Cricket was played in Virginia in 1710 and was enjoyed on Georgia
plantations in 1737. Teams representing New York and Philadelphia
faced each other as early as 1838. By 1865, Philadelphia was
considered the best cricket-playing city in the United States,
competing against Canadian, English and Australian teams from 1890
to 1920. This 30 year span was essential to the formation of
America's sports identity?and by its end, while the sport of
baseball drew increasing attention, the game of cricket moved from
being the game of America's aristocrats to a safe haven for
America's nonwhite immigrants who were excluded from baseball
because of Jim Crow laws. Here, the game's unique multi-ethnic,
religious and cultural tradition in the United States is fully
explored. The author explains cricket's ties to the beginnings of
baseball and covers the ways in which the game continues to play an
important role in America's inner cities.
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