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|Tags=College, Harvard College,  
|Tags=College, Harvard College,  
|Country=US
|Country=US
|Coordinates=42.3736158, -71.1097335
|State=MA
|State=MA
|City=Cambridge
|City=Cambridge
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|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>"In the spring there is no playing of football, but "bat &amp; ball" &amp; cricket."</p>
|Text=<p>"In the spring there is no playing of football, but "bat-and-ball" &amp; cricket."</p>
<p>From "Sibley's Private Journal," entry for August 31, 1846, as supplied to David Block by letter of 4/18/2005 from Prof. Harry R. Lewis at Harvard, Cambridge MA. Lewis notes that the Journal is "a running account of Harvard daily life in the mid nineteenth century."</p>
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|Sources=<p>From "Sibley's Private Journal," entry for August 31, 1846, as supplied to David Block by letter of 4/18/2005 from Prof. Harry R. Lewis at Harvard, Cambridge MA.</p>
<p>Lewis notes that the Journal is "a running account of Harvard daily life in the mid nineteenth century."</p>
|Submitted by=Harry Lewis
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=42.3736158, -71.1097335
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Spring Sports at Harvard: "Bat & Ball" and Cricket

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Tags College, Harvard College
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Game Cricket, Bat-and-Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Youth
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"In the spring there is no playing of football, but "bat-and-ball" & cricket."

 

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From "Sibley's Private Journal," entry for August 31, 1846, as supplied to David Block by letter of 4/18/2005 from Prof. Harry R. Lewis at Harvard, Cambridge MA.

Lewis notes that the Journal is "a running account of Harvard daily life in the mid nineteenth century."

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