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- 1751.1 + (<p> </p> <p><span> … <p> </p></br><p><span><em>New YorkPost-Boy</em>, 4/29/51. Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: John reports that the sources are multiple: clip from Chadwick Scrapbooks; see also, "the first recorded American cricket match per se was in New York in 1751 on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan. A team called New York played another described as the London XI 'according to the London method' - probably a reference to the 1744 Code which was more strict that the rules governing the contemporary game in England. Also, and dispositively, from Phelps-Stokes, <span>I. N. Phelps Stokes,</span><span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources</span></span><span> (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1922), Volume IV, page 628.</span>Vol. VI, Index—ref. against Chronology and Chronology Addenda (Vol. 4A or 6A); [CRICKET] Match on Commons April 29, 1751; and finally, Phelps Stokes, V. 4, p. 628, 4/29/1751: "…this day, a great Cricket match is to be played on our commons, by a Company of Londoners against a Company of New-Yorkers. <em>New-York Post-Boy,</em> 4/29/51." The New Yorkers won by a total score of 167 to 80. <em>New York Post-Boy,</em> 5/6/51. This game is also treated by cricket historians Wisden [1866] and Lester [1951].</span></p></br><p><span>Also see<em> New York Gazette</em></span>, May 6, 1751, page 2, column 2, per George Thompson.. </p></br><p> </p><em> New York Gazette</em></span>, May 6, 1751, page 2, column 2, per George Thompson.. </p> <p> </p>)