The CC Morris Cricket Library and United States Cricket Museum

06/05/2018

01/29/2018

We are gradually revamping the library into our new quarters. As you can see we have amplified lighting throughout the space. We cannot wait to show you our new space.

12/21/2017

News digs are afoot. After much deliberation with Haverford College with whom the library is hosted. We are moving to more suitable digs within the Hope Field Cricket Pavilion. With the help of the College we will be hosting a majority of the books offsite with the ability to retrieve them within a days notice. We expect to have complete the transition by 11 March 2018.

04/02/2012

Mark your calendars. The 20th Philadelphia International Cricket Festival finals is coming up in few weeks on May 6th. The match will be played on the historic Philadelphia Cricket Club grounds and is open to the public. The match will start about 1 PM. be sure to bring a lawn chair.

12/22/2011

It gives me the utmost pleasure to announce that Alfred Reeves is the recipient of the first Bart King Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Cricket. Please see the attached article on DreamCricket.com.

http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=16392&ntid=4

As the President of the British Officers' Cricket Club and vice-president of the C.C. Morris Library Association, J. Alfred Reeves has played a vital role in preserving US cricket's longstanding ties to the Philadelphia area.

12/17/2011

Here is Sunil Joshi in front of Merion Cricket Club holding a bat from the United States Cricket Museum donated and signed by Don Bradman. Sunil was the Guest of Honor at the 2011 Philadelphia International Cricket Festival.

12/15/2011

At the Gala Team Dinner at the 2009 Philadelphia International Cricket Festival, here are the team jackets. From right to left, Alfred Reeves (British Officers Cricket Club), Les Simpson (Toronto Cricket and Curling Club), Chuck Gupta (Germantown Cricket Club), Tom Culp (Philadelphia Cricket Club), Mike Marcus (Merion Cricket Club) and Paul Hensley (Haverford College XI).

12/14/2011

Jamie Harrison, President of the United States Youth Cricket Association was the guest speaker at the 2011 CC Morris Cricket Library Association AGM. The USYCA is doing an outstanding job getting cricket into the athletic programs of grade schools around the US. So far about 625 schools have signed up, received training and been shipped youth appropriate equipment. To learn more about what this organization is to doing and how you can help them, please visit their web site at: usyca.org. The USYCA is a 100% volunteer effort and if you you'd like to get involved, they would like to hear from you.

12/14/2011

The Guest of Honor at the 2010 Philadelphia International Cricket Festival was Michael Kasprowicz. He dropped by the United States Cricket Museum for a welcome event for the event guest and all the players in the festival. From left to right in the photo are Chuck Gupta, Michael and Alfred Reeves.

12/14/2011

The CC Morris Library works closely with the MCC Library at Lords Cricket Grounds. In the photo are Paul Hensley, President of the the CC Morris Library Association, and Adam Chadwick, Curator of Collections at Lords, from when they met earlier this year in London.

12/14/2011