Aylmer, Elgin Cty.Ontario Canda Cricket Team - 1862

In August of 1862 the Weekly Dispatch has an article about the Aylmer cricket team beating the St. Thomas Cricket team. On the 28th of Aug 1862, page 2 reads:

On the 15th ult., Aylmer cricket team beats St. Thomas twice. In the evening the two clubs dined together a COLE's Hotel.

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If you google "Aylmer Cricket" you can pull up an 1886 archive of a cricket game between Aylmer (names like Paupst, Montieth. C. Sinclair etc) and the Peninsular Cricket Club in Detroit.

Lists of names as shown below can be an excellent tool to help locate areas your relatives were from & provide you with a clue to pursue further searches in a specific area.

 

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Aylmer first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Paupst	c Dodds b Bamford	2
L Jones	c Codd b Bamford	4
H Draper	b Dale	3
C Sinclair	c Codd b Bamford	5
D Price	b Bamford	0
CW Williams	c Dodds b Dale	7
P Paupet	b Dale	0
J Rose	run out	3
White	not out	0
McCleish	b Dale	1
Monteith	b Bamford	0