The Philadelphia International Cricket Festival is an annual sporting charity event staged during the first weekend in May.
Philadelphia is the cradle of American cricket: the first American Cricket Club was founded at Haverford College in 1834. Haverford College is also home to the United States Cricket Museum.
Annually, twelve Cricket Teams comprising over 150 players representing fourteen different nationalities arrive in Philadelphia for four days of cricket. The action culminates on the first Sunday afternoon in May when Division A victors meet their counterparts from Division 1 in the Festival Final. The Final takes place at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, and members of the public are invited. Witness first hand the emerald green lawns and the burgundy-colored ball as it meets with the crack of the willow.
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Noon till 5pm
Philadelphia Cricket Club
415 W. Willow Grove Avenue,
Chestnut Hill, Pa 19118
No gate fee - Programs are available with a contribution to the Festival charity.
Questions: info@appliedtesting.com
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I applaud these Philapelphians for embracing a game so sedate, complicated and alien.
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