Story The Re-History of International Cricket

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USA vs Canada
Germantown
13 Sep 1880 (first concurrent Tests in history!)

Lineups:
- Ridgway Moore, Charles Newhall, George Newhall, Sutherland Law, Robert Newhall, John Thayer, Richard Hargrave, Daniel Newhall, Francis Brewster, Thomas Hargrave, Walter Clark
- H Totten, CJ Logan, DJ Smith, Rainald Gamble, FW Trousdell, GB Behan, John Kirchhoffer, Samuel Ray, Russell Ogden, FC Blake, James Gillean
Debuts: all, Law, Thayer, Clark, R Hargrave

George Newhall, recalled, won the toss and bowled. Canada, rank underdogs, played alright for their 133. The top order was scratchy, but Behan made a decent 30, and Ray bludgeoned 25 late on. The wickets, as usual, were a team effort, but John Thayer stood out - the youth, one of two youngsters selected for America (Clark the other) took 3/8.

America started very poorly. None of the batting Newhalls succeeded, and America teetered at 7/64. But then Daniel Newhall took over again. His 56, plus Francis Brewster's 31, got America to 173. The Canadian mainstream bowlers were good, but none better than Russell Ogden, who took 4/44.

Canada, in response, collapsed. At 5/13, it looked like a truly awful day for their batting. But, as always, the tail wagged, and 20s for Kirchoffer, Ray and Ogden saved the innings and forced America to chase down 68 after Canada were dismissed for 108. The wickets were shared around the Americans, with two each for Newhall, Hargrave and Thayer.

The Canadians made a good fist of their defense. The American batting order again failed, leaving them 6/34 - but from there, Daniel Newhall came to the wicket, and the chase was quickly completed by him. Gillean and Logan had a pair of cheap wickets each, but the Americans held on for the win.

133 (Behan 30, Thayer 3/8) and 108 (Kirchoffer 26, R Hargrave 2/14) lost to 174 (D Newhall 56, Ogden 4/44) and 6/71 (D Newhall 23*, Logan 2/1)
MOTM: Daniel Newhall

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USA vs Canada
Germantown
13 Sep 1880 (first concurrent Tests in history!)

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It's only fitting that the sport's oldest rivalry gets official status here before The Ashes.

John Thayer stood out - the youth, one of two youngsters selected for America

Ain't that the same chap who sadly went down with the Titanic.. the only known cricketer to have done so unfortunately.

Tough game for Canada, but they ought to be bolstered quite soon by the likes of Walter Wright and Francis Terry which hopefully gets them and upset win or two.

 

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Ain't that the same chap who sadly went down with the Titanic.. the only known cricketer to have done so unfortunately.

Yep!

Wright will get called up as soon as possible. This was a real match I gave Test status, hence both the lack of him for Canada and the lack of William Brewster (MOTM in the US's last two games) for USA - simply availability

 

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Canada vs USA
29 Aug 1881
Hamilton

Lineups:
- Ridgway Moore, Charles Newhall, Sutherland Law, William Morgan, John Thayer, Richard Hargrave, Daniel Newhall, William Brewster, James Soutter, Thomas Hargrave, Walter Clark
- Samuel Ray, F.W. Guerrier, Brian Waud, George Morrison, Alexander Gillespie, GB Behan, Dyce Saunders, Walter Wright, CJ Logan, Russell Ogden, James Gillean
Debuts: Morgan, Guerrier, Waud, Morrison, Gillespie, Saunders, Wright
Note: I messed up. GB Behan was incorrectly left out instead of FW Trousdell. My bad

America won the toss and elected to bowl first. A Canada team that was much stronger than last time with the inclusions of the likes of Gillespie, Saunders and Wright showed as much, scoring 156. Gillespie (34) and Wright (26) were key. America bowled eight players, which may be too many for me in the future lol, but two - Soutter and Law - took three wickets apiece.

America, though, did take the lead in their reply. Ridgway Moore made a solid 25, but the real reason was Brewster's 42 and Hargrave's 26 as they added 51 for the ninth wicket to haul the US to 177. Walter Wright further proved his class as he was on a hat-trick early after dismissing C Newhall and Law, and finished with 4/46. Ogden and Gillespie also seemed almost unhittable, and America's score would have been much lower if not for eight expensive Logan overs.

Canada continued to prove that they had the required international chops as they scored 165 in the third innings. This was definitely a team effort, but led by Waud's 25 and Saunders' 26. America again perhaps had too many bowlers going on, but there was a couple of standouts - Walter Clark (2/29) continued to prove he was ready, while William Brewster returned the figures of 2.4-2-0-2.

In reply... America crashed. CJ Logan made up for his earlier error with the ball by helping run through America's top six. The USA was 5/31 when Daniel Newhall came to the wicket. He'd done this so many times before, with so much success, and he had to agai...

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Fight as hard as the rest of the tail did - and boy, they did fight, with 32 to Richard Hargrave, 24 to Thomas Hargrave, and 31 to Soutter - but they were never getting there. CJ Logan's 4/23 had led Canada to a truly shocking upset win.

156 (Gillespie 34, Law 3/19, Soutter 3/20) and 165 (Saunders 26, Brewster 2/0) beat 177 (Brewster 42, Wright 4/46) and 125 (R Hargrave 32, Logan 4/23)
MOTM: Walter Wright

 

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CJ Logan's 4/23 had led Canada to a truly shocking upset win.