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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 16:01, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
... that cricketer Richard Newland had a brother-in-law called Richard Newland? Source: "Richard Newland married Mary Newland, the sister of the surgeon Richard Newland (1718–1791)". Esdaile, E. (Spring 1969). "Their Chivalry was Cricket (Part One)". Journal of the Cricket Society. 4 (2). London: The Cricket Society. Maun, Ian (2009). From Commons to Lord's, Volume One: 1700 to 1750. Roger Heavens. p. 63. ISBN978-19-00592-52-9.
ALT1: ... that cricketer Richard Newland was proclaimed "The Champion" in 1744, more than a century before W. G. Grace? Source: In a poem about a famous match, James Love wrote of Newland: "The Champion strikes". Altham later refers to Grace as "The Champion". Altham, H. S. (1962). A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914). London: George Allen & Unwin. pp. 32–33, 122.