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|Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" <u>New Orleans</u> <u>Picayune</u>, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, <u>The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America</u> (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, <u>The Rise of Sports in New Orleans</u> (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. <b>Note:</b> Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA?</p> | |Text=<p>"Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" <u>New Orleans</u> <u>Picayune</u>, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, <u>The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America</u> (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, <u>The Rise of Sports in New Orleans</u> (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. <b>Note:</b> Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA?</p> | ||
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| Text | "Who has not played 'barn ball' in boyhood, 'base' in his youth and 'wicket' in his adulthood?" New Orleans Picayune, 1841. This cite is found in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State U Press, Bowling Green, 1998), page 6. He attributes it, apparently, to Dale Somers, The Rise of Sports in New Orleans (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1972), page 48. Note: Melville is willing to identify the sport as the one that was played mostly in the CT-central MA area . . . but it is conceivable that the writer intended to denote cricket instead? Do we have other references to wicket in LA? |
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1841.15 Base and Wicket in New Orleans?"
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