James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

L O R DH A W K E ' ST E A MIN A M E R I C A. 3 5 C H A P T E R III. L O R DH A W K E ' ST E A MIN A M E R I C A . B YA N O U T S I D E R. O n Saturday, September 8, another team of English Amateur Cricketers left Southampton in the steamer " N e wYork" for a brief tour in America and Canada. A tone time it was feared that the American public would be placed in the difficulty of having to receive three cricket teams from the Old Country during last Autumn. The Gentlemen of Ireland , with grateful recollections of American hospitality , had signified their intention of visiting the States of Philadelphia again . The GermantownC. C. had too in contemplation a tour of English amateurs in the States under their auspices . Meanwhile , Mr. Ashbridge , acting on behalf of the Merion C. C. of the same city , had not, during a short stay in London, madeprovisional arrangements for bringing a mixed English team to America. Fortunately , the American public was spared the infliction of a triple visit of cricketers , for Lord Hawke's good offices were exercised with the best results . Nor was there any difficulty in arriving at a satisfactory solution on the other side . The two Philadelphian Clubs before mentioned , readily agreed to invite an amateur team combination under their joint auspices , and the thing was done. Lord Hawkehad kindly undertaken to get up the side , and how successful he was will be gathered from the names of the twelve whoformed his team :- Lord Hawke(Yorks.) G. R. Bardswell (Lancs .) L. C. V. Bathurst (Mddx.) G. W . Hillyard(Leices.) A. J. L. Hill (Hants.) K. McAlpine (Kent) R. S. Lucas (Mddx.) G. J. Mordaunt(Oxford University ) J. S. Robinson (Notts .) C. DeTrafford (Leices .) W. F. Whitwell (Durham.) C. W. Wright (Notts.) T h elist will be enoughof itself to showthat there wasan Elevenstrong enough at all points , and quite capable of rendering a good account of itself with any opposition that America could furnish . It was not intended that the tour should be of long duration ; the great object indeed , was to have two matches against all Philadelphia , to test the relative merits of English and American cricket . As it was only three other matches , and of these , two against N e wYork and Gentlemen of Canada, ought fairly to come within the scope of every visit 1