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- 1749.1 + (<p>"A newspaper advertisement announ … <p>"A newspaper advertisement announced a match on the [London Artillery] ground on July 24<sup>th</sup>, 1749, between five of the Addington Club and an All England five. The advertisement gave the names of the players, and thus concluded: NB - The last match, which was played on Monday the 10<sup>th</sup> instant, was won by All England, notwithstanding it was eight to one on Addington in the playing.'"</p></br><p>Joseph Strutt, <u>The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England</u> [Methuen, London, 1903], page 102. This edition of Strutt [originally published in 1801] was "much enlarged and corrected by L. Charles Cox;" the cited text was inserted by Cox.</p>01] was "much enlarged and corrected by L. Charles Cox;" the cited text was inserted by Cox.</p>)