other times. The historical context seems clear enough from the picture and the use of the past tense. I have trimmed the hook of redundant words to keep it tight and emphasise the article title, which is almost enough in itself. Andrew D. (talk) 09:47, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

That's a good point. I approve the hook. Gulumeemee (talk) 10:05, 17 October 2018 (UTC)