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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 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Albans Road. On the east side of the main road there is a cricket ground. This development within Epping Urban District …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the buildings was in doubt. 68 Tottenham and Edmonton cricket club, founded by 1860, was apparently the first of … events there in the 1870s. 69 In 1882 members of Hotspur cricket club, so called from its links with the … one of many local groups, started with a grant from the cricket club and at first consisted largely of boys from St. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… City Football Ground. To the south of Ashton Old Road is a cricket ground, while some little distance to the north is a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… other sports and social clubs. 147 By 1868 Chasetown had a cricket club, probably the colliery cricket club in existence by 1870 with a ground apparently in Church Street. 148 In 1883 a cricket match was played between Burntwood and Hammerwich, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Aigburth, Otterspool, Mersey Road (close to the Liverpool cricket ground), Grassendale (Cressington Park), and Garston. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… (1887) also has one called the Journal and Guardian. The Cricket and Football Field is printed at Bolton, and there is …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was opened in 1983 in the former village school. 63 A cricket match was played in 1871 between a Hammerwich club … under the auspices of the respective incumbents. 64 A cricket club was formed in 1948 and acquired a ground in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Botanical Gardens, opened in 1831, and the Lancashire cricket ground, with several other cricket and football grounds. Pomona Gardens formerly … through the centre with stations at Old Trafford, the cricket ground, and Stretford. The Bridgewater Canal also …