On their first tour of USA in 1879, the Gentlemen of Ireland were tied 1-1 in the two matches against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, the strongest side in USA at that time.  The visitors lost twice to Philadelphia in 1888.  In September and October of 1892, Ireland visited USA for the third time, playing seven keenly cont

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On their first tour of USA in 1879, the Gentlemen of Ireland were tied 1-1 in the two matches against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, the strongest side in USA at that time.  The visitors lost twice to Philadelphia in 1888.  In September and October of 1892, Ireland visited USA for the third time, playing seven keenly contested matches in Boston, Lowell, New York, Baltimore and, in a clear indication of where the sport was most popular, three of the seven matches were against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia.

The visitors attracted tremendous media attention wherever they went and the stands were packed despite the late September chill. 

In DreamCricket.com's possession are hand-colored photographic images from the match at Germantown Cricket Club that are proof of the game's popularity - perhaps the first photos of cricket played in USA.  Until then, most illustrations were hand-drawn.

Gentlemen of Ireland vs Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown Cricket Club, Manheim.

As had become de rigueur  for international matches,  spectator interest and media focus was centered on the match at the Livingston Field in Staten Island, home of the Staten Island Cricket Club, a ground that exists even today (the Randolph Walker Park); and the three matches in Philadelphia, which were played at the Germantown Cricket Club - a venue that was named a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

Commenting on the first match at Philadelphia (the fourth in the series), Charles Blancke wrote in the Harper's: "If the reader has never witnessed an international match, I would advise him the first opportunity to visit the grounds of the Germantown Cricket Club at Manheim, when such a game is in progress.  No fair-minded man who has been privileged to witness an international cricket match at Manheim will deny that the game possesses certain elements of fascination."

Pic (Right): The rich watch the matches from their well appointed coaches

Blancke was eloquent in his description of the atmosphere: "Imagine a matchless square of velvety grass upon which the picked champions of two countries have met to defend the dignity of their national cricket. 

"Around the arena are congregated several thousands of eager, enthusiastic spectators, comprising people from almost every walk and rank of life, from the native-born millionaire on his perfectly appointed coach to the humble artisan who has sacrificed a day's wages in order to witness his favorite game."

The ground had opened its clubhouse the previous year when Lord Hawke's English side came visiting.  The clubhouse, which still stands today, was designed and built in 1891 by the internationally acclaimed architectural firm McKim, Mead and White.  When you look at the pictures of the Germantown Cricket Club ground, it is easy to see why it was, and according to those that play in Philadelphia, still remains, the most appropriate venue for test cricket in the country. 

Blancke wrote: "A stately club-house keeping silent guard over others less imposing in size but daintier in appearance, clusters of trees placed just where they will most enhance the scene, a graceful grand stand filled with the elite of the country, and a cultivated landscape dotted with charming villas, complete a picture of almost unrivalled variety and brightness."

Germantown Cricket Club built a wicket that was fit for Test cricket.  The clubhouse and the ground still exist today.

Describing the feverish excitement throughout the series, Blancke wrote: "The interest displayed in these matches by the sport-loving community of Philadelphia is general.  For weeks previous to the visit of a foreign team every scrap of information relative to the members thereof is eagerly sought after."

Writing that the crowd of several thousands was eminently orderly, Blancke spent some time discussing the women in attendance.  "Some affect the game because they are members of the ladies' auxiliary branch of the local cricket club; others have gained a smattering of the technical terms of the game, and like to air their knowledge with cries of "beautifully cut.""

The Germantown Cricket Club ground featured a scoreboard that few cricket grounds in USA can boast of even today.

The following paragraph on the importance of cricket exchanges is as accurate now as it was a century ago: "The visits of foreign elevens serve a double purpose:  they tend to popularize the sport, and they enable us to guage the progress made by our cricketers from year to year.  An international tournament between the picked men of America, Australia, and England would arouse unparalleled enthusiasm among our cricketers.  Such a series would enable us to find out exactly how we compare with the great elevens of the world, and even if we should be defeated, the opportunity afforded us to study the methods of the foreign experts would be incalculable advantage to us."

Then as now, a lot of effort went into organizing cricket matches.  "Few people can imagine the amount of forethought necessary to the successful management of such a  match," Blancke wrote.  There are a thousand and one things to be looked after that would probably never strike the mind of the average man, who is generally content to enjoy the provisions made for his comfort without giving himself any special concern as to the manner in which they were brought about."

The series itself proceeded in a predictable fashion and the toughest competition was in Philadelphia. 

In the first match against a Boston XV, the Irish team fielded twelve players but the travel-weary cricketers failed to fire against Boston's strong bowling duo - the Boston Globe journalist Ralph Cracknell who got 3 for 24 in the first innings and John Chambers who got 5 for 39.  With a score of just 84, there was no chance of a comeback.  In the second innings, Cracknell once again cracked the whip (7 for 18) and Chambers played second in command (4 for 23). Boston needed just 6 runs to win in the second innings which they managed without a loss.

In the second match against a combined side of Boston and Lowell, Ireland had a better tally posting 156 despite the hardships caused by Cracknell and Chambers.  But Archibald Penny of Ireland found form extracting 7 Bostonian wickets and causing a middle order collapse.  Boston and Lowell were gone for 74 and forced to follow-on whereupon George Green took 8 for 32 and causing the hosts to go down for 115.  Needing 34 to win, Ireland were made to struggle by Cracknell (4 for 16) and Chambers (2 for 17) but the visitors finished the chase with 5 wickets to spare.

From Boston, the Irish team proceeded to New York where they played against an All New York side at the Livingston Field on Staten Island.  Henry Tyers scored 91 against the confident Irish helping New York post a respectable 225 in the first innings.  William Thompson of the NJ Athletic Club, who took 4 for 39, breached the confidence of the visitors and they were all out for 187 despite Blayney Hamilton's heroic 80.  In the second innings, USA all-rounder John Lambkin got 58 and featured in a solid partnership with Tyers (29).  After Tyers fell, the New Yorkers collapsed with the score reading 164 but setting a respectable target of 203 thanks to the first innings lead.  Ernest Thompson (41) and Blayney Hamilton (39), both of Dublin University, were in good knick along with Francis Kilkelly contributing 37 lower down.  They helped Ireland reached the required 203 in a tight finish and amidst failing light.

Having won two in a row, the Irish cricketers proceeded to Manheim to play three matches against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia (GOP) featuring the likes of GS Patterson, Henry Baily and America's greatest cricketer ever - John 'Bart' King.   In Philadelphia, the Irish won one, lost one and drew the final match.

Pic (right): The clubhouse at Germantown Cricket Club - AL Church - 1893

In the first match on 23rd September 1892, Ireland chose to bat after winning the toss.  Bart King and Baily knocked the top order out with lightning speed.  Archibald Penny restored some order for Ireland with his 59 not out but with nobody giving company, Ireland could only muster 175.  (See the illustration freezing the scoreboard - the first such illustration still available).

In their chase, Philadelphia suffered at the hands of Blayney Hamilton and John Hynes conceding a nice first inning lead of 52.  Ireland added 239 in their second innings and chasing 291 was not an easy task for the home team despite the solid start given by GS Patterson (56) and a similar effort by H Crawford Coates (also 56).  The hosts managed 164 allowing the Irish a win by 127 runs.

Riding on a high, Ireland took a road-trip to Baltimore where they handed the hosts an innings defeat before heading back to Philadelphia.

In the second match against Philadelphia, the home team started poorly but fought brilliantly to get to 157.  It was now up to the bowling attack of Bart King and Baily and they did not disappoint with 8 wickets between them as they uprooted Ireland for 122.  In the second innings, Walter Scott (53) struck form and featured in a fifty run opening partnership with Edward Clark (29) as Philadelphia capitalized on that start and made 181.

Chasing 216, Ireland was up for the task as Blayney Hamilton was in superb form.   In fact, Blayney and Montiford Gavin withstood King and built up a 49 run partnership.   With wickets falling under pressure, it was up to the ninth wicket partnership between Irish wicket keeper William Vint and Archibald Penny to deny Philadelphia a victory.   The two nearly succeeded but after Vint (33) fell to Clark, Bart King triggered the celebrations as he removed the last man in and Philadelphia won against the visitors by 23 runs.  

The third match against Philadelphia, the last in the series, stuttered to a draw but Philadelphians had already proved that they were among the top teams in the world.  In the two decades that followed, Bart King continued to take Philadelphia to never-before-seen levels of respectability.

Match 1:  Gentlemen of Ireland vs Boston (5 Sept, 1892)

Result: Boston won by 14 wickets

Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Meldon	c Pettit b Cracknell	0			-	-
ER Thompson	b Chambers	9
CL Johnson	b Cracknell	3			-	-
BB Hamilton	c Shepherdson b Cracknell	12
TI Considine	c and b Chambers	1			-	-
JW Hynes	b Chambers	1			-	-
FF Kilkelly	b G Wright	18
MW Gavin	b G Wright	21
WF Thompson	b Chambers	10
GC Green	b G Wright	2			-	-
AF Penny	not out	1			-	-
+W Vint	c Bixby b G Wright	1			-	-
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	84
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-84 (79.1 ov)

Boston bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cracknell	36	22	24	3	-	-
Chambers	30	17	39	5	-	-
G Wright	13.1	5	16	3	-	-

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Boston first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Howard	run out	4				-
Shepherdson	b Hamilton	3			-	-
F Mort	c Considine b Hamilton	2			-	-
L Mansfield	run out	17
T Pettit	c Johnson b Meldon	31
JI Chambers	b Penny	10
L Haughton	c and b Penny	2			-	-
G Wright	b Hamilton	21
R Mudie	run out	3			-	-
JW Dutton	c Meldon b Hamilton	4				-
R Cracknell	b Hamilton	0			-	-
F Burges	st Vint b Hamilton	2			-	-
S Wright	c Johnson b Penny	10
CL Bixby	c Hynes b Penny	1			-	-
L Heys	not out	0			-	-
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	120
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-120 (58.2 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	19	5	38	6	-	-
Johnson	16	8	23	0	-	-
Penny	10.2	2	24	4	-	-
Meldon	2	1	6	1	-	-
Considine	9	3	14	0	-	-
Kilkelly	1	0	3	0	-	-
Hynes	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Meldon	b Chambers	6
ER Thompson	b Chambers	3
CL Johnson	lbw b Cracknell	2
BB Hamilton	c S Wright b Cracknell	0
TI Considine	b Chambers	8
JW Hynes	c S Wright b Cracknell	4
FF Kilkelly	c Shepherdson b Cracknell	0
MW Gavin	c G Wright b Cracknell	12
WF Thompson	not out	5
GC Green	c Mansfield b Chambers	1
AF Penny	b Cracknell	0
+W Vint	b Cracknell	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	41
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-41 (40.2 ov)

Boston bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cracknell	20.2	20	18	7	-	-
Chambers	20	11	23	4	-	-

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Boston second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Pettit	not out	4
L Heys	not out	1
J Howard	did not bat
Shepherdson	did not bat
F Mort	did not bat
L Mansfield	did not bat
JI Chambers	did not bat
L Haughton	did not bat
G Wright	did not bat
R Mudie	did not bat
JW Dutton	did not bat
R Cracknell	did not bat
F Burges	did not bat
S Wright	did not bat
CL Bixby	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(no wicket)	6

Match 2: Gentlemen of Ireland XII vs Boston and Lowell XIV at Lowell on 9th, 10th September 1892 (2-day match)

Result: Gentlemen of Ireland won by 5 wickets

Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Meldon	c Cracknell b Chambers	1
+MW Gavin	c Thorpe b Chambers	12
CL Johnson	b Cracknell	2
JW Hynes	c Priestley b Chambers	10
BB Hamilton	c Mudie b Thorpe	20
FF Kilkelly	b G Wright	6
WF Thompson	c Mudie b Chambers	10
TI Considine	b Thorpe	1
ER Thompson	c Bruce b G Wright	33
AF Penny	b Cracknell	26
GC Green	not out	12
D Rutledge	b Cracknell	1
Extras		22
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-156 (81.4 ov)

Boston and Lowell bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chambers	36	3	71	4	-	-
Cracknell	21.4	8	27	3	-	-
G Wright	13	8	14	2	-	-
Thorpe	11	3	22	2	-	-

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Boston and Lowell first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Thorpe	c Meldon b Johnson	0
J Smith	lbw b Hamilton	3
L Mansfield	b Penny	32
G Wright	c Hamilton b Hynes	16
JI Chambers	c ER Thompson b Hynes	0
L Haughton	run out	1
DJ Bruce	c Hamilton b Penny	0
R Mudie	b Penny	3
S Wright	c Green b Penny	9
J Priestley	b Penny	2
E Whitehouse	b Penny	0
R Cracknell	b Penny	0
JW Muir	not out	3
W Meiklejohn	b [unknown]	1
Extras		2
Total	(all out)	74
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-74

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	?	?	?	1	-	-
Hamilton	?	?	?	1	-	-
Penny	?	?	?	7	-	-
Hynes	?	?	?	2	-	-
[unknown]	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Boston and Lowell second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Thorpe	c Johnson b Green	24
L Mansfield	b Penny	9
J Smith	c WF Thompson b Green	23
DJ Bruce	c Gavin b Meldon	0
S Wright	c ER Thompson b Meldon	3
L Haughton	c WF Thompson b Green	0
G Wright	c Johnson b Green	0
JI Chambers	c Kilkelly b Penny	13
R Mudie	b Green	8
JW Muir	c Considine b Green	4
R Cracknell	c ER Thompson b Green	13
W Meiklejohn	b Green	5
E Whitehouse	b Hamilton	0
J Priestley	not out	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-115 (73.2 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Penny	23	10	35	2	-	-
Hamilton	9.2	5	14	1	-	-
Johnson	3	1	8	0	-	-
Meldon	17	13	13	2	-	-
Green	21	8	32	8	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ER Thompson	b Cracknell	4
BB Hamilton	b Chambers	1
TI Considine	c Bruce b Cracknell	1
FF Kilkelly	c Smith b Cracknell	0
AF Penny	c Bruce b Chambers	2
*JM Meldon	b Cracknell	3
CL Johnson	not out	20
+MW Gavin	not out	2
JW Hynes	did not bat
WF Thompson	did not bat
GC Green	did not bat
D Rutledge	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(6 wickets, 22 overs)	34
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Boston and Lowell bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chambers	11	5	16	2	-	-
Cracknell	11	4	17	4	-	-

   

Match 3: Gentlemen of Ireland vs All New York, Livingston Field, Staten Island on 17th, 19th, 20th September 1892 (3-day match)    

Result: Gentlemen of Ireland won by 4 wickets

All New York first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Jackson	b Penny	36
JH Lambkin	b Johnson	5
H Tyers	b Hamilton	91
WE Thompson	b Penny	11
HN Townsend	b Penny	0
MR Cobb	b Hamilton	12
+FJ Prendergast	b Hamilton	2
SH Barton	c Vint b Hamilton	2
HB Coyne	b Penny	2
*JL Pool	lbw b Considine	32
Wright	not out	17
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	225
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-71, 3-?, 4-?, 5-130, 6-132, 7-?, 8-143, 9-?, 10-225 (84 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	9	1	29	1	-	-
Hamilton	31	15	54	4	-	-
Penny	24	7	55	4	-	-
Hynes	4	0	22	0	-	-
Kilkelly	4	1	15	0	-	-
Meldon	5	0	13	0	-	-
Green	4	0	12	0	-	-
Considine	3	0	10	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+MW Gavin	b Thompson	0
W Vint	b Pool	20
GC Green	c Prendergast b Thompson	0
*JM Meldon	lbw b Cobb	14
BB Hamilton	c Barton b Pool	80
TI Considine	c Tyers b Thompson	8
CL Johnson	b Thompson	7
JW Hynes	c Barton b Pool	20
ER Thompson	b Pool	8
FF Kilkelly	lbw b Townsend	5
AF Penny	not out	3
Extras		22
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	187
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-39, 4-39, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-187 (61 ov)

All New York bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	13	3	39	4	-	-
Wright	12	2	33	0	-	-
Tyers	9	5	8	0	-	-
Cobb	7	4	22	1	-	-
Pool	14	2	34	4	-	-
Townsend	4	0	17	1	-	-
Jackson	2	0	12	0	-	-

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All New York second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Jackson	b Penny	0
JH Lambkin	b Green	58
H Tyers	b Penny	29
WE Thompson	c Johnson b Hamilton	11
HN Townsend	st Gavin b Hynes	13
MR Cobb	c Thompson b Penny	8
+FJ Prendergast	c Thompson b Penny	10
SH Barton	c Gavin b Penny	1
HB Coyne	not out	0
*JL Pool	lbw b Hamilton	17
Wright	c Hamilton b Hynes	4
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-25, 5-70, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-164 (66.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	22.3	9	32	2	-	-
Penny	15	1	53	5	-	-
Hynes	8	0	24	2	-	-
Kilkelly	5	2	6	0	-	-
Meldon	11	4	17	0	-	-
Green	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Meldon	c Coyne b Pool	12
ER Thompson	c Thompson b Cobb	41
JW Hynes	b Wright	17
BB Hamilton	c Cobb b Townsend	39
W Vint	b Tyers	17
+MW Gavin	b Jackson	14
FF Kilkelly	not out	37
AF Penny	not out	10
GC Green	did not bat
TI Considine	did not bat
CL Johnson	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(6 wickets, 72.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-48, 3-111, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

All New York bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	12	3	36	0	-	-
Wright	16	7	24	1	-	-
Tyers	8	3	15	1	-	-
Cobb	9.2	2	22	1	-	-
Pool	15	2	51	1	-	-
Townsend	8	1	26	1	-	-
Jackson	4	2	13	1	-	-

Match 4: Gentlemen of Ireland vs Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Manheim, Philadelphia on 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th September 1892 (4-day match)    

Result: Gentlemen of Ireland won by 127 runs

Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Hynes	c Butler b King	5
ER Thompson	b Baily	7
BB Hamilton	b King	5
+W Vint	b Baily	4
*JM Meldon	c Brewster b King	7
MW Gavin	c Patterson b King	13
FF Kilkelly	c Thayer b Baily	32
AF Penny	not out	59
WF Thompson	b Baily	2
TI Considine	c Brewster b Clark	18
GC Green	b King	7
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	175
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-22, 3-22, 4-31, 5-33, 6-77, 7-99, 8-106, 9-144, 10-175 (96.2 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baily	37	12	73	4	-	-
King	32.2	17	45	5	-	-
Patterson	9	2	17	0	-	-
Clark	15	7	18	1	-	-
Brewster	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GS Patterson	c and b Hynes	16
AM Wood	lbw b Meldon	28
WW Noble	b Hynes	8
EW Clark	c Vint b Hamilton	16
FH Bohlen	c Gavin b Hamilton	16
HC Coates	b Hamilton	23
HC Thayer	st Vint b Hamilton	7
FE Brewster	c Hamilton b Hynes	1
JB King	st Vint b Hynes	0
+P Butler	c Kilkelly b Hynes	0
HP Baily	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-52, 3-63, 4-81, 5-90, 6-110, 7-117, 8-117, 9-121, 10-123 (77.2 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	33.2	17	42	4	-	-
Penny	20	10	27	0	-	-
Meldon	11	4	25	1	-	-
Hynes	13	5	23	5	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gavin	not out	90
WF Thompson	b Baily	3
TI Considine	b King	2
JW Hynes	c Butler b King	2
FF Kilkelly	c Brewster b Baily	2
BB Hamilton	b Baily	0
*JM Meldon	b King	81
AF Penny	c Butler b Brewster	1
ER Thompson	c Bohlen b Clark	13
+W Vint	b Patterson	1
GC Green	c Butler b Clark	18
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-20, 3-24, 4-27, 5-27, 6-158, 7-159, 8-190, 9-196, 10-239 (104.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baily	29	10	49	3	-	-
King	31	8	53	3	-	-
Patterson	14	2	33	1	-	-
Clark	12.3	3	34	2	-	-
Brewster	7	3	25	1	-	-
Noble	5	1	10	0	-	-
Coates	6	0	9	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GS Patterson	b Penny	56
EW Clark	b Hynes	14
WW Noble	lbw b Hynes	2
AM Wood	c Kilkelly b Hamilton	12
FH Bohlen	lbw b Hynes	2
HC Coates	c Meldon b Hamilton	56
HC Thayer	st Vint b Penny	0
HP Baily	c Gavin b Penny	0
FE Brewster	c Hynes b Hamilton	0
JB King	b Hamilton	0
+P Butler	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-37, 3-62, 4-76, 5-160, 6-162, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-164 (64.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	22.3	8	33	4	-	-
Penny	17	7	24	3	-	-
Meldon	5	3	23	0	-	-
Hynes	17	3	50	3	-	-
Considine	3	0	12	0	-	-

Match 5: Gentlemen of Ireland XII vs Baltimore XV at Baltimore on 28th and 29th September, 1892 (2 day match)

Result: Gentlemen of Ireland won by an innings and 43 runs

Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gavin	lbw b Howard	5				-
JM Meldon	b Nelson	7
BB Hamilton	c Howard b Nelson	0			-	-
ER Thompson	b Howard	5				-
+W Vint	b ST Oldham	74
FF Kilkelly	c Lane b Mallinckrodt	42
CL Johnson	c Lippincott b ST Oldham	31
JW Hynes	not out	32
GC Green	lbw b Howard	3			-	-
WF Thompson	hit wkt b Howard	0			-	-
AF Penny	b Cole	19
TI Considine	b Nelson	9
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-247 (121 ov)

Baltimore bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howard	28	9	44	4	-	-
Nelson	36	5	64	3	-	-
Cole	21	9	43	1	-	-
Mallinckrodt	18	5	26	1	-	-
ST Oldham	10	2	21	2	-	-
Steele	6	2	18	0	-	-
F Oldham	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Baltimore first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Glenn	b Hamilton	13
JB Howard	c Meldon b Hamilton	4				-
AD Atkinson	c Meldon b Hynes	10
ST Oldham	c Hamilton b Hynes	11
HB Cole	b Kilkelly	11
W Handy	st Vint b Hamilton	3			-	-
ST Steele	b Hamilton	12
J Nelson	b Penny	18
SW Lippincott	lbw b Meldon	2			-	-
JE Carey	b Hynes	20
J Levering	b Penny	0			-	-
AM Lane	not out	14
B Eckhart	b Hamilton	9
H Mallinckrodt	c Meldon b Hamilton	0			-	-
F Oldham	st Gavin b Hamilton	0			-	-
Extras		31
Total	(all out)	152
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-152

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	?	?	?	7	-	-
Hynes	?	?	?	3	-	-
Kilkelly	?	?	?	1	-	-
Penny	?	?	?	2	-	-
Meldon	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Baltimore second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Glenn	lbw b Hamilton	0			-	-
JB Howard	c Considine b Green	6
AD Atkinson	c Johnson b Hamilton	2			-	-
ST Oldham	b Green	2			-	-
HB Cole	b Hamilton	8
W Handy	lbw b Hamilton	0			-	-
ST Steele	b Green	1			-	-
J Nelson	b Hamilton	0			-	-
SW Lippincott	c Johnson b Hynes	1			-	-
JE Carey	b Green	2			-	-
J Levering	c Considine b Hamilton	14
AM Lane	b Hamilton	1			-	-
B Eckhart	not out	5				-
H Mallinckrodt	c ER Thompson b Hamilton	3			-	-
F Oldham	c Kilkelly b Green	0			-	-
Extras		7
Total	(all out)	52
Fall of wickets: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-52

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	?	?	?	8	-	-
Green	?	?	?	5	-	-
Hynes	?	?	?	1	-	-

Match 5: Gentlemen of Ireland vs Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Manheim, Philadelphia on 30th September, 1st, 3rd October 1892 (3-day match)    

Result    Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 23 runs 

Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GS Patterson	b Hamilton	2
EW Clark	b Penny	25
W Scott	b Johnson	2
AM Wood	st Vint b Hamilton	29
FH Bohlen	run out	13
HC Coates	c Green b Hamilton	12
W Brockie	lbw b Hamilton	0
+HC Thayer	c Johnson b Hamilton	13
WW Noble	not out	35
JB King	b Johnson	4
HP Baily	c Hynes b Hamilton	1
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	157
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-10, 3-73, 4-75, 5-97, 6-98, 7-107, 8-131, 9-144, 10-157 (53.1 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	28.1	8	64	6	-	-
Johnson	12	3	37	2	-	-
Penny	9	2	29	1	-	-
Kilkelly	4	2	6	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gavin	b Clark	39
+W Vint	c Wood b King	6
ER Thompson	c King b Baily	2
CL Johnson	c Wood b King	1
BB Hamilton	b King	4
*JM Meldon	c and b Baily	18
JW Hynes	b King	4
FF Kilkelly	lbw b King	1
AF Penny	c Wood b Clark	6
GC Green	not out	25
TI Considine	c Patterson b Baily	9
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	122
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-15, 3-19, 4-23, 5-61, 6-70, 7-74, 8-80, 9-89, 10-122 (64.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baily	19.3	8	37	3	-	-
King	32	10	47	5	-	-
Clark	13	5	31	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Scott	c Meldon b Hynes	53
EW Clark	b Green	29
AM Wood	c and b Johnson	28
*GS Patterson	c Meldon b Hynes	0
FH Bohlen	st Vint b Johnson	5
HC Coates	b Johnson	12
WW Noble	c Hynes b Penny	26
W Brockie	c Hamilton b Penny	3
+HC Thayer	b Johnson	0
JB King	c Hynes b Penny	1
HP Baily	not out	6
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-84, 3-87, 4-92, 5-116, 6-153, 7-156, 8-156, 9-159, 10-181 (99 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	29	13	51	0	-	-
Johnson	26	11	31	4	-	-
Penny	18	13	16	3	-	-
Hynes	17	6	39	2	-	-
Meldon	4	0	7	0	-	-
Green	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gavin	c Thayer b Clark	37
*JM Meldon	c Patterson b King	6
GC Green	lbw b Baily	7
CL Johnson	b King	2
BB Hamilton	c Noble b King	38
ER Thompson	b Clark	0
FF Kilkelly	lbw b Clark	15
JW Hynes	c Brockie b King	19
+W Vint	c Patterson b Clark	33
AF Penny	not out	16
TI Considine	b King	0
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 98.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-24, 3-44, 4-93, 5-99, 6-103, 7-126, 8-161, 9-192, 10-193 (98.1 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baily	19	7	49	1	-	-
King	42.1	21	65	5	-	-
Clark	24	12	36	4	-	-
Scott	4	0	12	0	-	-
Patterson	9	3	11	0	-	-

Match 6: Gentlemen of Ireland vs Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Manheim, Philadelphia on 3rd, 4th, 5th October 1892 (3-day match)    
Result:   Match drawn 

Gentlemen of Ireland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Johnson	c Patterson b Muir	8
AF Penny	c Wood b King	0
+W Vint	b Clark	47
JW Hynes	c Patterson b Noble	33
*JM Meldon	c Patterson b Clark	2
MW Gavin	b Clark	11
BB Hamilton	c and b Clark	6
FF Kilkelly	c Wood b Scott	0
GC Green	c Bohlen b Noble	39
WF Thompson	b Muir	2
TI Considine	not out	2
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-24, 3-63, 4-90, 5-98, 6-98, 7-99, 8-149, 9-156, 10-168 (88 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	28	5	55	4	-	-
King	24	8	26	1	-	-
Patterson	4	1	8	0	-	-
Muir	13	4	30	2	-	-
Noble	5	1	9	2	-	-
Scott	13	1	22	1	-	-
Altemus	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Scott	b Hamilton	12
EW Clark	c Gavin b Penny	0
JW Muir	b Hamilton	5
FL Altemus	b Hamilton	0
*GS Patterson	c Hamilton b Penny	3
FH Bohlen	c Gavin b Hynes	21
+HC Thayer	c Penny b Johnson	9
AM Wood	b Johnson	17
WW Noble	b Meldon	53
W Brockie	c Vint b Hamilton	0
JB King	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-6, 3-6, 4-11, 5-39, 6-47, 7-51, 8-71, 9-80, 10-133 (48.3 ov)

Gentlemen of Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hamilton	20	9	38	4	-	-
Penny	12	3	33	2	-	-
Hynes	6	0	22	1	-	-
Johnson	7	1	27	2	-	-
Meldon	3.3	1	8	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of Ireland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Johnson	c sub (Weir) b Noble	1
+W Vint	retired hurt	1
JW Hynes	b Muir	27
*JM Meldon	c Altemus b Scott	0
MW Gavin	not out	33
BB Hamilton	c Brockie b Scott	1
FF Kilkelly	c Muir b Scott	31
GC Green	b Clark	3
AF Penny	not out	11
TI Considine	c Bohlen b Noble	5
WF Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb)	20
Total	(7 wickets, 57 overs)	133
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-13, 3-40, 4-47, 5-50, 6-50, 7-87

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	6	1	19	1	-	-
King	13	5	21	0	-	-
Patterson	6	2	10	0	-	-
Muir	5	4	1	1	-	-
Noble	12	8	28	2	-	-
Scott	14	2	34	3	-	-
Wood	1	1	0	0	-	-

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