Word: wickets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...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...
...cricket eleven played at Chelsea on Saturday and won their second game. The wicket was soft and bumpy, and prevented accurate bowling, while the long grass in the outfield made it difficult to get even two runs, except off boundary hits. Harvard went into the field first, and, as at Somerville, got a wicket on the first ball. They retired Chelsea for 45 runs, allowing only W. L. Martin, who played a careful game, to roll up double figures. For Harvard, Garrett batted best with 23 runs to his credit, while Sallivan and Parker hit well...
...runs, and Skinner carried his bat for 36 after a steady inning. The remainder of the team, including three new men, did good work as a rule. As there was still half an hour to spend after the first innings, Somerville went to the bat again, and lost five wickets for 24 runs. Hewes and Bowler did the bowling, and MacVeagh was tried as wicket-keeper. The score...