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...cricket eleven played a draw game with Lowell Saturday. Garrett's brilliant stand for 54 runs saved the game. The score when time was called and there was still one wicket to fall, was 104 to 84 in favor of Lowell...
...Mystic eleven, champions of the Eastern Massachusetts league. The game was close and exciting, and the victory for the crippled Harvard team was extremely creditable. In the first innings S. A. M. Skinner did the best batting for Harvard, going in first and rolling up 18 before his wicket fell, the last for the side. Wells also batted in good form. The running, however, was extremely careless. For Mystic Record, an underhand bowler, was very effective, taking three wickets for one run. C. S. Skinner bowled excellently for Harvard. The Harvard team showed their lack of practice by some ragged...
Yesterday Harvard lost the deciding championship game with the University of Pennsylvania. The day was perfect for cricket, but the wicket was too soft for high scoring. Harvard went in first, and at the fall of her third wicket the score was 8; to this Pennsylvania answered in her first turn with 31, and from that time on the difference in favor of the Philadelphians at each turn grew greater. Pennsylvania finally won by 79 runs and four wickets. For the visitors, Wood, Bohlen and McFadden batted well, and Patterson led the bowling. For Harvard, Balch and Sullivan...
...cricket team will play its final game: and judging by its record, the eleven is undoubtedly the best that has yet represented Harvard. The team has won six out of the seven games it has played; it has made a total of 880 runs for a loss of 98 wickets, which gives an average of 8.97 runs per wicket, while its opponents have made only 445 runs for a loss of 90 wickets, or an average of 4.94 per wicket. In bowling, too, the averages of Harvard are much better than those of her opponents. Three men-Brown, Garrett...
...Harvard Cricket eleven won their fifth victory at Longwood yesterday against the B. A. A. eleven. The wicket was not very favorable for scoring. G. Wright batted heavily for 39 for the B. A. A., and his bowling was very effective. Brown, Garrett and Carpenter did the best batting for Harvard. The second inning was begun on the American plan. B. A. A. lost 3 wickets for only 1 run, and Harvard decided not to go to the bat, thus winning by 15 runs and 3 wickets. The score...