In Freetown in 1875

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Date of Game 1875 between 1853 and 1875
Game Cricket
Location Freetown, Sierra Leone
Has Source On Hand No
NY Rules No - Predecessor
Description "they young men play cricket; they acquired the game by education in England."
Sources Whitford, "Trading Life in Western and Central Africa" (1877), p. 30, compiling letters written 1853-75 and published in "The Porcupine"
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