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New York Cricket Club Forms with American Membership
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| Text | The New York Cricket Club is formed on October 9, 1843. The club consists at first of American-born sporting men affiliated with William T. Porter's sporting weekly Spirit of the Times. The American-born emphasis stands in contrast to the British-oriented St. George Club. Per John Thorn, 6/15/04: Source is "Reminiscence of a Man About Town" from The Clipper, by Paul Preston, Esq.; No. 34: The New York Cricket Club: On an evening in 1842 or '43, a meeting of the embryo organization was held at the office of The Spirit of the Times—a dozen individuals—William T. Porter elected pres., John Richards v.p., Thomas Picton Sec'y — formed as rival to St. George Club- only NY was designed to bring in Americans, not just to accommodate Britons, as St. George was. The original 12 members were affiliated with the Spirit. The first elected member: Edward Clark, a lawyer, then artist William Tylee Ranney, then Cuyp the bowler. |
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| Comment | This is the club that came down in history. But there were earlier, short-lived, New York Cricket Clubs in 1788, 1802, 1808 and probably other years. See John Thorn's article in The National Pastime (2017), p. 8. Edit with form to add a comment |
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1843.9 New York Cricket Club Forms with American Membership"
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