"Bart" King, who was born in Philadelphia in 1873, was almost certainly the greatest cricketer born in the United States. He was a fast bowler who could move the ball from leg, and he toured England three times with strong Philadelphian teams, taking 72 wickets at 24.02 in 1897, 78 at 16.06 in 1903, and 87 at 11.01 in 1908, when he topped the English first-class bowling averages - in successive games he took 7 for 28 against Derbyshire and 14 wickets in the match against Nottinghamshire. In 1909, when he was 35, he took all ten wickets in an innings for 53 for the Philadelphians against the touring Ireland side at Merion (a venue which has since staged the US Open golf championship).
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