==re-PWT==
It was PWT - I've appended my reply to John Leach below. I have to admit that my students and occasionally I have goaded him but quite frankly he writes rubbish and when challanged when he was a member of the ACS, he responded with a tirade of highly offensive e-mails. By following his posts re-1728 one can see what kind of mind is at work. First Maun's book did not exist, then someone 'reliable' told him it did. He bought it and he will analyse it to see if it is any good! Now it is but John has made mistakes and he's not willing to admit it so although he knows he is posting nonsense, he continues writing some hubris regarding his sources. JohnLp - Blackjack is not a valid source. Anyone can copy out from books by McCann et al but BJ adds his own POV - pages of it. Remove it and he goes beserk. I leave you all to it because as PWT said - all the people interested don't use WP - they have the books. I worry that the whole project is becoming dominated by him and his chums. Follow AA's edits - they are enthusiastic but contain many errors. Change them and you are a sockpuppet or what ever it is - that from Leachy who's had a least a dozen. As you can imagine, at a Uni we have several severs and infinite possible user names. We have to do this because whenever we use oner BJ has it block. it's your problem on WPCric but it is serious becaUause within the next two issues, an ACS member(I am not a member) is writing a damning critique. It is a terrible shame because there are many superb entries. Many of thise by BJ are flawed, some are plain wrong. Anyhow best of luck. (I thought he was on vacation incidentally, or working! You get the drift.)

PWT
I was at Trent Bridge and I asked PWT to intervene to prevent the cricket site becoming corrupted with errors and Blackjacks efforts to move the contents of his site to WP. We discussed it and contacted KW who agreed there was a chance Blackjack's personalised style of editing was perpetrating errors because he lacked the level of source we have. How sad we have from BJ more hysterical self promotion. I got a student to have a look and they think you have used at least six sock puppets yourself. What makes all this so sad is that the edits you previously posted are fully available. Quite frankly, I don't know what your problem is John. You sent highly offensive emails to PWT which we were looking at on Friday - you sent offensive emails to the editor of the Cricket Statistcian. Neither I, nor Peter have altered pre 1750 cricket with other than the correct information. If Rambling Man(similar to your own Midnight Rambler Blackjack(see his blog)) wants to block these sites he is of course able to do it. What he will be doing is to enable Blackjack/JamesJJames/Albert WM or whatever it ws and several others to become sole editor. A man who has operated multiple sock puppets and is not regarded as an authority by Peter , Keith or any of the acknowledged expert who have publish books of great authority. I know Maun's view of John but it is for him to put it forward. It was PWT who edited and in response to JohnLp added some comments. It is indicative of the thrall Blackjack has laid over half a dozen people that this project is allowing a string of entries riddled with errors that could easily be altered and referenced by those with the correct sources, carry on because for some reason he is their man. WP is about facts not opinions. See 1728 Cricket for the facts on all newspaper entries for that year. Blackjack wants those blocked who spoil his game and I can, by private email, show anyone who wishes more evidence of his approach through his communications with people who disagree with him. The John Leach(MP) wasd posted by a student but you will recall that Blackjack at one time posted his own biography. It was more accurate - marginally. I will now leave this alone completely as Mr Maun's book has sold a thousand copies which I guess are all the people interested in this project so Blackjack's work is thankfully falling on deaf eyes so to speak. And it was PWT. Dr TM Asquith