1860.30: Difference between revisions

From Protoball
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Chronology Import)
 
(Convert Is in Main Chronology to Salience)
Line 2: Line 2:
|Headline=CT Wicketers Trounce CT Cricketers at Wicket
|Headline=CT Wicketers Trounce CT Cricketers at Wicket
|Year=1860
|Year=1860
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Salience=2
|Game=Cricket
|Game=Cricket
|Text=<p>Was wicket an inferior game?  "the game [of wicket] certainly reached a level of technical sophistication equal to these two sports [base ball and cricket].  This was clearly demonstrated during a wicket match at Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1860 when a team of local wicket players easily defeated a team of experience local cricket players." Tom Melville, <u>The Tented Field: the History of Cricket in America</u> (Bowling Green State U Popular Press, Bowling Green OK, 1998), page 10.  Melville cites the source of the match as the <u>Waterbury American</u> (August 31, 1860), page 21.  <b>Note:</b>  Can we locate and examine this 1860 article?</p>
|Text=<p>Was wicket an inferior game?  "the game [of wicket] certainly reached a level of technical sophistication equal to these two sports [base ball and cricket].  This was clearly demonstrated during a wicket match at Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1860 when a team of local wicket players easily defeated a team of experience local cricket players." Tom Melville, <u>The Tented Field: the History of Cricket in America</u> (Bowling Green State U Popular Press, Bowling Green OK, 1998), page 10.  Melville cites the source of the match as the <u>Waterbury American</u> (August 31, 1860), page 21.  <b>Note:</b>  Can we locate and examine this 1860 article?</p>
}}
}}

Revision as of 11:27, 3 August 2012

Chronologies
Scroll.png

Prominent Milestones

Misc BB Firsts
Add a Misc BB First

About the Chronology
Tom Altherr Dedication

Add a Chronology Entry
Open Queries
Open Numbers
Most Aged

CT Wicketers Trounce CT Cricketers at Wicket

Salience Noteworthy
Game Cricket
Text

Was wicket an inferior game? "the game [of wicket] certainly reached a level of technical sophistication equal to these two sports [base ball and cricket]. This was clearly demonstrated during a wicket match at Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1860 when a team of local wicket players easily defeated a team of experience local cricket players." Tom Melville, The Tented Field: the History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Popular Press, Bowling Green OK, 1998), page 10. Melville cites the source of the match as the Waterbury American (August 31, 1860), page 21. Note: Can we locate and examine this 1860 article?

Comment Edit with form to add a comment
Query Edit with form to add a query



Comments

<comments voting="Plus" />