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Swiss traveller César de Saussure noted in his journal the frequency with which he saw cricket being played while he was making his journeys across southern England in June. He referred to county matches as "a commonplace" and wrote that "everyone plays it, the common people and also men of rank".
In several sources, a match Gentlemen of Middlesex v Gentlemen of London is listed as due to take place in Islington on Tuesday (sic), 5 August. In fact, 5 August 1728 was a Monday and recent research has confirmed that the match in question was due to be held on Tuesday, 5 August 1729.
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