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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aquitaine, post: 2101512, member: 602&quot;][USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER], </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, according to: <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/life/16th-century-cricket-table-had-nothing-to-do-with-sport/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldnet.com/life/16th-century-cricket-table-had-nothing-to-do-with-sport/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldnet.com/life/16th-century-cricket-table-had-nothing-to-do-with-sport/</a></p><ul> <li>by <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/author/terry-and-kim-kovel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldnet.com/author/terry-and-kim-kovel/" rel="nofollow">Terry and Kim Kovel</a></li> <li>Thursday, January 26, 2017</li> </ul><p>&quot;“For sale, typical English cricket table,” said the auction ad. But what is a cricket table? Is it used for sports like the English game of cricket? Does it have anything to do with the insect?</p><p><br /></p><p>No. The cricket table was first named and used during the <u>16th century</u>. The French word “criquet” refers to its stick legs. And the table has three legs, so it can be used where the floor is uneven. Remember your geometry — three points determine a plane, so all three legs of any length will touch the floor at the same time, while a four-legged table might wobble.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most antique cricket tables have triangular or round tops. Some have shelves halfway down the legs. It was a country furniture idea, and tables can be found that are made of sycamore, ash, oak, elm, cherry or walnut woods. A few have three drop leaves. In 2016, Thomaston Auctions sold an elaborate oak cricket table with sausage-turned legs and a T-stretcher for $1,170.&quot;</p><p>Aaaaand....that&#039;s all I&#039;ve got on that subject to add.....but still very interesting!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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