I hope to see all the Protestants fry in theire own grease beefore Michaelmas next

At that time [the beginning of the reign of James II] a limner was imployed to beautyfy the Parish church at Ellesmeare. This Clarke went to see his worke, and said, 'You doe well to leave the Church in good repaire for us; for you had it from us in good order.
The limner (knowing him to be a Papist) said, 'What, doe you think the Papists must have the Church?' '
Yes, I doe' says Clarke.
Then sayes the limner, 'What doe you think shall become of us Protestants?'
Then Clarke answeared, 'I hope to see all the Protestants fry in theire own grease beefore Michaelmas next.'

R. Gough, The history of Myddle (1700), ed. D. Hey (1981), 173-4

Unfit in cricketing ability so much as to tie up Boycott's bootlaces

Yorkshire were involved in another of those internal disputes which have been so much a part of their recent history. A clash between Ray Illingworth, manager of the Yorkshire team, and Geoff Boycott, hallowed by many of his fellow Yorkshiremen, revealed Headingley as a hotbed of dissension, with sides being manifestly taken. It seems an absurdity when young members of the Yorkshire team, unfit in cricketing ability so much as to tie up Boycott's bootlaces, were asked to vote on whether or not they wanted to play with him any more

J. Woodcock, 'Notes by the editor', id. (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1982), 90

And there was Warne, bowling beautifully with a method thought to have been relegated to the museum

Shortly after lunch on the first day the Edgbaston Test in 1993, Shane Warne was bowing leg-breaks to Alec Stewart, who had momentarily discarded both his helmet and his faded baseball cap in favour of a real, old-fashioned, three lions of England version. As he pushed forward he looked the image of his father at the crease. behind the stumps, there was Ian Healy wearing his baggy cap and air of ageless Australian aggression. And there was Warne, bowling beautifully with a method thought to have been relegated to the museum.

M. Engel, 'Notes by the editor', id. (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1994), 9

He has most unwarrantably abused the privilege which all politicians have of being ugly

Not content to deride his intelligence, hostile publications focused on his appearance. "Lincoln is the leanest, lankest, most ungainly mass of legs, arms and  hatchet-face ever strung upon a single frame. He has most unwarrantably abused the privilege which all politicians have of being ugly."

D.K. Goodwin, Team of Rivals (2005), 257-8

A relationship which was at odds long before women were given the vote

Cricket and family life have never been easy bedfellows. A relationship which was at odds long before women were given the vote appears to have reached a crisis of late ... The leading players are finding that cricket is making greater demands on them than ever before - and so are their wives.

D. Pringle, 'Don't marry a cricketer', T. de Lisle (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2003), 37

An arcane world - a world of averages, aggregates and algorithms - suddenly became accessible

When Romeo laid eyes on Juliet he gushed: "I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." A million cricket nuts felt much the same way the first time they logged on to StatsGuru on CricInfo. Hearts skipped. Pulses danced. Minds boggled. An arcane world  - a world of averages, aggregates and algorithms - suddenly became accessible. The impossible was possible.

C. Ryan, 'No anorak required', T. de Lisle (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2003), 60