innings - a period in a game of cricket during which a particular player or team is batting

Antigua - in the West Indies, where cricket is a national obsession

'Fifty' - fifty runs, the unit of scoring in cricket

hole - one of the nine or eighteen sections of a golf course

birdied - if you get a birdie in golf, you get the golf ball into a hole in one shot or stroke fewer than it is thought a good golfer should take, which is called 'par'

four under par - four shots less than this total for par

full back - also in other sports like football and hockey

hat-trick - to score three goals in one game. Again used in other sports

tries - this unit of scoring is distinctive to various codes of rugby

the score! - such high scoring games are common in rugby

the system of scoring

a lap - this is when a competitor goes once round a course or track

coxless - a cox is the person who steers a rowing-boat. Coxless is a category of rowing where there is no cox and the rowers steer themselves

crew - a rowing team

a crew - see above for the meaning of "crew"

a clipper - a fast sailing ship. In this extract this is the name of the race