Word: cricketer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This afternoon the Harvard cricket eleven will play B. A. A. at the Longwood Cricket Club grounds. Though but one game has been played so far, this is the third match that has been arranged with the B. A. A. eleven. Owing to a heavy rain the previous day, the first game had to be cancelled, but the second game resulted in a decisive victory for Harvard by the score...
Tomorrow afternoon the cricket eleven will play the last game of the season with the B. A. A. team at the Longwood Cricket Club grounds...
Below are the batting and bowling averages of the cricket eleven for the six games it has played this season. In batting D. H. Adams '97 and J. H. Scattergood '97 are first and second, with the average of 20.5 and 16.57 respectively. Though Dupont, Adams and Hastings do not appear to have the best bowling averages, upon them rested most of the work, especially in the championship games. As the table shows, the team was very strong in bowling throughout the season...
...that the the season of the Cricket Team has been cut short and brought to a close, it is interesting to note what has been done and what the prospects are for the future. The team certainly has a very creditable record. Beginning the year with only three or four experienced players it has improved steadily and has finally won the intercollegiate championship by defeating teams which had three or four times as many candidates to choose from. All this has been done under difficulties. There never has been any crease or special field of any kind set apart...
Accordingly, now that Soldiers Field is being improved and laid out on new plans, it is an excellent suggestion to set aside a part of the field for cricket, and it is extremely advisable that those interested in the game petition the Athletic Committee for some such arrangement. There is plenty of room on the field for a crease which, if it were on firm, level ground, could be taken care of with but little trouble and expense. As soon as the authorities realize how much the game would improve the present opportunities for physical training in the University...