4. IOW Little Rock, Arkansas. Monticello, Jefferson, lies across the Arkansas River from Lincoln, S.V. (IOW North Little Rock.) Lincoln is named after the lawyer who helped join the Indiana Northern Railroad to the Jefferson & California Railroad in 1863. The town was almost named after Patrick Gallivan, the Indiana Northern's president, but Gallivan insisted that the settlement be called after "the man who did all the real work." Monticello partisans claim that the first official game of Mexican-rules cricket was played there. Lincoln's inhabitants, of course, insist that the credit for the development of North American-rules cricket belongs to them. Both cities still lament that neither has their own professional team. Rather, they root for the Jefferson City Rebels on one side of the border and the St. Louis Furriers on the other.
For more on North American-rules cricket see That's Not Cricket! Two key differences from the IOW version: the North American game takes only three hours, and uses cheerleaders. We saw that Alex Stapleton is unfamiliar with the old-style British version, which is still played among the CNA upper classes.
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