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Mem ones of yesteryears
Settlers bring popular British sport to village
Brussels vs. Listowel
From the June 8,1888 issue of
The Brussels Post.
Last Thursday afternoon the
Listowel cricket club drove to
Brussels and played a friendly
match with the home 11 on
Victoria Square. The weather was
not at all propitious, as light
showers of rain kept falling during
the play, yet, notwithstanding this,
a better played or more closely
contested game is seldom seen.
Brussels went to bat first, but the
bowling of Clark, Morphy and
Downey was such that our boys
speedily relinquished the willow
for small scores, J. Hargreaves
being the only one to reach double
figures.
Base ballists
From the June 22, 1888 issue of
The Brussels Post.
The initial match for the season
of 1888 for Brussels base ballists
was played with the Palmerston
nine on the new park south of their
town last Saturday afternoon. There
was a fairly good attendance but
the game was too one-sided to
arouse the interest often seen in
these matches. Our boys had a
strong team, and with Brock behind
the bat and Grew ar in the box there
was comparatively little work to be
done in the field. Grewar struck out
12 men and any of the home team
who were fortunate enough to
reach first base generally died at
second, as the old catcher from
The innings totalled 42.
The visitors then went in to
defend the stumps but did not meet
with even the success of their
opponents as the last wicket fell for
38. Dennis and the Ross boys
meant business every time.
In the innings Morphy batted
nicely for 10 and C. Hacking was
credited with nine and not out. In
the second innings Brussels
batsmen were bowled out with a
vengeance, the first 4 wickets
tumbling for six runs, then J. Ross
made a stand and soon bunched 10.
Hargreaves got five and Currie five
and not out.
These with Dr. McNaughton's
six, Rev. Cluffs three, Dennis' one
and four extras, made 34 for the
capture win
"Catchersville" was there.
Had it not been for a couple of
errors the Palmerston boys would
have been blanked all the way
through. The Echoes piled up 26
runs, being whitewashed in the fifth
innings. Their opponent showed
want of practice but they have the
material for a good club.
A feature of the game was Jas.
Ross' one-handed catch near centre
field, but the whole team played
their respective positions well.
Our boys were very hospitably
entertained and speak in the highest
terms of the treatment they
received. A return match will
probably be played before the
season is over.
innings. Clark and Morphy did
some extra fine bowling.
Both clubs excelled themselves
in the field and the match passed
off without the slightest jar. As
there was not time to finish the
game it was decided by the first
innings.
The Listowel club is a
gentlemanly lot who know what
good cricket is, and as this is the j
first time that Brussels has scored a (
Park purchase
From the June 22,1888 issue of
The Brussels Post.
A meeting of persons interested
in the purchase of the old Driving
Park was held on Wednesday
evening.
After spending considerable time
in the discussion of the subject the
following Board of Provisional
Directors were elected: Donald
McLaughlin, Wm. Grieve, Robt.
Graham, R. Leatherdale, D.
Strachan, A. Koenig and F. S.
Scott. It is their intention to apply
for a charter, push the canvas for
the remaining shares required and
secure the property to the town.
There appears to be an almost
unanimous wish that the
Agricultural Society should work in
cordially with this proposition so
that our Fall Shows may be
boomed and their success for the
future not be interfered with by the
counter attractions of adjoining
towns.
victory over this club they must not
be surprised if we take it as a
presage of what is likely to follow.
The home eleven is in good form
this season and plays a stronger
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game than they have for years and
even Listowel will need to look to
her laurels. A couple of players
were considerably used up by being
struck by the ball during the game.
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Controversy over lacrosse
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From the July 6,1888 issue of
The Brussels Post.
The Wingham Advance says:
"The Brussels Post man, who
knows nothing about our national
game, any more than what he has
heard and read, says lacrosse is
unfit for white people, and that "as
it is usually played is one of the
roughest and meanest games ever
played and is not suited to white
people." Now Mr. Post don't you be
so hard on lacrosse. In the match
between Wingham and Goderich
on Friday last not a person was
injured to any extent, and we have
frequently seen ball tossers and
cricketers much worse injured than
the two The Post quoted in the
Wingham vs. Lucknow match."
Hold on now, sonny, perhaps The
Post man knows as much about
lacrosse as you do. But what do
you mean by "Not a person was
injured to any extent?" We repeat
what we said before "Lacrosse, as it
is usually played, is the roughest
and meanest game ever played,"
and as further proof we add the
following from the Winnipeg Call:
- "Considerable dissatisfaction is
felt by the city club over the very
unfair remarks made in the Free
Press with reference to the
Brandon lacrosse club. The
Brandon's are accused of doing the
only rough play the Winnipegs met
with in their trip, when in fact all
the rough work done at Brandon
was done by Winnipeg men.
Fleming, a Brandon man was
knocked out by Harvey, a Winnipeg
man, though it was done
accidentally; R. McDonald, a
Winnipeg, wilfully struck a
Brandon player, and a foul was
called and allowed on it; and the
only Winnipeg man that was hurt
was McLean, and he was struck by
one of their own men." You might
witness 20 baseball matches
without seeing a player hurt but a
lacrosse match without a "banged"
head or bruised arm would be an
event worthy of more than passing
notice. Of course they might not be
injured to any extent, you know.
Residents
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(Andrew and George) and Chas.
W. Jackson. They have Colorado in
view in the meantime but may go
further west.
We don't like to see our young
men filling up Uncle Sam's
territories, but they are nevertheless
doing it every week. We hope our
friends will meet with prosperity in
their new home.
Best Wishes to our friends,
neighbours & valued customers
celebrating Brussels' 125th Anniversary
Have a wonderful time
at the weekend celebrations
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