Talk:Billy Bates

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Removed POV. The bit on test records was a bit silly as hardly any tests had been played at this point. The average age of a working man upon his death in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1875 was forty-tsix, so Bates was not so young in contemporary terms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.241.209 (talk) 14:22, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Very good. I'm sure that if you would continue to edit in this sort of positive and useful manner you would be a welcome addition to the cricket project~~. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 16:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have struck through my comment above because the IP turns out to have been the now banned troll User:Rosebank2. I am reverting his edits per WP:BLOCK in case they are unsound but will place cn tags if appropriate. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 09:37, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]