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Ladies' Wicket in England?
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | FemalesFemales |
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City/State/Country: | England |
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Game | WicketWicket |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | "BAT AND BALL AMONG THE LADIES. Nine married ladies beat nine single ones at a game of wicket in England recently. The gamesters were all dressed in white - the married party with blue trimmings and the others in pink."
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Sources | Milwaukee[WI] Sentinel and Gazette, vol. 5, number 116 (September 4, 1849), page 2, column 2. Provided by Craig Waff, email of 8/14/2007. |
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Comment | Beth Hise [email of 3/3/2008] reports that the wearing of colored ribbons was a much older tradition. Note: One may ask if something got lost in the relay of this story to Wisconsin. We know of no wicket in England, and neither wicket or cricket used nine-player teams. Edit with form to add a comment |
Query | Was cricket, including single-wicket cricket, known in any part of England as "wicket?" Edit with form to add a query |
Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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Submitted by | Craig Waff, |
Submission Note | Email of 8/14/2007 |
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