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|Headline=Earliest Full Cricket Scorecard for the "Greatest Match Ever Known" | |Headline=Earliest Full Cricket Scorecard for the "Greatest Match Ever Known" | ||
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|Text=<p>The match it describes: All England vs. Kent, played at the Artillery Ground. The same year, admission at the Ground increased from tuppence to sixpence. Per John Ford, <u>Cricket: A Social History 1700-1835</u> [David and Charles, 1972], page 17. </p> | |Text=<p>The match it describes: All England vs. Kent, played at the Artillery Ground. The same year, admission at the Ground increased from tuppence to sixpence. Per John Ford, <u>Cricket: A Social History 1700-1835</u> [David and Charles, 1972], page 17. </p> | ||
<p>John Thorn [email of 2/1/2008] located an account of the match: "Yesterday was play'd in the Artillery-Ground the greatest Cricket-Match even known, the County of Kent again all England, which was won by the former [the score was 97-96 - LM] . . . . There were present the their Royal Highnesses the Princeof Wales and Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Richmond, Admiral Vernon, and many other Persons of Distinction." <u>The London Evening-Post</u> Number 2592, June 16-19, 1744, page 1 column 3, above the fold. <b>Note:</b> Is the scorecard available somewhere?</p> | <p>John Thorn [email of 2/1/2008] located an account of the match: "Yesterday was play'd in the Artillery-Ground the greatest Cricket-Match even known, the County of Kent again all England, which was won by the former [the score was 97-96 - LM] . . . . There were present the their Royal Highnesses the Princeof Wales and Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Richmond, Admiral Vernon, and many other Persons of Distinction." <u>The London Evening-Post</u> Number 2592, June 16-19, 1744, page 1 column 3, above the fold. <b>Note:</b> Is the scorecard available somewhere?</p> | ||
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| Text | The match it describes: All England vs. Kent, played at the Artillery Ground. The same year, admission at the Ground increased from tuppence to sixpence. Per John Ford, Cricket: A Social History 1700-1835 [David and Charles, 1972], page 17. John Thorn [email of 2/1/2008] located an account of the match: "Yesterday was play'd in the Artillery-Ground the greatest Cricket-Match even known, the County of Kent again all England, which was won by the former [the score was 97-96 - LM] . . . . There were present the their Royal Highnesses the Princeof Wales and Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Richmond, Admiral Vernon, and many other Persons of Distinction." The London Evening-Post Number 2592, June 16-19, 1744, page 1 column 3, above the fold. Note: Is the scorecard available somewhere? |
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