{"product_id":"american-cricket-the-story-of-st-pauls-school-1856-1902-9798246393000","title":"American Cricket: The Story of St Paul's School 1856 -1902","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gentlemen of Ireland Cricket team undertook four tours of North America, between 1879 and 1909, and played a total of 40 matches on those tours. Perhaps the most unusual was a one day game that was played on 17 September 1888 in the grounds of St Paul's school in Concord New Hampshire against a combined team of masters and pupils of that school. Why would a team of Irish cricketers make time in their packed itinerary to play a school team? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was no ordinary American school; its first dean, Henry Augustus Coit, was a cricket fanatic and, as a result St Paul's had adopted cricket from its founding in 1856. The school also employed a respected English cricket coach and underwent cricketing tours of America and Canada in its own right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of St Paul's and the important role it played in America's brief but nevertheless \"golden age\" of cricket.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570663571607,"sku":"9798246393000","price":1569.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798246393000.webp?v=1774883429","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/american-cricket-the-story-of-st-pauls-school-1856-1902-9798246393000","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}