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Old and New London
… in during the summer. Ample space is available for cricket, and in the two gymnasia candidates for swinging, … already had occasion to mention. In the part devoted to cricket and such like sports, some of the semi-octagonal …
Old and New London
… in which are some very fine trees; and they include a cricket-ground and a field for football. There is also an …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by the Bat and Ball Inn, the home of the famous Hambledon Cricket Club, which occupies a lonely position, some 400 ft. … 14 December, 1871. 11 John Nyren (17641837), a writer on cricket, was born at Hambledon. He was the son of Richard Nyren, founder of the famous Hambledon Cricket Club. Charles II on his way from Somerset to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the sick and destitute, but money has also been given to cricket clubs, &c., entertainment and instruction being among …
Old and New London
… discontinued shortly after the disastrous explosion of the Cricket at the "Fox" pier, in August, 1847. The place is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… purchases of land for new developments. In 1948 the old cricket ground and fellows' garden of Corpus Christi College …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… no May Week as yet. 212 The next most popular sport was cricket; the first University cricket match had been played in 1827. 213 Football was … the like'. 215 He later initiated the plan for the Trinity cricket- ground in 1862, and contributed generously towards …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1880, says that the only general games of his day were cricket and football. Lawn tennis had only just been … Among the clubs the boats took precedence, followed by cricket and football, and they by hockey, lacrosse, and golf, … 282 J. J. Thomson thought that interest in university cricket had declined since the great days of 1878 and 1882 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… reported, it recommended a move to a new site, the cricket ground and garden of Corpus Christi College in …