Stannington Versus Sheffield

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On Monday se'nnight a cricket match was played at Stannington, for twenty-two guineas, between the players of that place and Sheffield; when the former beat the latter by twenty-six notches at three innings.- And, on Monday last, at Owler Grove, between the same players, there was another match, for twenty-two guineas also, when Stannington again beat Sheffield at one inning only.

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Leeds Intelligencer October 1798