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|Text=<p>"A Challenge is hereby given by the Subscribers, to Ashbel Steel, and John Barnard, with 18 young Gentlemen . . . to play a Game of BOWL for a Dinner and Trimmings . . . on Friday next." <i>Connecticut Courant</i> , May 5, 1766, as cited in John A. Lester, <u>A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</u> [University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 6. <b>Note:</b> is "game of bowl" a common term for cricket? Could this not have been a wicket challenge, given the size of the teams?</p> | |Text=<p>"A Challenge is hereby given by the Subscribers, to Ashbel Steel, and John Barnard, with 18 young Gentlemen . . . to play a Game of BOWL for a Dinner and Trimmings . . . on Friday next." <i>Connecticut Courant</i> , May 5, 1766, as cited in John A. Lester, <u>A Century of Philadelphia Cricket</u> [University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 6. <b>Note:</b> is "game of bowl" a common term for cricket? Could this not have been a wicket challenge, given the size of the teams?</p> | ||
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| Text | "A Challenge is hereby given by the Subscribers, to Ashbel Steel, and John Barnard, with 18 young Gentlemen . . . to play a Game of BOWL for a Dinner and Trimmings . . . on Friday next." Connecticut Courant , May 5, 1766, as cited in John A. Lester, A Century of Philadelphia Cricket [University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 6. Note: is "game of bowl" a common term for cricket? Could this not have been a wicket challenge, given the size of the teams? |
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