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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1751 | |Year=1751 | ||
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|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline=First Recorded US Cricket Match Played, "For a Considerable Wager," in NYC; New Yorkers Win, 167-80 | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location= | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|Coordinates=40.7127753, -74.0059728 | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=New York | |||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>"Last Monday afternoon, a match at cricket was play'd on our Common for a considerable Wager, by eleven Londoners, against eleven New Yorkers: | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>"Last Monday afternoon, a match at cricket was play'd on our Common for a considerable Wager, by eleven Londoners, against eleven New Yorkers: The game was play'd according to the London Method; and those who got most notches in two Hands, to be the Winners: The New Yorkers went in first, and got 81; Then the Londoners went in, and got but 43; Then the New Yorkers went in again, and got 86; and the Londoners finished the Game with getting only 37 more."</p> | |||
<p>This was the first recorded cricket match played in New York City, and took place on grounds where Fulton Fish Market now stands, "by a Company of Londoners - the London XI - against a Company of New Yorkers." (The New Yorkers won, 167-80.)</p> | <p>This was the first recorded cricket match played in New York City, and took place on grounds where Fulton Fish Market now stands, "by a Company of Londoners - the London XI - against a Company of New Yorkers." (The New Yorkers won, 167-80.)</p> | ||
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<p><span><em>New YorkPost-Boy</em>, 4/29/51. Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: John reports that the sources are multiple: clip from Chadwick Scrapbooks; see also, "the first recorded American cricket match per se was in New York in 1751 on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan. A team called New York played another described as the London XI 'according to the London method' - probably a reference to the 1744 Code which was more strict that the rules governing the contemporary game in England. Also, and dispositively, from Phelps-Stokes, <span>I. N. Phelps Stokes,</span><span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources</span></span><span> (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1922), Volume IV, page 628.</span>Vol. VI, Index—ref. against Chronology and Chronology Addenda (Vol. 4A or 6A); [CRICKET] Match on Commons April 29, 1751; and finally, Phelps Stokes, V. 4, p. 628, 4/29/1751: "…this day, a great Cricket match is to be played on our commons, by a Company of Londoners against a Company of New-Yorkers. <em>New-York Post-Boy,</em> 4/29/51." The New Yorkers won by a total score of 167 to 80. <em>New York Post-Boy,</em> 5/6/51. This game is also treated by cricket historians Wisden [1866] and Lester [1951].</span></p> | |||
<p><span>Also see<em> New York Gazette</em></span>, May 6, 1751, page 2, column 2, per George Thompson.. </p> | |||
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|Comment=<p><strong>Note: This match is also reported in item #1751.3</strong></p> | |||
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|Submitted by=John Thorn, George Thompson | |||
|Submission Note=4/29/2004 and 7/25/2005 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Text | "Last Monday afternoon, a match at cricket was play'd on our Common for a considerable Wager, by eleven Londoners, against eleven New Yorkers: The game was play'd according to the London Method; and those who got most notches in two Hands, to be the Winners: The New Yorkers went in first, and got 81; Then the Londoners went in, and got but 43; Then the New Yorkers went in again, and got 86; and the Londoners finished the Game with getting only 37 more." This was the first recorded cricket match played in New York City, and took place on grounds where Fulton Fish Market now stands, "by a Company of Londoners - the London XI - against a Company of New Yorkers." (The New Yorkers won, 167-80.)
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New YorkPost-Boy, 4/29/51. Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: John reports that the sources are multiple: clip from Chadwick Scrapbooks; see also, "the first recorded American cricket match per se was in New York in 1751 on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan. A team called New York played another described as the London XI 'according to the London method' - probably a reference to the 1744 Code which was more strict that the rules governing the contemporary game in England. Also, and dispositively, from Phelps-Stokes, I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909 : compiled from original sources (New York, Robert H. Dodd), 1922), Volume IV, page 628.Vol. VI, Index—ref. against Chronology and Chronology Addenda (Vol. 4A or 6A); [CRICKET] Match on Commons April 29, 1751; and finally, Phelps Stokes, V. 4, p. 628, 4/29/1751: "…this day, a great Cricket match is to be played on our commons, by a Company of Londoners against a Company of New-Yorkers. New-York Post-Boy, 4/29/51." The New Yorkers won by a total score of 167 to 80. New York Post-Boy, 5/6/51. This game is also treated by cricket historians Wisden [1866] and Lester [1951]. Also see New York Gazette, May 6, 1751, page 2, column 2, per George Thompson..
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Submitted by | John Thorn, George Thompson |
Submission Note | 4/29/2004 and 7/25/2005 |
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