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Rain forced cancellation of Saturday's varsity baseball game at Amherst, and the cricket match with M.I.T. The varsity and Yardling tennis matches with Brown were postponed until-this afternoon...
...passing Smith Field (behind the Stadium) any time today between early lunch and late dinner, you'll see the Crimson cricket team open its home season against Tech. Should you arrive at 4:30 p.m. sharp, chances are the players will invite you to a mid-game...
...Cricket may not be the University's oldest sport--actually this year is only its third year--but it's certainly the most international. Where else would you find such students as Captain Ed Seaga from Jamaica, or Jim, Ongley from New Zealand. "Muggy" Mugaseth from India. Bruce Check from Australia Frank Davies from Trinidad, or Lewis Clark from England...
Star batsmen are Davis and Ongley. Captain Seaga has the job of wicket keeper, and operates much the same as a baseball catcher. The "bowlers"--cricket's equivalent of the pitcher--are headed by Mugaseth, Barry Cooke and Win Rickards, while Clark is a leading "fielder" (or baseman...
Collegiate opponents are about as hard to find as good American players. Haverford is the oldest--it's had cricket teams since its founding in 1833, and probably has the nearest thing to the "playing fields of Eton" on this side of the Atlantic...