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|Year=1857 | |||
|Year Number=15 | |||
|Headline=US Editor Promotes Cricket as the "National Game" | |Headline=US Editor Promotes Cricket as the "National Game" | ||
| | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Location=Greater New York City, | ||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=NYC | |||
|Game=American Cricket, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Text=<p>"Hitherto, one great obstacle to the progress of the game [cricket] in this country has been the assertion made by certain ignorant and prejudiced parties, the Cricket is only played by Englishmen. . . . But it is not so.</p> | |Text=<p>"Hitherto, one great obstacle to the progress of the game [cricket] in this country has been the assertion made by certain ignorant and prejudiced parties, the Cricket is only played by Englishmen. . . . But it is not so.</p> | ||
<p>"Cricket," < | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>"Cricket," <em>New York</em> <em>Clipper,</em> May 16, 1857. Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, <span>Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908</span> [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], page 25.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
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| Text | "Hitherto, one great obstacle to the progress of the game [cricket] in this country has been the assertion made by certain ignorant and prejudiced parties, the Cricket is only played by Englishmen. . . . But it is not so.
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| Sources | "Cricket," New York Clipper, May 16, 1857. Reprinted in Dean A. Sullivan, Compiler and Editor, Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 [University of Nebraska Press, 1995], page 25. |
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