HISTORY OF USA CRICKET TEAM

The Cricket history of USA enthusiasts it may appear presumptuous took a modest place in US.A few people of generation belief that main sporting of US are Baseball and Football. Now a days surprised to learn the cricket endeavours which has been played less or more over 200 years. It would be time needed . Australia and the first class English countries were judges good enough to play the cricket  and an American player on tour in England headed the first class English bowling averages .The glory has long from departed but small cricketing fraternity in the United States achieved though it consider that their efforts have upheld the best traditions of the game. William Stephens, build a cricket player of American  colonies who lived in Georgia from the earliest. He reported in 1737 “Many of our townsmen, freeholders, inmates other servant were assembled in the principal square   at cricket and other athletic sports “Stephens was educated at Winchester and Cambridge University before engaging as a planter in the colonies he also knew the cricket. 

          In 1751 a cricket match played in New York between 11 of London and 11 of New York publisher by the “New York Weekly post boy” and New York won the match, the score was 80 and 86 against 43 and 47. Most of the New York player drawn for the residents of New York it is difficult to believe that a touring group would cross the Atlantic for one match or that the state of the game would encourage such a tour. In 1754 at Baltimore, Maryland  there was a notice for a cricket match  and 19 April 1786 an advertisement by Independent Journal for cricket equipment in New York. The American Revolution  alienated a great deal o interest personnel in all matter English , one of the victim being the game of cricket There was  an active interest in the game before the Revolution and as far as possible in the those days to some encouragement for the younger player . After Revolution the chief Executive officer of the newly formed United states was brought up and John Adams remarked that “there are president of fire companies and  cricket club” There was interesting to reflect that the word president as used for the chief executive officer of the United States, may have come through its use by a humble cricket club.

          A tourist  form England XI was discussed an industrial depression  gripped the United States in  1857, and talk were postponed . New York citizen  Mr Waller was instrumental guaranteeing ₤500 for 2 match in the United States on 6 September 1859, A team consist of 12 professional cricketers by England met the George hotel. The team consist by Caffyn, Locker, H H Stephenson and Julius Caesar , Parr, Gruddy and Jackson , Wisden and John Lillywhite, Carpenter, Hayward and Diver andFred Lillywhite who acted as score keeper, historian and manager of the trip