The Germantown Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was one of the four principal cricket clubs in the city and was one of the clubs contributing members to the Philadelphian cricket team. It was founded on August 10, 1854 in what is now the northwest section of the city, and is the nation's second oldest cricket club. Its clubhouse was designed by architects McKim, Mead & White. The U.S. National tennis championship, precursor to today's US Open, was played on Germantown Cricket's lawn tennis courts from 1921 to 1923.

The Germantown Cricket Club was located in Nicetown from 1877 until 1890 when it moved to its present Manheim Street location after merging with the Young America Cricket Club in 1890. The Newhall brothers joined the Germantown cricket team at this time after being the backbone of the Young America Cricket Club for forty years.

Germantown Cricket Club

It continues as a private club with facilities for tennis, squash, swimming, and special events. The club's facilities are a designated National Historic Landmark.

Germantown Cricket Club

As of 2023, Germantown Cricket Club hosts the final of the Philadelphia International Cricket Festival.

Germantown Cricket Club

See also

Philadelphian cricket team

Philadelphia Cricket Club

Merion Cricket Club

Belmont Cricket Club

List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia

National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Philadelphia

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia

Sports in Philadelphia

Club cricket teams in the United States

Cricket clubs established in 1854

Sports venues completed in 1890

Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia

National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

McKim, Mead & White buildings

1854 establishments in Pennsylvania

History of Philadelphia

Germantown, Philadelphia

Cricket in Philadelphia

1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge