United States cricket team in Canada in 1845
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The United States cricket team in Canada in 1845 was the second to visit another country following Canada's visit to the USA in 1844.
Canada and USA staged the second-ever cricket international at McGill University
, Montreal
on 30 and 31 July. Canada won the match by 61 runs after USA had won the toss and decided to field.
Canada scored 80 in their first innings with a top score of 29 by C J Birch while Henry Groom captured 5 wickets. USA replied with 79, George Sharpe taking 6 wickets, but Canada improved in the second innings and made 135, a good score in the contemporary conditions. Sharpe, making a fine all-round contribution, scored 31 and Lieutenant Hornby scored 35. Groom took another four wickets. Needing 137 to win, USA could only manage 75 after D Winckworth took eight wickets.
Canada and USA staged the second-ever cricket international at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
on 30 and 31 July. Canada won the match by 61 runs after USA had won the toss and decided to field.
Canada scored 80 in their first innings with a top score of 29 by C J Birch while Henry Groom captured 5 wickets. USA replied with 79, George Sharpe taking 6 wickets, but Canada improved in the second innings and made 135, a good score in the contemporary conditions. Sharpe, making a fine all-round contribution, scored 31 and Lieutenant Hornby scored 35. Groom took another four wickets. Needing 137 to win, USA could only manage 75 after D Winckworth took eight wickets.
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- Rowland BowenRowland BowenMajor Rowland Francis Bowen was a cricket researcher, historian and writer....
, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970 - Roy Morgan, Encyclopedia of World Cricket, SportsBooks Ltd, 2007