Mr. Punch's Book of Sport

Mr. Punch's Book of Sport is a book by various authors. It plunges the reader into the world of British sports-humor, sometimes written in prosaic form. Excerpt: «When September soaks the fields, And the leaves begin to fall, Cricket unto football yields, – That is all! Yes—in hot or humid weather, At all seasons of the year, Life is little without leather In a sphere.»