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|Text=<p>On June 19, 1820, the Union and Mechanic Cricket Clubs played two matches in Brooklyn. According to an account [a box score was also provided] in the <u>New York</u> <u>Daily Advertiser</u> of June 21, "this manly exercise <i>. . .</i> excited astonishment in the spectators by their great dexterity . . . . A great number of persons viewed the sport."</p> | |Text=<p>On June 19, 1820, the Union and Mechanic Cricket Clubs played two matches in Brooklyn. According to an account [a box score was also provided] in the <u>New York</u> <u>Daily Advertiser</u> of June 21, "this manly exercise <i>. . .</i> excited astonishment in the spectators by their great dexterity . . . . A great number of persons viewed the sport."</p> | ||
<p>Posted to 19CBB by Richard Hershberger, 7/31/2007. Richard noted: "this is the earliest example I know of named cricket clubs, and is not mentioned in Tom Melville's history [<u>The Tented Field.]</u> In am 1/30/2008 email, Richard added that this game was also reported in the <u>New York Columbia</u> of June 19, 1820 as having "all Europeans" on both sides. <b>Note:</b> does the David Sentence book cover this game? Do we know of any earlier club play; for instance, did the Boston Cricket Club [see #1808.2 above] ever take the field in 1808?</p> | <p>Posted to 19CBB by Richard Hershberger, 7/31/2007. Richard noted: "this is the earliest example I know of named cricket clubs, and is not mentioned in Tom Melville's history [<u>The Tented Field.]</u> In am 1/30/2008 email, Richard added that this game was also reported in the <u>New York Columbia</u> of June 19, 1820 as having "all Europeans" on both sides. <b>Note:</b> does the David Sentence book cover this game? Do we know of any earlier club play; for instance, did the Boston Cricket Club [see #1808.2 above] ever take the field in 1808?</p> | ||
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| Text | On June 19, 1820, the Union and Mechanic Cricket Clubs played two matches in Brooklyn. According to an account [a box score was also provided] in the New York Daily Advertiser of June 21, "this manly exercise . . . excited astonishment in the spectators by their great dexterity . . . . A great number of persons viewed the sport." Posted to 19CBB by Richard Hershberger, 7/31/2007. Richard noted: "this is the earliest example I know of named cricket clubs, and is not mentioned in Tom Melville's history [The Tented Field.] In am 1/30/2008 email, Richard added that this game was also reported in the New York Columbia of June 19, 1820 as having "all Europeans" on both sides. Note: does the David Sentence book cover this game? Do we know of any earlier club play; for instance, did the Boston Cricket Club [see #1808.2 above] ever take the field in 1808? |
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