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Wicket, Seen as a CT Game, Was Played in Brooklyn
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| Text | In 1880 the Brooklyn Eagle carried long articles that include a description of the game of wicket, described as a Connecticut game not seen in Brooklyn for about 25 years: "Instead of eleven on a side, as in cricket, there are thirty, and instead of wickets used by cricketers their wickets consist of two pieces of white wood about an inch square and six feet long, placed upon two blocks three inches from the ground. The ball also differs from that used in cricket or base ball, it being almost twice the size, although it only weighs nine ounces. The bat also differs from that used in cricket and base ball, it being more on the order of a lacrosse bat, although of an entirely different shape, and made of hard, white wood. The space between the wickets is called the alley, and is seventy-five feet in length and ten feet in width. Wicket also differs from cricket in the bowling, which can be done from either wicket, at the option of the bowlers, and there is a centre line, on the order of the ace line in racket and hand ball, which is called the bowler's mark, and if a ball is bowled which fails to strike the ground before it reaches this line it is considered a dead ball, or no bowl, and no play can be made from it, even if the ball does not suit the batsman. The alley is something on the order of the space cut out for and occupied by the pitcher and catcher of a base ball club, the turf being removed and the ground rolled very hard for the accommodation of the bowlers." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, vol. 41 number 239 (August 28, 1880), page 1, column 8. Posted to 19CBB by David Ball 7/22/2003. Citation provided by Craig Waff, email of 4/24/2007. Note: there are inconsistencies in these accounts to be resolved. |
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