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Cricket Played On Grounds near NYC's Brooklyn Ferry.

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Pre-Knicks NYC, US cricket clubsPre-Knicks NYC, US cricket clubs
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City/State/Country:	New York, NY, United States
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Game	CricketCricket
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
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Text	August 9, 1779, match between Brooklyn and Greenwich Clubs: "A Set of Gentlemen" propose playing a cricket match this day, and every Monday during the summer season, "on the Cricket Ground near Brooklyn Ferry." The company "of any Gentleman to join the set in the exercise" is invited. A large Booth is erected for the accommodation of spectators:" New York Mercury, 8/9/1779
Sources	I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1922), Volume IV, page 1092.
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1779.1 Cricket Played On Grounds near NYC's Brooklyn Ferry."

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