Sammy Woods
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Samuel Moses James Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain
Sammy Woods c 1905
Sammy Woods
The Gatehouse of Jesus College, Cambridge, where Woods spent four years.
Woods formed a close friendship with Gregor MacGregor while at Cambridge.
Philadelphian cricket team
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The Philadelphian cricket team was a team that represented Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1913. Even with the United States having played the first ever internatio
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…taking a small party of English amateurs to play eight matches in North America. The first match of the trip was a first-class contest against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia, and the tourists lost by eight wickets. Woods blamed the defeat on being too soon after arriving, claiming the team "had hardly found our land-legs…
1884 squad of the Philadelphian cricket team as depicted in the Illustrated London News
George Patterson President of University of Pennsylvania Cricket team in 1887 and member of Penn Class of 1888, still holds the North American batting record with 271
John Lester maintained a batting average of 33.14 in his first-class career
John Barton King is widely considered to be the best bowler produced by the United States