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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1860 | |||
|Year Number=30 | |||
|Headline=CT Wicketers Trounce CT Cricketers at Wicket | |Headline=CT Wicketers Trounce CT Cricketers at Wicket | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=US | |||
|State=CT | |||
|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>Was wicket an inferior game? | |Text=<p>Was wicket an inferior game? "the game [of wicket] certainly reached a level of technical sophistication equal to these two sports [base ball and cricket]. This was clearly demonstrated during a wicket match at Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1860 when a team of local wicket players easily defeated a team of experience local cricket players." </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Tom Melville, <span>The Tented Field: the History of Cricket in America</span> (Bowling Green State U Popular Press, Bowling Green OK, 1998), page 10. Melville cites the source of the match as the <span>Waterbury American</span> (August 31, 1860), page 21.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Can we locate and examine this 1860 article?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | Was wicket an inferior game? "the game [of wicket] certainly reached a level of technical sophistication equal to these two sports [base ball and cricket]. This was clearly demonstrated during a wicket match at Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1860 when a team of local wicket players easily defeated a team of experience local cricket players." |
| Sources | Tom Melville, The Tented Field: the History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Popular Press, Bowling Green OK, 1998), page 10. Melville cites the source of the match as the Waterbury American (August 31, 1860), page 21. |
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