James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EG E N T L E M E NO F P H I L A D E L P H I A , 3 5 P A R TI I. C H A P T E R I. T H EG E N T L E M E N O F P H I L A D E L P H I A . SINCE the first party of American amateurs visited England in 1884 cricket has developed to a very great extent in the States . The frequent visits of English cricketers havekept the Philadelphians well in touch with the advancement of the game, and the result was evident in the marked improvement in the general form of the teamin comparison with that of its predecessor . In estimating the all -round play, too, it must not be forgotten that the combination of 1889 wasnot quite representative of Philadelphian cricket . The absence of W.C. Lowry deprived Captain Newhall of perhaps the best bowler in America , while the loss ofbatsmenlike J. A. Scott andW .Brockie was very severely felt . It was in bowlingmorethan anything that the teamwere deficient . Almost until the last they were to be relied on for runs, and there was abundant proof of their capacity for scoring in the fact that they made4,360 runs for 172 wickets , which gives anaverage of just under 25½ runs for each wicket . The fielding wason thewhole good, though it broke down at times towards the close of the tour , w h e nthe team were feeling the effects of anamountof workto which they are strangers at home. There was a lack of bowling, andthough Patterson , Clark , and Scott , at times did well , there was really no bowler who could be called really dangerous on a good wicket . The tour , though , was a success socially as well as from an educational standpoint . Wherever they went the Philadelphians showed themselves to be enthusiastic cricketers , imbued with a thorough love of the game, and bent on playing it in a liberal and sportsmanlike spirit . They came to England as amateurs of the purest kind , and the share of the gate receipts which ought to have come to themin the ordinary waywas handed over to the Cricketers ' Fund. The visit of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia was an agreeable and welcome episode in the English season . O fthe twelve match s played , four were won, five drawn, and three lost . ThePhiladelphians , as already stated , scored in all 4,360 runs for 173 wickets , an average of 25.20 ; their opponents 4,614 for 190 wickets , or an average of 2 4 . 2 8. T h emembersof the teamw e r e - FRANCIS E. BREWSTER (Young American Club ). Born in Philadelphia ,