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St. George, NY Cricket Club, [Accidentally] Plays Toronto for a $250 Side Bet
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Pre-Knicks NYCPre-Knicks NYC |
| Location | CanadaCanada |
| City/State/Country: | [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Text | "On the afternoon of August 28, 1840 eighteen members of the St. George's Club [of NY] turned up in Toronto following an exhausting journey through the state of New York by coach and across Lake Ontario by steamer. When they asked about the Toronto Cricket Club, they were told that the members of the Toronto Cricket Club had no knowledge of any such cricket match. [It turned out that an invitation had been sent as a hoax by someone.] Mr. Phillpotts himself was not around and the embarrassed officials of the Toronto Cricket Club hastily called a meeting. Following this meeting, a challenge match was organized between the two clubs for a stake of fifty pounds ($250) a side. A large number of spectators turned out and the band of the 34th Regiment entertained the gathering. His Excellency, Sir George Arthur, the Governor of Upper Canada, witnessed the match which the New Yorkers won by 10 wickets. Following this match, the St. George's Club and the Toronto Cricket Club planned a more proper encounter between the two countries at New York in 1844." From the Dreamcricket website's chronology of American cricket [accessed 10/30/2008]: http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=7254&ntid=4 |
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1840.10 St. George, NY Cricket Club, [Accidentally] Plays Toronto for a $250 Side Bet"
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