Chronology:Single-Wicket Cricket
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1847.20 In Harlem, Men Play 330- Minute Game of Single Wicket for $100 Stake
"CRICKET. A match of single wicket was yesterday played at the Red House, Harlem,
between Messrs. Sams and Conroy, for $100. The game lasted five hours and a half. . . ."
New York Herald, October 16, 1847, p. 2, col. 3.
In 2022, Bruce Allardice is collecting single wicket games in the US for the PrePro data base.
[] Do we know of SWC was played for stakes in England?\
Yes. See http://www.cricketweb.net/the-single-wicket-game/
[] Do we have any notion of the rules governing two-player cricket?
Yes. See the glossary of games entry for SWC. [ba]
1864.46 Wicket Match-- Baseballers vs. Cricketers
"BASEBALL PLAYERS vs. CRICKETERS-- ATLANTIC vs. WILLOW.-- ...On tuesday last, three of the members of the Atlantic Club undertook to play a game of single-wicket with three members of the Willow Cricket Club..."
New York Sunday Mercury, Oct. 30, 1864
The play is described extensively.