Word: haverford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cricket eleven played a practice game with the Mystic club at Medford, and won on the score of the first innings by 27 runs. For Harvard Sullivan and Frost carried off the batting honors, and Garrett, Brown and Sullivan the bowling. In view of the coming match with Haverford, the work of the team during the past week is very encouraging. Following is the score...
CRICKET CLUB.- Tickets for the Haverford game, 25 cents each, will be on sale today and tomorrow at Thurston...
Next Wednesday the cricket eleven will play a match game with Harverford on Holmes field. As this will be the first opportunity of seeing what sort of work our team is doing, it should prove of sufficient interest to attract a good many spectators. The Haverford eleven have been under the charge of their professional coach, Woodcock, since early in the year. Nevertheless, the chances of Harvard's being victorious are good, especially if the players see that the college takes an interest in their work...
...defeated in an innings, but a defeat at the hands of a team which includes four men who are to represent Philadelphia in England this year, is no disgrace, and the practice obtained by playing against Pennsylvania's strong bowlers will be an invaluable preparation for the game against Haverford next week, when we may hope for better success...
...taken a good start this year, and more interest has been shown in it than in former years. The eleven ought to try to keep up this interest by doing their best at Philadelphia, and if they lose this game, by working all the harder for a victory over Haverford at Cambridge...