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Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in North America in 1894

March 09, 2023

An English cricket team led by Lord Hawke toured North America in September and October 1894 and two of its matches are considered to have been first-class.[1] This was the second tour to North America led by Hawke: he had previously led a side there in 1891–92 and three of the players from the earlier tour, not including Hawke, were also on this second one.

The team played six matches in all, five of them in the United States and one in Canada. The games against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia were of three days' duration, though the second was finished inside two days, and are considered first-class. Other games in New York, Toronto and Lowell, Massachusetts, were each scheduled for two days and are not considered first-class; the match in Lowell was finished inside a single day and an exhibition game, also not first-class, was played on the second day without a result.[1]

The team

Hillyard, McAlpine and Wright had been part of Lord Hawke's previous team to North America in 1891–92.

Name County Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Refs
Lord Hawke (Captain) Yorkshire (1860-08-16)16 August 1860 (aged 34) Right-handed – [2]
Gerald Bardswell Lancashire (1873-12-07)7 December 1873 (aged 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium pace [3]
Lawrence Bathurst Middlesex (1871-06-04)4 June 1871 (aged 23) Right-handed Left-arm medium pace [4]
Charles de Trafford Leicestershire (1864-05-21)21 May 1864 (aged 30) Right-handed – [5]
Ledger Hill Hampshire (1871-07-26)26 July 1871 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm underarm [6]
George Hillyard Leicestershire (1864-02-06)6 February 1864 (aged 30) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium [7]
Robert Lucas Middlesex (1867-07-17)17 July 1867 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium pace [8]
Kenneth McAlpine Kent (1858-04-11)11 April 1858 (aged 36) Right-handed – [9]
Gerald Mordaunt Kent (1873-01-20)20 January 1873 (aged 21) Right-handed Right arm underarm slow [10]
Sandford Robinson Nottinghamshire (1868-02-05)5 February 1868 (aged 26) Right-handed (Wicketkeeper) [11]
William Whitwell – (1867-12-12)12 December 1867 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm fast [12]
Charles Wright Nottinghamshire (1863-05-27)27 May 1863 (aged 31) Right-handed (Wicketkeeper) [13]

The tour

Hawke's team left London on 8 September 1894, sailing from Southampton that day.[14] At the time of the departure, the team was expected to be playing matches in "New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston" and to be returning home by 1 October.[15] The tour was in fact extended by a couple of weeks with a visit to Canada, but a report in England indicates that it was not entirely a success: "The English cricketers in America are losing their power to attract, there is a decrease in the number of spectators at their matches with their Yankee opponents, their doings appear to excite less interest, and their victories are not so much taken to heart as they used to be," said a note in the Cheltenham Chronicle newspaper.[16] "Cricket is losing its hold upon the American public, who having gone wild over the short and exciting game of baseball, are losing all taste for our prosaic natural [sic] pastime."

Not all the team came back together: newspapers record the arrival of eight members of the team in Southampton on 17 October 1894.[17]

First-class matches

Two first-class matches were played on the tour, both of them against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia side. McAlpine was omitted from the team for both of these matches.

21–24 September 1894
CricketArchive
Lord Hawke's XI
v
187 (63.2 overs)
Lord Hawke 78
Henry Baily 7/65 (23.2 overs)
169 (75.2 overs)
Francis Bohlen 79
William Whitwell 4/14 (13 overs)
235 (80.2 overs)
Gerald Mordaunt 62
Henry Baily 3/62 (22 overs)
122 (56.1 overs)
George Patterson 37
Lawrence Bathurst 8/44 (27 overs)
Lord Hawke's XI won by 131 runs
Merion Cricket Club Ground, Haverford, Pennsylvania
  • Lord Hawke's XI won the toss and chose to bat
28–29 September 1894
CricketArchive
Lord Hawke's XI
v
211 (107.1 overs)
Robert Lucas 46
Walter Clark 3/20 (12 overs)
107 (58.3 overs)
Clark 24
William Whitwell 4/33 (21 overs)
64 (33.1 overs)
Clark 18
Whitwell 5/25 (16.1 overs)
Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 40 runs
Germantown Cricket Club Ground, Philadelphia
  • Lord Hawke's XI won the toss and chose to bat
  • The game was scheduled for three days but completed in two

Other games

There were three other matches, each of two days' duration, scheduled on the tour, none of them first-class. The team began with a 12-a-side match against an "All New York" team at the Staten Island Cricket Club ground: Hawke's side batted for the whole of the first day and the second was lost entirely to rain.[18] The first-class matches in Philadelphia came next, after which the side headed for Toronto and a two-day game against a "Gentlemen of Canada" side which was drawn.[19] In what was intended to be the final game of the tour, the team played a Massachusetts side, with Hawke's team 12-strong and the Americans 15; the numbers did not help and the touring team triumphed by an innings inside a single day.[20] A "fill-up" single innings match was arranged for the vacant second day, but this match appears not to have been completed, and the scorecard does not give full detail of the home side.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lord Hawke's XI in North America 1894". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Lord Hawke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Gerald Bardswell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Player Profile: Lawrence Bathurst". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Player Profile: Charles de Trafford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Player Profile: Ledger Hill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Player Profile: George Hillyard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Player Profile: Robert Lucas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Player Profile: Kenneth McAlpine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Player Profile: Gerald Mordaunt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Player Profile: Sandford Robinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Player Profile: Sammy Woods". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Player Profile: Charles Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Lord Hawke's Team for America". Nottingham Evening Post/British Newspaper Archive. Nottingham. 8 September 1894. p. 3.
  15. ^ "Notes of the Week". Derby Mercury/British Newspaper Archive. Nottingham. 12 September 1894. p. 8.
  16. ^ "Cricket in America". Cheltenham Chronicle /British Newspaper Archive. Cheltenham. 13 October 1894. p. 6.
  17. ^ "Briefs". Sheffield Evening Telegraph /British Newspaper Archive. Sheffield. 17 October 1894. p. 4.
  18. ^ "Scorecard: All New York v Lord Hawke's XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 17 September 1894. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Scorecard: Gentlemen of Canada v Lord Hawke's XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 3 October 1894. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  20. ^ "Scorecard: Massachusetts v Lord Hawke's XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 6 October 1894. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Scorecard: Massachusetts v Lord Hawke's XI". www.cricketarchive.com. 8 October 1894. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

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An English cricket team led by Lord Hawke toured North America in September and October 1894 and two of its matches are considered to have been first class 1 This was the second tour to North America led by Hawke he had previously led a side there in 1891 92 and three of the players from the earlier tour not including Hawke were also on this second one The team played six matches in all five of them in the United States and one in Canada The games against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia were of three days duration though the second was finished inside two days and are considered first class Other games in New York Toronto and Lowell Massachusetts were each scheduled for two days and are not considered first class the match in Lowell was finished inside a single day and an exhibition game also not first class was played on the second day without a result 1 Contents 1 The team 2 The tour 3 First class matches 4 Other games 5 ReferencesThe team EditHillyard McAlpine and Wright had been part of Lord Hawke s previous team to North America in 1891 92 Name County Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style RefsLord Hawke Captain Yorkshire 1860 08 16 16 August 1860 aged 34 Right handed 2 Gerald Bardswell Lancashire 1873 12 07 7 December 1873 aged 20 Right handed Right arm medium pace 3 Lawrence Bathurst Middlesex 1871 06 04 4 June 1871 aged 23 Right handed Left arm medium pace 4 Charles de Trafford Leicestershire 1864 05 21 21 May 1864 aged 30 Right handed 5 Ledger Hill Hampshire 1871 07 26 26 July 1871 aged 23 Right handed Right arm underarm 6 George Hillyard Leicestershire 1864 02 06 6 February 1864 aged 30 Right handed Right arm fast medium 7 Robert Lucas Middlesex 1867 07 17 17 July 1867 aged 27 Right handed Right arm medium pace 8 Kenneth McAlpine Kent 1858 04 11 11 April 1858 aged 36 Right handed 9 Gerald Mordaunt Kent 1873 01 20 20 January 1873 aged 21 Right handed Right arm underarm slow 10 Sandford Robinson Nottinghamshire 1868 02 05 5 February 1868 aged 26 Right handed Wicketkeeper 11 William Whitwell 1867 12 12 12 December 1867 aged 26 Right handed Right arm fast 12 Charles Wright Nottinghamshire 1863 05 27 27 May 1863 aged 31 Right handed Wicketkeeper 13 The tour EditHawke s team left London on 8 September 1894 sailing from Southampton that day 14 At the time of the departure the team was expected to be playing matches in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston and to be returning home by 1 October 15 The tour was in fact extended by a couple of weeks with a visit to Canada but a report in England indicates that it was not entirely a success The English cricketers in America are losing their power to attract there is a decrease in the number of spectators at their matches with their Yankee opponents their doings appear to excite less interest and their victories are not so much taken to heart as they used to be said a note in the Cheltenham Chronicle newspaper 16 Cricket is losing its hold upon the American public who having gone wild over the short and exciting game of baseball are losing all taste for our prosaic natural sic pastime Not all the team came back together newspapers record the arrival of eight members of the team in Southampton on 17 October 1894 17 First class matches EditTwo first class matches were played on the tour both of them against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia side McAlpine was omitted from the team for both of these matches 21 24 September 1894 CricketArchiveLord Hawke s XI v Gentlemen of Philadelphia187 63 2 overs Lord Hawke 78 Henry Baily 7 65 23 2 overs 169 75 2 overs Francis Bohlen 79 William Whitwell 4 14 13 overs 235 80 2 overs Gerald Mordaunt 62 Henry Baily 3 62 22 overs 122 56 1 overs George Patterson 37 Lawrence Bathurst 8 44 27 overs Lord Hawke s XI won by 131 runsMerion Cricket Club Ground Haverford PennsylvaniaLord Hawke s XI won the toss and chose to bat 28 29 September 1894 CricketArchiveLord Hawke s XI v Gentlemen of Philadelphia211 107 1 overs Robert Lucas 46 Walter Clark 3 20 12 overs 107 58 3 overs Clark 24 William Whitwell 4 33 21 overs 64 33 1 overs Clark 18 Whitwell 5 25 16 1 overs Lord Hawke s XI won by an innings and 40 runsGermantown Cricket Club Ground PhiladelphiaLord Hawke s XI won the toss and chose to bat The game was scheduled for three days but completed in twoOther games EditThere were three other matches each of two days duration scheduled on the tour none of them first class The team began with a 12 a side match against an All New York team at the Staten Island Cricket Club ground Hawke s side batted for the whole of the first day and the second was lost entirely to rain 18 The first class matches in Philadelphia came next after which the side headed for Toronto and a two day game against a Gentlemen of Canada side which was drawn 19 In what was intended to be the final game of the tour the team played a Massachusetts side with Hawke s team 12 strong and the Americans 15 the numbers did not help and the touring team triumphed by an innings inside a single day 20 A fill up single innings match was arranged for the vacant second day but this match appears not to have been completed and the scorecard does not give full detail of the home side 21 References Edit a b Lord Hawke s XI in North America 1894 www cricketarchive com Retrieved 7 February 2015 Player Profile Lord Hawke CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Gerald Bardswell CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Lawrence Bathurst CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Charles de Trafford CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Ledger Hill CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile George Hillyard CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Robert Lucas CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Kenneth McAlpine CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Gerald Mordaunt CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Sandford Robinson CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Sammy Woods CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Player Profile Charles Wright CricketArchive Retrieved 8 February 2015 Lord Hawke s Team for America Nottingham Evening Post British Newspaper Archive Nottingham 8 September 1894 p 3 Notes of the Week Derby Mercury British Newspaper Archive Nottingham 12 September 1894 p 8 Cricket in America Cheltenham Chronicle British Newspaper Archive Cheltenham 13 October 1894 p 6 Briefs Sheffield Evening Telegraph British Newspaper Archive Sheffield 17 October 1894 p 4 Scorecard All New York v Lord Hawke s XI www cricketarchive com 17 September 1894 Retrieved 13 February 2015 Scorecard Gentlemen of Canada v Lord Hawke s XI www cricketarchive com 3 October 1894 Retrieved 13 February 2015 Scorecard Massachusetts v Lord Hawke s XI www cricketarchive com 6 October 1894 Retrieved 13 February 2015 Scorecard Massachusetts v Lord Hawke s XI www cricketarchive com 8 October 1894 Retrieved 13 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