Belmont Cricket Club
39°56′35″N 75°13′02″W / 39.943173°N 75.217166°W
 Belmont clubhouse | |
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| Formation | 1874 |
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| Dissolved | 1914 |
| Type | Sports club |
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The Belmont Cricket Club was one of four chief cricket clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that played from its 1874 founding in West Philadelphia until its disbanding in 1914.
Players
[edit]Bart King, arguably America's greatest cricketer during its 1890-1914 golden age, played for Belmont from 1893 to 1913. Another famous American cricketer, English-born Cecil Hurditch, played for Belmont in 1912 after he returned from playing for the Santa Monica Cricket Club in southern California.
Soccer
[edit]By 1902, soccer had become popular among cricket clubs in Philadelphia so they established a league, named "Philadelphia Cricket Clubs League".[1] Belmont, along with Germantown, Kensington, and Frankford, was among its founding members.[2]
The Belmont team participated in the ACCL championships from 1901 to 1912.[3]
In 1913, Hurditch introduced soccer to the club members.[4]
See also
[edit]- History of United States cricket § Philadelphia cricket
- Philadelphia Cricket Club
- Germantown Cricket Club
- Merion Cricket Club
References
[edit]- ^ US tops Brazil, more on headers & the brain, WPS deadline, Socrates RIP by Ed Farnsworth at the Philly Soccer Page. December 5, 2011
- ^ With Dash and Spirit by William Kashatus III
- ^ Haverford College Men's Soccer. All-time Game Results at haverfordathletics.com (archived)
- ^ David Sentance, Cricket in America 1710-2000.
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