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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1815 | |||
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|Year Number=4 | |||
|Headline=Six-Hour "Wicket" Match Played in Canada | |Headline=Six-Hour "Wicket" Match Played in Canada | ||
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|Location=Canada | |Location=Canada | ||
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|Game=Cricket | |Game=Cricket | ||
|Text=<p>"On the 29<sup>th</sup> May, a grant [sic] Match of Wicket was played at Chippawa, Upper Canada, by 22 English ship wrights, for a stake of 150 dollars. | |Immediacy of Report= | ||
<p>"The winners challenge any eleven gentlemen in the state of New York, for any sum they may wish to play for. | |Holiday= | ||
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|Text=<p>"On the 29<sup>th</sup> May, a grant [sic] Match of Wicket was played at Chippawa, Upper Canada, by 22 English ship wrights, for a stake of 150 dollars. The parties were distinguished by the Pueetergushene and the Chippawa party. The game was won in 56 runs by the former. It continued 6 hours.</p> | |||
<p>"The winners challenge any eleven gentlemen in the state of New York, for any sum they may wish to play for. The game was succeeded by a supper in honor of King Charles, and the evening in spent [sic] with great hilarity."</p> | |||
<p><em>Mechanics' Gazette and Merchants' Daily Advertiser,</em> June 9,1815, reprinting from the <em>Buffalo</em> <em>Gazette.</em> Provided by Richard Hershberger, 7/30/2007. <strong>Note:</strong> It seems unusual for Englishmen to be playing wicket, and for wicket to field 11-man teams. Could this be a cricket match reported as wicket? Is it clear why a Buffalo NY newspaper would report on a match in "Upper Canada," or whereever Chippawa is? Do we know what a "grant match" is? A typo for "grand match," probably?</p> | |||
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|Comment=<p>Upper Canada is modern Ontario, and Chippewa is just across the Niagara River from New York and Buffalo. [ba]</p> | |||
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| Location | CanadaCanada |
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| Game | CricketCricket |
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| Text | "On the 29th May, a grant [sic] Match of Wicket was played at Chippawa, Upper Canada, by 22 English ship wrights, for a stake of 150 dollars. The parties were distinguished by the Pueetergushene and the Chippawa party. The game was won in 56 runs by the former. It continued 6 hours. "The winners challenge any eleven gentlemen in the state of New York, for any sum they may wish to play for. The game was succeeded by a supper in honor of King Charles, and the evening in spent [sic] with great hilarity." Mechanics' Gazette and Merchants' Daily Advertiser, June 9,1815, reprinting from the Buffalo Gazette. Provided by Richard Hershberger, 7/30/2007. Note: It seems unusual for Englishmen to be playing wicket, and for wicket to field 11-man teams. Could this be a cricket match reported as wicket? Is it clear why a Buffalo NY newspaper would report on a match in "Upper Canada," or whereever Chippawa is? Do we know what a "grant match" is? A typo for "grand match," probably? |
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| Comment | Upper Canada is modern Ontario, and Chippewa is just across the Niagara River from New York and Buffalo. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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1815.4 Six-Hour "Wicket" Match Played in Canada"
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