The United States cricket team in Canada in 1845 was the second to visit another country following Canada's visit to the US in 1844.
Canada and USA staged the second-ever cricket international at McGill University, Montreal on 30 and 31 July. Canada won the match by 61 runs after the USA had won the toss and decided to field.[1]
Canada scored 80 in their first innings with a top score of 29 by Charles Birch, while Henry Groom captured 5 wickets. The USA replied with 79, George Sharpe taking 6 wickets, but Canada improved in the second innings and made 135, a good score in the contemporary conditions. Sharpe, making an exemplary all-round contribution, scored 31, and Lieutenant Hornby scored 35. Groom took another four wickets. Needing 137 to win, the USA could only manage 75 after David Winckworth took eight wickets.[1]
The two teams met later the same year in New York, with Canada winning again by 2 wickets.[2]
Match details
edit30–31 July 1845
Scorecard |
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80
CJ Birch 29 Henry Groom 5 wkts |
79
R Ticknor 20 George Sharpe 6 wkts | |
135
Hornby 35 Henry Groom 4 wkts |
75
S Wright 21 David Winckworth 8 wkts |
- USA won the toss and decided to field
- Bad weather delayed start of play on the first day
References
edit- ^ a b "Canada vs United States of America 1845 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "United States of America vs Canada 1845 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
Further reading
edit- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- Roy Morgan, Encyclopedia of World Cricket, SportsBooks Ltd, 2007