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|Year=1856
|Year=1856
|Year Number=1
|Year Number=1
|Headline=Harry, George Wright Both at St. George CC; Manhattan CC Forms
|Headline=Harry and George Wright Both at St. George CC in New York
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=Greater New York City,
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=40.7127837, -74.0059413
|State=NY
|City=NYC
|Game=Base Ball
|Game=Base Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>Baseball Hall of Fame member Harry Wright is on the first eleven of the St. George Cricket Club and his younger brother, George Wright, age 9, also to become a baseball Hall of Famer, is the Dragons' mascot.</p>
|Text=<p>Baseball Hall of Fame member Harry Wright is on the first eleven of the St. George Cricket Club and his younger brother, George Wright, age 9, also to become a baseball Hall of Famer, is the Dragons' mascot.</p>
<p>The Manhattan Cricket Club is formed and includes New York City baseball players Frank Sebring and Joseph Russell of the Empire Base Ball Club.</p>
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|Sources=<p>Chadwick Scrapbooks, Vol. 20</p>
|Sources=<p>Chadwick Scrapbooks, Vol. 20.</p>
|Comment=<p>For much more on George Wright, see the multi-part profile from John Thorn's&nbsp;<em>Our Game&nbsp;</em>blog in September 2016. &nbsp;The initial segment is at&nbsp;http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2016/09/20/who-was-george-wright/.&nbsp;</p>
|Submitted by=John Thorn
|Submitted by=John Thorn
|Submission Note=email of 6/15/04
|Submission Note=email of 6/15/04

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Harry and George Wright Both at St. George CC in New York

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Age of Players Adult
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Baseball Hall of Fame member Harry Wright is on the first eleven of the St. George Cricket Club and his younger brother, George Wright, age 9, also to become a baseball Hall of Famer, is the Dragons' mascot.

 

Sources

Chadwick Scrapbooks, Vol. 20.

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For much more on George Wright, see the multi-part profile from John Thorn's Our Game blog in September 2016.  The initial segment is at http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2016/09/20/who-was-george-wright/

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