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Acorn |
Junior Club |
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Ajax |
Junior Club playing near Camac Woods |
c 1870 |
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Albion 15 |
Cardinton, Deleware Co. |
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Albion 22 |
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Alert |
Frankford |
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Alfred the Great |
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All United |
Junior Club playing in Camdenen |
c 1870 |
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Americus |
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Anglo-Saxon |
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Athletic |
Junior Club playing at North Broad Street, near Camac Woods |
c 1870 |
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Bank Clerks |
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"Belfield" |
William Wistar's residence, Germantown |
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Belfield |
Olney Avenue, Thorp's Lane, Germantown |
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Belmont |
various locations in West Philadelphia |
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British Americans |
Limekiln Pike, Germantown |
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Camac Woods |
Mr. Turner's Estate at Turner's Lane and Sixth St on the Germantown Road |
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Cambria |
Fairhill and Somerset Streets |
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Camden |
Camden, NJ |
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Centennial |
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Champion |
Junior Club playing at Fair Grounds at Powelton |
c 1870 |
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Chelten |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
c 1870 |
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Cheltenham |
Junior Club in Jenkintown |
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Cherry Grove |
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Chester |
Chester, PA |
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Chestnut Hill |
Chestnut Hill |
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Clifton |
Clifton Heights |
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Crescent |
Junior Club playing in Camden, NJ |
c 1870 |
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Darby |
Darby, PA |
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Delaware Field Club |
Wilmington, DE |
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Delphian |
Used Philadelphia CC ground on rental |
1857 |
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Duncannon |
Organized by John Wistar after the Civil War |
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Duy's Lane |
Germantown CC ground, Winter and Baynton Sts, Germantown |
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Eagle |
Junior Club playing on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
c 1870 |
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Eddystone |
Eddystone |
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Edgemoor |
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Edward VII |
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Emerald |
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Empire |
Junior Club playing on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
c 1870 |
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Excelsior |
Junior Club playing on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
c 1870 |
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The Fair Grounds |
Powelton |
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Fairhill |
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Fairmount Park |
Cedar Grove Field, West Farimount Park |
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Fairview |
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Falls of Schuykill |
Falls, Midvail, and Henry Avenues |
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Fox Chase |
Fox Chase |
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Frankford |
Frankford |
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Galbraith |
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General Electric |
Organized 1929, 30-40 Cope Field, 41Fairmount Park |
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Germantown C.C. |
various locations in Germantown |
August 1, 1854 |
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Germantown British Americans |
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Gibbsboro |
Gibbsboro, NJ |
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Girard |
Harrogate |
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Glenside |
Glenside |
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Griswold |
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Haddenfield |
Haddonfield, NJ |
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Haverford College |
Cope Field, Haverford College |
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I. D. & M. |
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Independence |
Junior Club playing at North Broad St, near Camac Woods |
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I Zingari |
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Jenkintown |
Jenkintown |
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John Bright |
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K.I.B.A. |
Kensington Industrial and Beneficial Assoc., Kensington, Front and Erie |
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Kensington |
Kensington |
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Kent |
Junior Club playing on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
c 1870 |
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Keystone |
Played on the Fair Grounds, 1870 |
c 1857 |
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Landsdowne |
Landsdowne |
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Lawndale |
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Lenni |
Lenni Mills |
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Lighthouse |
Front and Erie |
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Linden |
Camden, NJ |
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Manayunk |
Manayunk |
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Marylebone |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
c 1870 |
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Melrose |
Melrose |
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Merchantville |
Merchantville, NJ |
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Merion |
Wynne Wood Estate, Ardmore, Haverford |
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Merryvale |
1891 |
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Millwood |
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Moorestown, NJ |
1892 to present |
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Modocs |
1874 to 1883 |
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Neptune |
c 1867 |
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Nicetown |
Germantown CC's ground, Pulaski Ave and Township line, Germantown |
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Norristown |
Norristown |
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North America |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
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North End |
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Oakland |
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Olypian |
Junior Club playing at 25th and Jefferson, 1865 used Phila CC, 1870 played on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
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Orient |
Junior Club playing at the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
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Oriole |
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Orpheus |
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Osciola |
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Othello |
Junior Club playing on the Fair Grounds at Powelton |
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Overbrook |
Overbrook |
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Oxford |
Frankford |
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P.R.R. |
Pennsylvania RR, with grounds at 52nd Street |
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Peabody |
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Penn Linden |
Camden, NJ |
1884 |
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Perseverence |
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Philadelphia Cricket Club |
Camden, NJ, about 3 squares S. of Federal St., near the Delaware River; earlier near St. Martin's Station on the P.R.R. |
February 10, 1854 |
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Philadelphia and Reading RR |
41st and Baring Sts. |
1857 |
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Philadelphia Racquet Club |
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Philadelphia Wanderers |
1887 |
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Phoenixville |
Phoenixville |
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Pilgrams |
Organized in Edinburgh |
1903 |
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Plymouth |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
c 1870 |
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Quaker City |
Lansdowne |
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Radnor |
Wayne |
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Richard Baxter |
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Ridley Park |
Ridley Park |
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Rittenhouse |
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Riverton |
Riverton, NJ |
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Robin Hood |
Second Street Pike |
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Rose Hill |
West Philadelphia |
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St. Davids |
St. Davids |
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St. George |
Camac Estate Grounds |
1859 |
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St. Timothy's |
Roxborough |
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Sherwood |
Baltimore Ave, nr. 58th St. |
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Southwark |
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Star |
Englidh cricketers in Germantown |
1854 |
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Star |
Junior Club playing in Camden, NJ |
c 1870 |
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Stenton Field Club |
Young America Grounds. Main St and Logan Mansion, Germantown |
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Stetson |
1884 |
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Tacony |
Tacony |
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Tennyson |
Fairmount Park |
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Tioga |
Westmoreland Station |
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Tulpehocken |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
c 1870 |
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Trenton |
Trenton, NJ |
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Union Club |
of Englishmen. Played on the grounds of George Tichnor, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, below Fairmount Bridge |
1831 |
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Union Club |
Univ. of PA students, organized by W.R. Wistar, played in Camden, NJ |
1843 |
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United |
Junior Club playing in Camden, NJ |
c 1870 |
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University Barge Club |
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Univ of PA |
West Philadelphia |
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Veterans |
founded by W.R. Wistar |
1901 |
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Victoria |
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Viscose |
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Wakefield |
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Wakefield Mills |
in 1841challenged the best team in Philadelphia to play two games for fifty to one hundred dollars |
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"Walnut Cottage" |
Thomas Newhall's residence between Manheim and Hansbury Sts.Germantown |
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Wanderers |
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Washington |
Junior Club playing in Germantown |
c 1870 |
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Waverly |
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Wayne |
Wayne |
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West Chester |
West Chester |
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West Indians |
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West Philadelphia |
49th and Arch Streets |
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Wissahickon |
Wissahickon |
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Wootton |
Bryn Mawr |
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Working Men's CC |
Germantown |
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YMCA |
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Yeadon |
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York Road |
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Young America |
Stenton |
1855 to 1890 |
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Club Name |
Information |
Date Formed |
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"Country" |
including G. Ashbridge and C.A. Newhall |
about 1878 |
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The Foresters |
including six of the Hargrave Family |
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The Gentlemen of Leasure |
including G.S. Patterson |
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The Idlers |
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The Incapables |
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The Nondescripts |
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The Social Arts CC |
including A.A. Outerbridge |
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"Town" |
including E. Hopkinson and S. Law |
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The United Clodhoppers |
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