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| King’s College Record June
1879
…[Wed.] The Cricket match…at which the Cogswell Cricket Prize will
be competed for… Thursday is the day of the Eucaenia, and the end of the Academical
year. Cricket.- a cricket match was played on the Queen’s Birthday
upon the College ground, between the Incognita Club of Halifax, and the Three
Elms Club… Notwithstanding the day was exceedingly cold and disagreeable,
there was a large number of spectators on the field during the whole of the afternoon.
The match between the Acadia College Club and the Three Elms came off of Fri.
June 6th at Wolfville. A Cricket club has been organized by
the Academy boys as the "King’s Collegiate School Cricket Club." The
boys look very well on the field, in their suits of white and blue flannel. July
1879 …Wednesday morning’s train from Halifax brought, among
others eleven officers from the 101st Regiment, with whom the Three
Elms Cricket Club played. The Encaenia Cricket Match for
the Cogswell Cricket Prize. A large number of ladies and gentlemen from Windsor,
Halifax and elsewhere, flocked to the cricket ground to watch the match. The playing
was excellent on either side, calling forth hearty applause from the interested
spectators. Wickets were pitched at 11 a.m., the T.E.C.C. first going to bat and
scoring 76 runs. After lunch the officers took the field and succeeded in making
a score of 97 runs. The match was decided by one innings in favour of the 101st,
and the prize bats awarded to Major Jervis, who made the highest score with excellent
playing. Both elevens played in a masterly manner. Mr. A. Curry made the highest
score in the College Club. During the afternoon a band of twenty
four instruments from the Regimental band supplied beautiful music to the great
delight of players and spectators alike.
Excerpt From:
King’s College Record – Vol 1
King’s College, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Library
– King’s College Archive | |
