#montreal

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Canadian Cricket at Its Peak — The Halifax Cup and Inter-City Rivalry, 1860s

Toronto, Montreal and Halifax cricket clubs

1865-08-01

Canadian cricket reached its competitive peak in the 1860s, with the Halifax Cup — contested between clubs from across the country — establishing an inter-city rivalry that gave the game a competitive framework unique in North American sport. Touring English sides found Canadian cricketers surprisingly strong; the 1859 George Parr tour had underscored this, and through the 1860s the standard continued to rise.

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s

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George Parr's Twelve to North America — The First Overseas Cricket Tour, September-October 1859

George Parr's English XII vs USA and Canadian sides (XXII)

1859-09-07

On 7 September 1859 twelve professional English cricketers, captained by the Nottinghamshire batsman George Parr, sailed from Liverpool on the SS Nova Scotian for the first overseas cricket tour in history. Between 24 September and 14 October they played five matches in Canada and the United States — Montreal, Hoboken, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Rochester — winning every one against odds of 22, and laying the foundation for every overseas tour that followed.

#1859-tour#george-parr#north-america

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Cricket in Canada — Montreal and the Halifax Cup, 1850s

Montreal CC vs Toronto CC and various

1852-06-01

Cricket in Canada in the 1850s was the sport of the British garrison and the professional class, but it was sufficiently established to produce the first international cricket in North America. The Montreal Cricket Club, founded in 1832, and its Toronto counterpart played regular inter-city matches in the 1840s and 1850s, and Canadian teams were prominent among the hosts when George Parr's XII toured North America in 1859.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s