When Robin was a youth of eighteen, stout of sinew and bold of heart, the Sheriff of Nottingham proclaimed a shooting match and offered a prize of a butt of ale to whosoever should shoot the best shaft in Nottinghamshire. "Now," quoth Robin, "will I go too, for fain would I draw a string for the bright eyes of my lass and a butt of good October brewing." So up he got and took his good stout yew bow and a score or more of broad clothyard arrows, and started off from Locksley Town through Sherwood Forest to Nottingham.
"Now," quoth he, "my bow and eke mine arrows are as good as shine; and moreover, I go to the shooting match at Nottingham Town, which same has been proclaimed by our good Sheriff of Nottinghamshire; there I will shoot with other stout yeomen, for a prize has been offered of a fine butt of ale."
My father had a small estate in
Nottinghamshire: I was the third of five sons.
Then came the yellow of Clifton of Buckinghamshire; and the blue of Gilbert of the White Hand--he who was renowned in
Nottinghamshire; and the green of Elwyn the Welshman; and the White of Robert of Cloudesdale; and, after them, five other captains of bands, each a man of proved prowess.
Sometimes when he was down at his great house in
Nottinghamshire, entertaining the fashionable young men of his own rank who were his chief companions, and astounding the county by the wanton luxury and gorgeous splendour of his mode of life, he would suddenly leave his guests and rush back to town to see that the door had not been tampered with and that the picture was still there.
HOLDERS Worcestershire are through to the quarter-finals of the Vitality T20 Blast after the wash-out of their North Group encounter with
Nottinghamshire at New Road.
NICK EVANS felt Shropshire & Herefordshire's entertaining draw with
Nottinghamshire was a fitting way to end his final home match as captain of the second team.
CRICKET HASEEB HAMEED was dismissed for 19 but Lancashire all but wiped out
Nottinghamshire's first-innings advantage on a rain-interrupted day of their County Championship opener.
The visitors, who trailed
Nottinghamshire by 32 points going into the Specsavers County Championship clash, require a further 103 runs with eight wickets intact on the final day.
Summary: London [UK], August 23 (ANI): India's batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara will re-join
Nottinghamshire for the final four Specsavers County Championship games of the 2017 season.
ALEX Hales hit the highest score ever recorded in a county final at Lord's as
Nottinghamshire beat Surrey by four wickets to win the Royal London One-Day Cup.