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Game of Wicket Near Springfield Goes Bad
| Salience | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | Granville, MA, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | GAME OF WICKET BALL -- "The Granville ball players challenged the Westfield players, recently, to a game of ball. The challenge was accepted, and the game came off, on Saturday last, about one mile this side of East Granville. They were to have thirty men on a side, the best in five to be declared victorious, and the defeated party to pay the suppers for all. The following is the tally: [Each club won two games, and the fifth game was listed as Westfield 112, Granville 25 . . . with only ten Granville players evidently on the field....] "On the fourth [fifth?] game, the Granville players made but a few rounds, and becoming disheartened, declined to finish the game, and refused, also, to pay for the suppers. Great excitement ensured, and we are sorry to learn that some personal collision was he consequence. Several blows were exchanged. There was great excitement during the day, there being from 600 to 800 people upon he ground. The Westfield players, not to lose their supper, paid for it themselves, and went home." |
| Sources | Springfield Republican, July 23, 1850 |
| Warning | |
| Comment | In the game account, runs are termed "crosses." In the text they are called "rounds." Granville is about 15 miles SW of Springfield, and Westfield is about 10 miles E of Springfield. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Brian Sheehy, |
| Submission Note | 10/11/2014 |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1850.52 Game of Wicket Near Springfield Goes Bad"
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