The Tioga Cricket Club was a cricket club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The club played their home matches at the self-titled "Tioga Cricket Club Ground", based on Westmoreland Street in Tioga, Philadelphia.[2] Their first recorded match was in 1887,[3] and in 1890, they joined the Halifax Cup, a formal tournament between a number of cricket clubs in the Philadelphia region.[4] The club was the initial home of Bart King,[5] who was described in his Wisden Cricketers' Almanack obituary as "beyond question the greatest all-round cricketer produced by America."[6] Along with the other teams in the area, Tioga contributed players to the Philadelphian cricket team, who played a number of first-class cricket matches against English opposition.[7] The club disbanded following the 1896 season.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Tioga". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Tioga Cricket Club Ground, Philadelphia". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Other Matches played by Tioga". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ a b Melville (1998), p. 126.
- ^ Melville (1998), p. 136.
- ^ "Obituaries in 1965". ESPNcricinfo. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ Sentance, P. David (2006). Cricket in America, 1710–2000. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 93. ISBN 0-7864-2040-5.
Bibliography[edit]
Melville, Tom (1998). The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-769-1.