1751.3

New Yorkers Beat London Players in "Great Cricket Match", 167-80

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	US cricket clubsUS cricket clubs
Location
City/State/Country:	New York, NY, United States
Modern Address
Game	CricketCricket
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
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Text	“…this day, a great Cricket match is to be played on our commons, by a Company of Londoners against a Company of New-Yorkers. New-York Post-Boy, 4/29/51. The game played for “a considerable Wager,” there being 11 players on each side, and “according to the London Method: and those who got most Notches in two Hands, to be the Winners.” The New Yorkers won by a total score of 167 to 80. New York Post-Boy, 5/6/51.
Sources	I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1922), Volume IV, page 628.
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Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	Email of 2/23/2017
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