1860.54
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Yes, The Game Would Move Right Along . . . But Would it be Cricket?
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | Greater New York CityGreater New York City |
| City/State/Country: | NYC, NY, United States |
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| Game | CricketCricket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "Whenever the cricket community realized that American participation and interest were low, they talked about changing the rules. Some Americans suggested three outs per inning and six innings a game."
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| Sources | William Ryczek, Baseball's First Inning (McFarland, 2009), page 103. Attributed to the Chadwick Scrapbooks. |
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| Query | Were there really several such proposals? Can we guess what impediments required that it take another century to invent one-day and 20/20 cricket? Edit with form to add a query |
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1860.54 Yes, The Game Would Move Right Along . . . But Would it be Cricket?"
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