Wilkin

Was it not his interest, far more than M'Wilkin's, to abstract those poor unhappy sheep, because it is avowedly his trade to fill the insatiable maw of the Southron?

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various

The worse your case, the less chance you have to spoil it; and I never had a worse than M'Wilkin's.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various

"Wilkin," she said, "I could not have believed this.

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Wilkin Ramirez (fly out to center) and Jordan Schaefer (ground out to second) were both retired on first pitches.

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"Or maybe it's the top of his buttock," suggests Ray Wilkin on Sky.60 min: Adebayor is back on his feet and looking sprightly again, his hamstring and buttocks seemingly in perfect working order again, which can only be a good thing.62 min: Kyle Walker has been brilliant at everything tonight except shooting, and he offers up further evidence just now with a preposterous blem over the bar from 18 yards.

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But England's 10 include players such as Wilkin, his non-stop second-row partner Ben Westwood, Ryan Hall and Sam Tomkins who were all then raw international rookies, but now look much more comfortable at the highest level.

England look to end hoodoo after Four Nations win over New Zealand 2011

Wilkin grew up on his parents' farm on the outskirts of Hull, so a fervent KC Stadium was the perfect stage for the most significant performance of his international career.

England look to end hoodoo after Four Nations win over New Zealand 2011

Of the seven members of this 22-man squad who were not on that tour, Jamie Peacock was ruled out by injury and, like Jon Wilkin, Kevin Sinfield and Jamie Jones-Buchanan, he was a member of the 2008 World Cup squad.

England call up uncapped Danny Brough for International Origin fixture 2011

But there the similarities end, the gulf epitomised by Jon Wilkin, the St Helens forward who celebrated an industrious and intelligent 80-minute performance by going for a quiet pint with his dad in the Crooked Billet a few miles up the Holderness Road.

England look to end hoodoo after Four Nations win over New Zealand 2011

Interchange: Widdop (Melbourne), Morley (Warrington), Jones-Buchanan (Leeds), Wilkin (St Helens).

Jack Reed and England prepare to face Greg Inglis and Australia 2011