View source for Lord Hawke's cricket team in North America in 1891–92

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[[File:Lord Hawke - Vanity Fair-alt-edit-2-cropped.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Caricature of Lord Hawke by ''[[Leslie Ward|Spy]]''.]]In the English winter of 1891–92, [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Lord Hawke]] led a touring party of English amateur cricketers on a tour of North America.  During their tour they played eight matches, six in the [[United States of America]] and two in [[Canada]].  The tour contained two [[First-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures, both contested against the [[Philadelphia cricket team|Gentlemen of Philadelphia]].
[[C.W. Alcock]] of Surrey originally intended to take the team, but finding himself unable to go had to find a successor. Lord Hawke took on the role of organising the tour. The team was weaker than he wished but the inclusion of [[Sammy Woods]] at the last hour considerably strengthed the bowling.<ref name="rl1892"/> Woods turned out to be the success of the tour, taking 76 wickets in the 8 matches at an average of 7, as well as scoring 260 runs.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual]] |year=1892 |page=33}}</ref>
==Touring party==
[[File:LordHawkesTeaminAmerica1891.jpg|thumb|Lord Hawke's Team in America.]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Name
! County
! Birth date
! Batting Style
! Bowling Style
! Refs
|-
| [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Lord Hawke]] <small>([[Captain (cricket)|Captain]])</small> || [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1860|08|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || – || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/189/189.html |title=Player Profile: Lord Hawke |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Herbie Hewett]] || [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1864|05|25|df=y}} || Left-handed || Unknown arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3615/3615.html |title=Player Profile: Herbie Hewett |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Hillyard]] || – || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1864|02|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30255/30255.html |title=Player Profile: George Hillyard |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Hornsby (cricketer)|John Hornsby]] || – || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1860|04|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30380/30380.html |title=Player Profile: John Hornsby |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kingsmill Key]] || [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1864|10|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30753/30753.html |title=Player Profile: Kingsmill Key |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kenneth McAlpine (cricketer)|Kenneth McAlpine]] || – || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1858|04|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || – || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31349/31349.html |title=Player Profile: Kenneth McAlpine |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Milles (cricketer)|Henry Milles]] || [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1867|11|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[off break]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31466/31466.html |title=Player Profile: Henry Milles |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Ricketts (cricketer)|George Ricketts]] || – || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1864|06|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32363/32363.html |title=Player Profile: George Ricketts |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes|Viscount Throwley]] || [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1861|05|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33315/33315.html |title=Player Profile: Viscount Throwley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sammy Woods]] || [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1867|04|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/110/110.html |title=Player Profile: Sammy Woods |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Charles Wreford-Brown]] || [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1866|10|09|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right arm slow || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34081/34081.html |title=Player Profile: Charles Wreford-Brown |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Charles Wright (cricketer)|Charles Wright]] [[Wicketkeeper|†]] || [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] || {{Birth date and age2|1891|09|25|1863|05|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || – || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/198/198.html |title=Player Profile: Charles Wright |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|}
==Matches==
===First-class matches===
The party left [[Liverpool]] on 16 September 1891,<ref name="rl1892">{{cite book |title=[[James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual]] |year=1892 |page=24}}</ref> and during the voyage [[Herbie Hewett]], [[George Ricketts (cricketer)|George Ricketts]] and [[Charles Wreford-Brown]] suffered badly from [[seasickness]].  [[Sammy Woods]], who was not affected by such ailments, attempted to get the three men to take dinner with him on the fourth evening.  He served [[Champagne (wine)|champagne]] and vegetable soup, but an American who was also suffering from nausea commented "Say steward, did you bring this up or did I?"  None of Woods' three team-mates ate the dinner.<ref>Woods (1925), p45.</ref> The party landed in [[New York City|New York]] on the evening of 23 September and immediately made their way to [[Philadelphia]] for a half-day's practice before their first match.<ref name="rl1892"/>
{{Test match
| date = 25–28 September 1891
| team1 = Lord Hawke's XI
| team2 = [[Philadelphia cricket team|Gentlemen of Philadelphia]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 259 (93.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Lord Hawke]] 74
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Henry Brown (cricketer)|Henry Brown]] 4/44 (23 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 248 (95 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[George Patterson (cricketer)|George Patterson]] 68
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sammy Woods]] 3/65 (34 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 171 (59.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Herbie Hewett]] 49
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Henry Brown (cricketer)|Henry Brown]] 6/55 (27 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 183/2 (72.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Reynolds Brown]] 62*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Henry Milles]] 1/39 (11.1 overs)
| result = Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 8 wickets
| venue = [[Germantown Cricket Club|Germantown Cricket Club Ground]]
| umpires = Unknown
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3766.html Scorecard]
}}
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{{Test match
| date = 1–2 October 1891
| team1 = Gentlemen of Philadelphia
| team2 = Lord Hawke's XI
| score-team1-inns1 = 56 (36.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Francis Brewster (cricketer)|Francis Brewster]] 11
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sammy Woods]] 8/32 (18.1 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 82 (32.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Lord Hawke]] 24
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[George Patterson (cricketer)|George Patterson]] 4/14 (8.1 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 119 (66.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Samuel Welsh (cricketer)|Samuel Welsh]] 28
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sammy Woods]] 7/55 (32.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 95/6 (36.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Herbie Hewett]] 29
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[George Patterson (cricketer)|George Patterson]] 3/32 (15 overs)
| result = Lord Hawke's XI won by 4 wickets
| venue = [[Germantown Cricket Club|Germantown Cricket Club Ground]]
| umpires = Unknown
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3767.html Scorecard]}}
===Other tour matches===
===Match log===
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" style="font-size: 95%"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!No.
!Date
!Opponents
!Venue
!Country
!Result
!Ref
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
| 1 || 5–7 October || All New York || Livingston Field, [[Staten Island]] || {{flag|United States|1891}} || Drawn || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134894.html |title=All New York v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-05 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 2 || 9–10 October || Baltimore || [[Baltimore]] || {{flag|United States|1891}} || Won by an innings and 150 runs || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134895.html |title=Baltimore v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-09 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 3 || 12–13 October || Boston Athletic Association || [[Boston]] || {{flag|United States|1891}} || Won by 242 runs || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134896.html |title=Boston Athletic Association v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-12 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 4 || 16–17 October || Chicago || [[Chicago]] || {{flag|United States|1891}} || Won by an innings and 90 runs || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134897.html |title=Chicago v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-16 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 5 || 20–21 October || Western Ontario || Rosedale, [[Toronto]] || {{flag|Canada|1868}} || Won by an innings and 54 runs || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/121/121660.html |title=Western Ontario v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-20 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 6 || 23–24 October || Eastern Ontario || [[Ottawa]] || {{flag|Canada|1868}} || Won by an innings and 84 runs || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/121/121661.html |title=Eastern Ontario v Lord Hawke's XI |publisher=CricketArchive |date=1891-10-23 |accessdate=2010-10-18}}</ref>
|}
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=[[James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual]] |year=1892 |pages=24–33}}
* {{cite book |title=[[Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game]] |year=1891 |pages=461–465, 472–473, 483}}
* {{cite book |last1=Woods |first1=S.M.J. |author-link1=Sammy Woods |title=My Reminscences |year=1925 |publisher=Chapman and Hall Ltd. |location=London}}
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