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|Year=1856 | |||
|Year Number=25 | |||
|Headline=Boston Paper Reports 192-187 Squeaker in Western MA | |Headline=Boston Paper Reports 192-187 Squeaker in Western MA | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
|Game=Wicket | |Game=Wicket | ||
|Text=<p>"A great game of ball, says the Berkshire Courier, cam off in that village on Friday last. | |Text=<p>"A great game of ball, says the Berkshire Courier, cam off in that village on Friday last. The parties numbers 17 on a side, composed of lawyers, justices, merchants mechanics, and in fact a fair proportion of the village populations were engages wither as participants or spectators . . . . The excitement was intense . . . best of all the game was a close one, the aggregate count in [illeg: 8?] innings being 192 and 187."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p><span>Boston</span><span>Evening Transcript</span>, April 18, 1856. Accessed bia subscription search 2/17/2009. </p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Berkshire MA is about 5 miles NE of Pittsfield and about 10 miles E of New York state border. </p> | |||
<p>This may have been a wicket match. One wonders why a Friday match would have been held.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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Text | "A great game of ball, says the Berkshire Courier, cam off in that village on Friday last. The parties numbers 17 on a side, composed of lawyers, justices, merchants mechanics, and in fact a fair proportion of the village populations were engages wither as participants or spectators . . . . The excitement was intense . . . best of all the game was a close one, the aggregate count in [illeg: 8?] innings being 192 and 187."
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Sources | BostonEvening Transcript, April 18, 1856. Accessed bia subscription search 2/17/2009. |
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Comment | Berkshire MA is about 5 miles NE of Pittsfield and about 10 miles E of New York state border. This may have been a wicket match. One wonders why a Friday match would have been held. Edit with form to add a comment |
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