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|State=NY
|State=NY
|City=Bronx
|City=Bronx
|Description=<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">[[English cricketers vs. Union of Morrisania 10/20/1868]] "In the fourth innings the cricketers made five runs on good hits, Willisher hitting clean for a "'homer.'" </span></p>
|Description=<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">English cricketers vs. Union of Morrisania 10/20/1868:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">"In the fourth innings the cricketers made five runs on good hits, Willisher hitting clean for a "'homer.'" </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Note: previously, the earliest usage was believed to be in 1875, per Dickson.<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Note: previously, the earliest usage was believed to be in 1875, per Dickson.<br /></span></p>
|Sources=<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">New York Clipper October 31, 1868</span>.</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">New York Clipper October 31, 1868</span>.</p>

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Date Saturday, October 31, 1868
Location Bronx, NY, United States
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English cricketers vs. Union of Morrisania 10/20/1868:

"In the fourth innings the cricketers made five runs on good hits, Willisher hitting clean for a "'homer.'"

Note: previously, the earliest usage was believed to be in 1875, per Dickson.

Sources

New York Clipper October 31, 1868.

Submitted by Richard Hershberger
Submission Note 19CBB Posting, 2/14/2014


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