1852.7
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San Francisco Plaza Again Active, This Time with "Town Ball;" Cricket Club Also Formed
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | CaliforniaCalifornia |
| City/State/Country: | [[{{{Country}}}]] |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Cricket, Town Ball, Base BallCricket, Town Ball, Base Ball |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [A, Town Ball] "For the last two or three evenings the Plaza has been filled with full grown persons engaged very industriously in the game known as 'town ball.' The amusement is very innocent and healthful . . . . The scenes are extremely interesting and amusing, and the place is peculiarly adapted for that purpose." [B, Cricket] Angus MacFarlane also notes on 1/27/2007 that a cricket club was formed in SF in 1852. "A number of gentlemen in this city have organized a Cricket Club and have selected their sporting ground immediately of Rincon Point. [That's in the vicinity of Beal Street and Bryant Street, Angus notes. However, he finds no evidence of actual matches until June of 1857; Email of 1/16/2008.] |
| Sources | [A, Town Ball] "Public Play Ground," Alta California, January 14, 1852. Submitted by Angus McFarlane. In the prior year (see item #1851.2) the game at the Plaza had been called base ball in two news accounts, and town ball in none that we now have. On June 11, 2007, John Thorn reported a similar CA find: "A game of "town ball" which was had on the Plaza during the week, reminded us of other days and other scenes. California Dispatch, January 2, 1852. Angus adds - email of 1/16/2008 - that this appears to be the last SF-area mention of base ball or town ball until 1859. [B, Cricket] The Alta, April 15, 1852. |
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| Comment | Note the account of prior base ball in SF at 1851.2 above. Angus explains that six former members of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in Manhattan were then in SF, and thus the reported games may have been played by modern rules. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Angus Macfarlane, John Thorn |
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1852.7 San Francisco Plaza Again Active, This Time with "Town Ball;" Cricket Club Also Formed"
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