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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the city of Philadelphia was the dominant cricketing center in the United States. The culture of cricket in this city was advanced by the upperclass families of the day. Many first-class matches were played in Philadelphia and many first-class cricketers got their start there.
Philadelphian Cricketers
editThe following gentlemen played first-class cricket for the Philadelphian cricket team. The guidelines of Notability make it clear that individuals playing a sport at the highest level are notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. This means that all of the first-class cricketers below need to be added. The list of REDLINKS was compiled using CricketArchive. It contains all the individuals that played in first-class matches with George Stuart Patterson and John Barton King.
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editDH Adams, FL Altemus, HP Baily, FH Bates, LA Biddle, L Biddle, FH Bohlen, FE Brewster, W Brockie, HH Brown, HI Brown, RD Brown, P Butler, EW Clark, HL Clark, JS Clark, SG Clemson, HC Coates, ET Comfort, CT Cowperthwait, EM Cregar, N Downs, N Etting, JL Evans, CM Graham, FA Greene, HA Haines, HW Helmbold, JN Henry, E Ilsley, AW Jones, TC Jordan, S Law, PN LeRoy, WC Lowry, H MacNutt, JH Mason, SW Mifflin, WC Morgan, WN Morice, AP Morris, JEC Morton, JW Muir, CA Newhall, DS Newhall, GM Newhall, RS Newhall, WS Newhall, WW Noble, WO O'Neill, RH Patton, FW Ralston, WH Sayen, FC Sharpless, JA Scott, W Scott, DP Stoever, HC Thayer, W Thayer, P Thompson, AG Thomson, HC Townsend, R Waad, WH Walker, GB Warder, FS White, GR White, WF Wingate, CH Winter, S Welsh.
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editRP Anderson, PH Clark, HA Furness, S Goodman, WE Goodman, WG Graham, NZ Graves, HV Hordern, JB King, JA Lester, CC Morris, WP Newhall, GS Patterson, HG Pearce, JH Scattergood, JB Thayer, AM Wood.
Philadelphian clubs
editThe following cricket clubs in Philadelphia provided members for the Philadelphian cricket team on their tours and at home. The REDLINKS will be handled as time allows.
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editBelmont Cricket Club, Germantown Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Tioga Cricket Club, Young America Cricket Club.
Philadelphian Tours
editThe following is a list of tours played overseas by the Philadelphians. Though not all of these included first-class matches I think they should meet the guidelines of Notability. Again, the REDLINKS will be addressed as soon as possible:
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editPhiladelphian cricket team in England in 1884, Philadelphian cricket team in England in 1889, Philadelphian cricket team in England in 1903, Philadelphian cricket team in England in 1908.
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editPhiladelphian cricket team in England in 1897, Philadelphian cricket team in Jamaica in 1908-09.
Other
editThese are other articles relating to Philadelphian cricket that need to be created at some time. You can help by making articles for the REDLINKS.
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