Philadelphian cricket team in England in 1897
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The Philadelphian cricket team toured England in the summer of 1897. Starting on 7 June at Oxford, the tour lasted for two months and ended in late July at The Oval. The Americans played 15 first-class matches captained by George Stuart Patterson.
The match the Philadelphians played against the MCC was to be Patterson's last first-class cricket match.[1] The tour introduced American bowler J Barton King to the international cricketing world.