Germantown Cricket Club

Germantown Cricket Club

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caption = Clubhouse of the Germantown Cricket Club in 1893
location= 5140 Morris St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1890
architect= McKim, Mead & White; Charles F. McKim
architecture= Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other
added = February 27, 1987
governing_body = Private
refnum=87000758 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Germantown Cricket Club is a cricket club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was one of the four principal cricket clubs in the city and was one of the clubs contributing members to the famous Philadelphian cricket team. It was founded on 1 August 1854 in what is now the northwest section of the city. Its clubhouse was designed by architects McKim, Mead & White, the same architects who designed the Newport Casino tennis club. It is supposed to be the place where tennis first started in America.

One of the most famous cricket matches held at Germantown was that against Lord Hawke's team in 1891. The game was attended by over 7000 spectators and led to the founding of the Associated Clubs of Philadelphia which selected the top cricketers in Philadelphia each year to represent the city on the Gentlemen of Philadelphia team.

The Germantown Cricket Club was located in Nicetown from 1877 until 1890 when it moved to its present Manheim Street location after the merging with the Young America Cricket Club in 1890. The Newhall brothers joined the Germantown cricket team at this time after being the backbone of the Young America Cricket Club for forty years. It continues as a private club with facilities for tennis, squash, swimming, and special events.

References

*David Sentence, "Cricket in America 1710-2000" (McFarland 2006) pg. 278.

ee also

*Philadelphian cricket team
*Philadelphia Cricket Club
*Merion Cricket Club
*Belmont Cricket Club

External links

* [http://germantowncricket.org/ Germantown Cricket Club website]

sequence
list = Home of the
U.S. Championships
1921-1923
prev = West Side Tennis Club
1915-1920
next = West Side Tennis Club
1924-1977


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