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Germantown Cricket Club

Germantown Cricket Club

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The Germantown Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was one of the four principal cricket clubs in the city and was one of the clubs contributing members to the Philadelphian cricket team. It was founded on August 10, 1854[2] in what is now the northwest section of the city, and is the nation's second oldest cricket club[citation needed]. Its clubhouse was designed by architects McKim, Mead & White. The U.S. National tennis championship, precursor to today's US Open, was played on Germantown Cricket's lawn tennis courts from 1921 to 1923.[3]

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The Germantown Cricket Club was located in Nicetown from 1877 until 1890 when it moved to its present Manheim Street location after 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. The club's facilities are a designated National Historic Landmark.

As of 2023, Germantown Cricket Club hosts the final of the Philadelphia International Cricket Festival.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. [2]
    Melville, Tom (1998). The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America. Popular Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-87972-770-5.
  3. [3]
    "Germantown Cricket Club History". Germantown Cricket Club. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  4. [4]
    Philadelphia International Cricket Festival

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