{"product_id":"cricket-the-philadelphia-story-the-australians-of-1893-9798301723582","title":"Cricket - the Philadelphia story . . . the Australians of 1893","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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Australians had first played Philadelphia in a first-class cricket match as far back as 1878. That game ended in an exciting, if controversial draw. They had faced a fast bowler in that match, Charley Newhall, whom W G Grace described in his book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCricketing Reminiscences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e as, \"one of the best trundlers I had ever faced\".\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifteen years later the Australians were back to play Philadelphia in two more first-class encounters. Charley Newhall had hung up his boots seven years earlier but the Philadelphians had unearthed another fast bowler of extraordinary ability, John Barton King. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e King was only nineteen and had picked up a cricket ball for the first time just four years previously. He was to make his first-class cricket debut against a top class Australian test eleven led by Jack Blackham. What followed was simply sensational and would result in the Australian captain saying at the end of the contests; \"you have better players here than we were led to believe. They class with England's best.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Philadelphia had burst on to the international cricket stage and were not going to leave anytime soon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45557096874135,"sku":"9798301723582","price":1577.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798301723582.webp?v=1768592912","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cricket-the-philadelphia-story-the-australians-of-1893-9798301723582","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}