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{{Chronology Entry
|Headline=English Immigrants from Surrey Take Cricket to IL
|Year=1818
|Year=1818
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Suffix=c
|Year Number=5
|Headline=English Immigrants from Surrey See Cricket, Trap Ball in IL
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Location=Illinois
|Location=Illinois
|Game=Cricket
|Country=United States
|Text=<p>"There have been [p.295/p.296] several cricket-matches this summer [of 1819], both at Wanborough and Birk Prarie; the Americans seem much pleased at the sight of the game, as it is new to them." John Woods, <u>Two Years Residence on th Settlement of the English Prarie, in the Illinois Country</u> (Longman &amp; Co., London, 1822), pp. 295-296.</p>
|Coordinates=40.6331249, -89.3985283
<p>On page 148 of the book: "On the second of October, there was a game of cricket played at Wanborough by the young men of the settlement; this they called keeping Catherine Hill fair, many of the players being from the neighborhood of Godalming and Guildford."  In 1818 [page 295]: "some of the young men were gone to a county court at Palmyra, [but] there was no cricket-match, as was intended, only a game of trap-ball." </p>
|State=IL
|Game=Cricket, Trap Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Text=<p>"[S]ome of the young men were gone to a county court at Palmyra, [but] there was no cricket-match, as was intended, only a game of trap-ball." [1818]</p>
<p>"On the second of October, there was a game of cricket played at Wanborough by the young men of the settlement;&nbsp;this they called keeping Catherine Hill fair, many of the players being from the neighborhood of Godalming and Guildford." [1819]&nbsp;</p>
<p>"There have been [p.295/p.296] several cricket-matches this summer [of 1819], both at Wanborough and Birk Prarie; the Americans seem much pleased at the sight of the game, as it is new to them." [1819]&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p>John Woods,&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Two Years Residence on the Settlement of the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country</span>&nbsp;(Longman &amp; Co., London, 1822), pp. 148 and 295-296.</p>
<p>See also:&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thomas L. Altherr, &ldquo;Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games, <em>Base Ball, </em>v. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2008), pages 32-33.&nbsp; <strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;Tom's account includes the same quotes, but attributes them to the British lawyer Adlard Welby, and sets them in 1820.</p>
|Query=<p>Can we reconcile the conflicts in the two attributions?</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Year Number=5
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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English Immigrants from Surrey See Cricket, Trap Ball in IL

Salience Noteworthy
Location Illinois
City/State/Country: IL, United States
Game Cricket, Trap Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Text

"[S]ome of the young men were gone to a county court at Palmyra, [but] there was no cricket-match, as was intended, only a game of trap-ball." [1818]

"On the second of October, there was a game of cricket played at Wanborough by the young men of the settlement; this they called keeping Catherine Hill fair, many of the players being from the neighborhood of Godalming and Guildford." [1819] 

"There have been [p.295/p.296] several cricket-matches this summer [of 1819], both at Wanborough and Birk Prarie; the Americans seem much pleased at the sight of the game, as it is new to them." [1819] 

 

Sources

John Woods, Two Years Residence on the Settlement of the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country (Longman & Co., London, 1822), pp. 148 and 295-296.

See also: 

Thomas L. Altherr, “Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games, Base Ball, v. 2, no. 1 (Spring 2008), pages 32-33.  Note: Tom's account includes the same quotes, but attributes them to the British lawyer Adlard Welby, and sets them in 1820.

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