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Encyclopedia > Merion Cricket Club
The ground of the Merion Cricket Club in 1880
The ground of the Merion Cricket Club in 1880

The Merion Cricket Club is a private club in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1865. On the club grounds there are indoor and outdoor tennis courts, paddle tennis courts, squash courts, a bowling alley, dining facilities and a ballroom. Seasonally, the club has Croquet and cricket events also. Many famous tennis players have visited the club including Arthur Ashe and Bjorn Borg[citation needed] Haverford Township is a township located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Automatic Scorer by Brunswick Specialized computers replaced hand scoring beginning 1970s. ... A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated puprose of which is holding dances (balls). ... Winslow Homer: Croquet, 1864 Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a competitive sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) Country: United States Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight: 73 kg (160 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1966 Retired: 1980 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1968 and 1975) Singles titles: 34 Career prize money: $2,584,909 Grand Slam Record Titles: 3 Australian Open W... Björn Borg (born June 6, 1956) is a Swedish tennis player. ...


Members of the Merion Cricket Club later founded the Merion Golf Club in 1896. In 1941, this became a separate club. Merion Golf Club is a private golf club located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania that is consistently rated among Americas greatest golf courses, and will host the U.S. Open in 2013. ...


See also

The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the oldest cricket club in the US city of Philadelphia, and one of the oldest country clubs in the nation. ... The clubhouse of the Germantown Cricket Club in 1893 The Germantown Cricket Club was a cricket club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The main clubhouse of the Belmont Cricket Club in west Philadelphia The Belmont Cricket Club was one of the four chief cricket clubs in Philadelphia that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. It was founded in 1874 in west Philadelphia and...

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