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|Year=1855 | |||
|Year Number=12 | |||
|Headline=Students Bring Cricket to Saint John NB | |Headline=Students Bring Cricket to Saint John NB | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=Canada | |||
|State=NB | |||
|City=Fredericton | |||
|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>"When the students returned to Saint John [from Fredericton], they brought with them the game of cricket. | |Age of Players=Youth | ||
<p>Brian Flood, < | |Text=<p>"[C]ricket was brought to Saint John by the students who went to the Collegiate School in Fredericton. At that time, cricket was far more advanced in the 'celestial' city. When the students returned to Saint John [from Fredericton], they brought with them the game of cricket. The military leased to the new club a large field behind the military barracks. They formed the 'Saint John Cricket Club' in the year 1855."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>Brian Flood, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Saint John</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">: A Sporting Tradition 1785-1985</span> [Neptune Publishing, Saint John, 1985], page 20.</p> | |||
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| City/State/Country: | Fredericton, NB, Canada |
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| Text | "[C]ricket was brought to Saint John by the students who went to the Collegiate School in Fredericton. At that time, cricket was far more advanced in the 'celestial' city. When the students returned to Saint John [from Fredericton], they brought with them the game of cricket. The military leased to the new club a large field behind the military barracks. They formed the 'Saint John Cricket Club' in the year 1855."
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| Sources | Brian Flood, Saint John: A Sporting Tradition 1785-1985 [Neptune Publishing, Saint John, 1985], page 20. |
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