Philadelphian Christie Morris at Haverford College around 1900

The Philadelphian cricket team was a team that represented Philadelphia in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1913. They are not related to the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the oldest cricket club in the US city of Philadelphia. ...

History

1870s

The first first class match played by the Philadelphian team was against Australia on 3 October 1878 after the Australian team had toured England earlier in the year. The game was a three day match, and finished in a low scoring draw, with Australia still needing 43 runs when the game ended. [1] The following year saw Ireland visit for two matches against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, which was a team consisting of the best amateur players of Philadelphia. The first match was a two day game which the home side won by an innings. [2] This was followed by a one day game which was won by the Irish. [3] October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

1880s

The next time the Philadelphian side played in a major match was in 1883, when they played the USA national side in a first class match. They lost this game by 8 wickets [4], but gained revenge when the fixture was played again in 1884, winning by 3 wickets. [5] This match then became an occasional game played between the best amateur players of Philadelphia and the best professionals from all of the USA. The fixture was played six times between 1885 and 1894. Also in 1884, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia toured the United Kingdom. Only three scores are known from this tour, with the visitors beating Ireland and the Gentlemen of Liverpool, but losing to Scotland. [6] // Cricket in the USA Cricket was established in the USA in the eighteenth century. ... Liverpool is a major city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Cricket Scotland The Scottish cricket team represents Scotland at the game of cricket. ...

In 1885, a team from England organised by Edward Sanders and captained by Richard Thornton visited Philadelphia, playing two first class three day matches. Both teams won one match each. [7] This team toured again the following year, this time with more success, winning both games. [8] In 1888 Ireland visited Philadelphia, playing two first class games. The Philadelphians won them both. [9]

In 1889, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia again toured the UK. As with the 1884 tour, only three results are known, with the visitors beating Scotland and the Gentlemen of Hampshire and drawing against Ireland. [10]

1890s

Philadelphian fast bowler Bart King in action

The first first class match of the decade for the Philadelphians was against an English Residents team. This fixture had been played annually from 1880 to 1883 between a team of American born players and a team of English residents. This was the last time the fixture was played, and the only time it featured a team specifically named as the Philadelphians, who won this game by six wickets. [11] The following year, a team led by Lord Hawke visited from England, playing two matches, with both teams winning one each. Martin Bladen Hawke (16 August 1860-10 October 1938), from 1887 known as Lord Hawke was an English cricketer who, Wisden wrote, strode the cricketing world like a colossus for half a century, as a player and administrator, and one who played a major part in the modernisation of the...

1892 saw a tour by Ireland, playing three matches, the series finishing at 1-1, with one game drawn. [12] This series was notable for the debut of Bart King, who would go on to be considered the greatest American cricket player of all time. [13] The following year saw the first visit of Australia since that first game in 1878. The Philadelphians won the first game by an innings, but lost the second. [14] 1894 saw Lord Hawke again bring a team to Philadelphia, this time winning both games. [15] Another personal XI toured the following year, this time captained by Frank Mitchell, the two game series being drawn. [16]. The Austraalians visited for a three match series in 1896, winning 2-1. John Barton King (1873 - 1965) was an American cricketer, and the most prominent player in the US during crickets brief North American Golden Age. King played club cricket for the Tioga and Belmont clubs in Philadelphia, and also played a number of international games between 1892 and 1912, including... William Franklin Mitchell is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, USA, representing the states ninety-sixth House district, including constituents in Iredell county. ...

In 1897, the Philadelphian side toured England for 15 first class matches. They won two games, against Sussex and Warwickshire, lost nine, and drew four. [17] This was followed by a two game series at home against a team captained by Plum Warner, which was drawn 1-1. [18] Warner again brought a team the following year, this time winning both games. [19] The decade was rounded out with a tour by a team captained by K S Ranjitsinhji, which won both games in 1899. [20] Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005 The Arthur Gilligan stand at Hove The Pavilion at Hove Leaving the County Ground at Hove Sussex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. ... Sir Pelham Francis Warner, affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or the Grand Old Man of English cricket was born on 2 October 1873 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and died on 30 January 1963 at West Lavington, Sussex. ... Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (10 September 1872–2 April 1933) was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. ...

1900s

1901 saw Bernard Bosanquet, the inventor of the googly bring a team to Philadelphia, with the series being drawn 1-1. [21] The Philadelphians again toured England in 1903, playing 15 first class games. They were more successful than in 1897, this time winning six, losing six and drawing three. This was followed the same year by a visit by Kent to Philadelphia, who won both first class games played. The Marylebone Cricket Club visited for two tours in 1905 and 1907. The first series was drawn 1-1, [22] and the second tour saw both games drawn. [23] Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (October 13, 1877 - October 12, 1936) was an English cricketer, perhaps most renowned as the inventor of the googly. ... In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a leg spin bowler. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. ...

1908 saw the third and final tour of England by the Philadelphians. They played ten first class games on this tour, winning four and losing six. [24] The tour was highlighted by Bart King, who took 87 wickets at an average of 11.01. This remained the single season record in English first class cricket for many years afterwards. [25]

In 1909, the Philadelphians played two series. The first was a three match away series against Jamaica, which they won 2-1. The second was a two match home series against Ireland, in which they won both games by an innings. [26] In the first of these games, Bart King took all ten Irish wickets in the first innings, and followed up that with a hat-trick in the second innings. [27]. In sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick, without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. ...

1910s

This was the last decade of first class cricket for Philadelphia. With baseball increasing it's dominance over American sport. With the formation of the International Cricket Council (then known as the Imperial Cricket Conference) in 1909 specifically excluding countries from outside the British Empire, USA cricket had little influence on the global game. This exclusionary policy certainly undercut any momentum to professionalise cricket in the USA, although whether the momentum would have developed even in the presence of a more open ICC remains a question. [28] A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...

There were still two more first class tours by Australia though. The first was a drawn two match series in 1912. [29] The final series was a three match affair, with the Australians winning two games, and one drawn. The drawn game, played on 28 June 1913 was the last first class game played in the USA until the national side played an Intercontinental Cup game against Canada in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2004. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development program. ... Nickname: Venice of America Location of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida. ...

The Philadelphian team finished with a record in first class cricket of Played 83, Won 27, Lost 45, Drawn 10, with one game abandoned. Cricket is still played today in Philadelphia, but it has never again reached the heights it reached prior to World War I. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...

Famous Players

• Bart King
• Percy Clark
• Christie Morris
• John Lester
• George Patterson (Patterson has a highest first-class score of 271, which remains the highest first-class score by a cricketer from one of the current non-test nations.)

John Barton King (1873 - 1965) was an American cricketer, and the most prominent player in the US during crickets brief North American Golden Age. King played club cricket for the Tioga and Belmont clubs in Philadelphia, and also played a number of international games between 1892 and 1912, including...

See also

• USA national team