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|Headline=CT State Wicket Championship Attracts 4000 | |Headline=CT State Wicket Championship Attracts 4000 | ||
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|Location=CT | |Location=Connecticut, | ||
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|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"When Bristol played New Britain at wicket for the championship of the state before four thousand spectators in 1859, the <em>Hartford Press</em> reported that there prevailed 'the most remarkable order throughout, and the contestants treated each other with faultless courtesy.'"</p> | |Text=<p>"When Bristol played New Britain at wicket for the championship of the state before four thousand spectators in 1859, the <em>Hartford Press</em> reported that there prevailed 'the most remarkable order throughout, and the contestants treated each other with faultless courtesy.'"</p> | ||
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| Text | "When Bristol played New Britain at wicket for the championship of the state before four thousand spectators in 1859, the Hartford Press reported that there prevailed 'the most remarkable order throughout, and the contestants treated each other with faultless courtesy.'" A special four-car train carried spectators to the match, leaving Hartford CT at 7:30 AM.
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| Sources | John Lester, A Century of Philadelphia Cricket [UPenn Press, Philadelphia, 1951], page 8. This game is also covered in Norton, Frederick C., "That Strange Yankee Game, Wicket," Bristol Connecticut (City Printing Co., Hartford, 1907), pages 295-296. Available via Google Books: try search: "'Monday, July 18, 1859' Bristol." See also Larry McCray, "State Championship Wicket Game in Connecticut: A Hearty Hurrah for a Doomed Pastime," Base Ball Journal, Volume 5, number 1 (Special Issue on Origins), pages 132-135. |
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1859.24 CT State Wicket Championship Attracts 4000"
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