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|Headline=Early Cricket: Addington Club Takes On  All-England, Five on Five
|Headline=Early Cricket: Addington Club Takes On  All-England, Five on Five
|Year=1749
|Year=1749
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|Text=<p>"A newspaper advertisement announced a match on the [London Artillery] ground on July 24<sup>th</sup>, 1749, between five of the Addington Club and an All England five.  The advertisement gave the names of the players, and thus concluded: NB - The last match, which was played on Monday the 10<sup>th</sup> instant, was won by All England, notwithstanding it was eight to one on Addington in the playing.'"</p>
|Text=<p>"A newspaper advertisement announced a match on the [London Artillery] ground on July 24<sup>th</sup>, 1749, between five of the Addington Club and an All England five.  The advertisement gave the names of the players, and thus concluded: NB - The last match, which was played on Monday the 10<sup>th</sup> instant, was won by All England, notwithstanding it was eight to one on Addington in the playing.'"</p>
<p>Joseph Strutt, <u>The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England</u> [Methuen, London, 1903], page 102.  This edition of Strutt [originally published in 1801] was "much enlarged and corrected by L. Charles Cox;" the cited text was inserted by Cox.</p>
<p>Joseph Strutt, <u>The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England</u> [Methuen, London, 1903], page 102.  This edition of Strutt [originally published in 1801] was "much enlarged and corrected by L. Charles Cox;" the cited text was inserted by Cox.</p>
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"A newspaper advertisement announced a match on the [London Artillery] ground on July 24th, 1749, between five of the Addington Club and an All England five. The advertisement gave the names of the players, and thus concluded: NB - The last match, which was played on Monday the 10th instant, was won by All England, notwithstanding it was eight to one on Addington in the playing.'"

Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England [Methuen, London, 1903], page 102. This edition of Strutt [originally published in 1801] was "much enlarged and corrected by L. Charles Cox;" the cited text was inserted by Cox.

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