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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.
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