Word: matches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first intercollegiate cricket match of the season was played last Saturday on the fine grounds of the Philadelphia Cricket club. Harvard was 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...
HARVARD, 121; YALE, 98.The Harvard Shooting club shot its first match with the Yale Gun club, Saturday afternoon, on the club's grounds at Watertown. Except for a strong wind, the weather was perfect for shooting, and even without the wind it is extremely doubtful if the scores would have been much better. Both teams shot well, the Harvard team better than ever before. At the start, Harvard took the lead, and kept increasing it at every round. In the fourth round, the Yale team did very good work, but it was of no avail and Harvard finished winner...
...team was well supported by nearly seventy-five men who went up to watch the match. The match was a great success in every way and the Shooting club is to be congratulated on the way in which the tournament was gotten up and carried...
...clubs will be present. We regret that the original intention of the club to hold a large tournament could not be carried out, but we are glad that the Yale club has accepted the invitation. A contest between Harvard and Yale should call forth abundant interest, and in the match this afternoon the Shooting club has our heartiest wishes for success...
HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.- Match with Yale at Watertown this afternoon. Free barge leaves Harvard square...