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4 Bicentennial Edition, Wednesday, October 5, 1994 Supplement of The Canadian Statesman by William Humber The following is an adaptation of an article on early sporting events printed, with permission of its author. author. Mr. Humber is a Bowmanville sports historian. Bowmanvillc's council chamber was filled on die evening of June 11, 1868 as the friends of bat and ball games met to re-organize their town's cricket and baseball teams. Frederick Cubitt was elected president of die cricket club, with William R. Climie, his vice- president. A committee was appointed appointed to sod the bowling crease on the ground adjacent to die drill shed recently recently constructed in the north end of town (on present day Carlisle Avenue). Avenue). Officers were dien selected for the Live Oak baseball club, which played on die grounds north of the factory on Thursday and Saturdays 31-6:00 p.m. The popularity of two bat and ball games in 19th century Bowmanville Bowmanville and their eventual success or failure is a story repeated throughout the Dominion. The Colonel's game of cricket had much in its early favour. It came into Canada and the United States in the 18th century. On June 8, 1846, Charles Neville, Neville, secretary of the Darlington Cricket Club, invited the Cobourg Club to play a friendly match on the 17th in Bowmanville. In the absence of either rail or adequate roads in what was still a pioneering community, community, the Cobourg players travelled by stagecoach and the steamer "America." Bowmanvillc's cricket ground the Toronto Cricket Club, which lat- was located on a park-like setting er ruled against Bailey. Twenty subjust subjust north of the dien settled part of sequent runs were deducted, though town in an area bound by present Darlington still won .the match. Lowe St., Beech Avenue and Centre The Toronto Globe recorded ad- St. In this idyllic setting, Bowman- Bowmailville'S CUCket ™îu™K 4 r Sad rSlmd 9 round was on a McCulloch's 60 Years of Canadian park-like setting just north Cricket (published in 1895), the vis- ... ., f., , , , it was reciprocated. John Bailer, an Of the then Settled part Of tehtotoJS; lowninanareaboundb y ville, scored 10 and 36 in his two at present Lowe St., Beech bats. It might have been more ex- « . T'entra Qt cept that a heavy shower between Avenue, ano 06/71/ G Of. innings caused Bailey to tumble : ; ; ; r " head first on his wicket. d , lU , onal patches by he Darlington The umpires could not decide club m 1848, and Hall and McCul- whethcr he was out or not. Both ° c j' d «cnbed a September 16, *» -wed to await the verdict of >" ïJlT °h'Æ considerable period of organization- Despite a head start in popularity, al success but not surprising given cricket was coming under greater the resources available to them, popular competition from baseball., They counted on public support of a Leaving behind its more infor- type that politicians would extend to mal, village and even childish con- successful professionals in the 20th century. The Darlington club retained its exclusive membership at the time of the 1855 match in Toronto. These Darlington cricketers played intersquad intersquad games or matches against other other towns whose lineups conformed to their social class. They had little interest in prostelizing the game's merits to the general public, which in Darlington consisted of about 8,000 people in the 115 square mile township. 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