Presented Derrick's age, it absolutely was about half a century previously when he was at school, and so it is certain that cricket was currently being performed c. 1550 by boys in Surrey.[twelve] The perspective that it was originally a children's sport is reinforced by Randle Cotgrave's 1611 English-French dictionary https://emiliooweks.total-blog.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-match44-id-60770245