A cricket match of a somewhat nove character was recently plajed at Lord Sheffield's park, near Hastings. One side was wholly composed of native West Africans, selected from those. who are studying for various professions in London ; and they prove that they knew more of the game than "some people thought by putting together 248 runs in their two innings, eight of them reaching double figures. That they were beaten does not affect the fact that the colored gentlemen played well (says a Home paper): and English cricketer* will have to look to their laurels when men from West Africa can give such a good accqunt of themselves.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 317, 13 November 1880, Page 2
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108Untitled Temuka Leader, Issue 317, 13 November 1880, Page 2
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