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Cricket - the Philadelphia story . . . The UK Tour of 1897
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Series: Cricket - The Philadelphia Story . . .
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 31 2026
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In 1897, after playing a total of twenty-five first-class matches over eighteen years, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia agreed to play 15 matches in the UK in the space of eight weeks.
The tour was not without its problems; first, Philadelphia needed to find enough players who were prepared to take a three-month unpaid sabbatical from work. Some of their best players were unable to do so
Secondly, when they finally arrived, rain was plentiful and they had to play on sodden wickets that they were unaccustomed to.
In addition, injuries plagued the team throughout, as the players, who were used to playing half a day's cricket a week, subjected themselves to an unrelenting eight week program.
Despite it all, they had a tour to remember and one display in particular that so stunned a legendary batsman that he visited Philadelphia two years later, leading his own XI on a revenge mission.
This is the remarkable story of the Philadelphians of 1897.
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