Cricket the Philadelphia story . . . Mitchell's XI of 1895

In 1895 Frank Mitchell, of Cambridge and Yorkshire, led a combined Oxford and Cambridge university cricket team to North America. They opened the tour with two minor games against All New York and Canada before concluding with three first-class matches in Philadelphia.

They met the Gentlemen of Philadelphia on two occasions and played another first-class fixture against Penn University past and present. It was a short tour, lasting just 4 weeks but hugely successful. After the conclusion of the final game the American Cricketer reported:

" One of the most pleasant and successful International Series has been held in the autumn of 1895."