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Tues 26 June. The Middlesex Journal on Thurs 29 June reported the death of a Mr Johnson, who was a goldsmith at London Wall. His death was "occasioned by a blow which he received from a cricket ball on Thurs 21 June near Islington".
There was a notice in the General Evening Post dated Tues 7 August that "His Majesty (i.e., George III) has given a silver cup to be played for at cricket on the 20th inst. on Richmond Green, on account of the Princes having been much pleased with a Cricket match there on Mon. last". No details of either match have been found.
In the year of the so-called "Boston Massacre", which occurred on Mon 5 March, there was a report in the Middlesex Journal on Thurs 16 August that: "about three days before the meeting of Parliament, a grand Cricket Match will be played by 11 of the Ministry against 11 of the Patriots, when great sport is expected".
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