Sticky wicket as moisture evaporates. When covers were introduced into England's County Championship, John Woodcock wrote an article for the 1981 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, criticising the move, in an article titled, "Sticky dog is put down". He added, "I cannot forbear ... from lamenting ... a part of the very heritage of English cricket – a drying pitch and a sizzling sun." In the game of croquet, the phrase "sticky wicket" may refer to a hoop (wicket) that is difficult for a ball to go through because of the narrowness of the opening. This usage is confined to the United States. An
Featherbed Alley Printshop newspaper). The Featherbed Alley Printshop was created, and is operated, by the Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Government of Bermuda. The Gutenberg press was obtained from a local printing business which had imported it some years earlier. Throughout the Nineteen-Eighties, the Curator of the museum was Major Donald Henry 'Bob' Burns, MC, famous also as the town crier of St. George's, and holder of the Guinness Book of World Records record for the loudest human speaking voice. Featherbed Alley Printshop The Featherbed Alley Printshop is a museum featuring a replica Gutenberg press, and is located in the lower level