K. A. Auty Cup
| Countries | |
|---|---|
| Administrator | |
| First edition | 1963[1] |
| Latest edition | 2017 |
| Current trophy holder | United States |
The K.A. Auty Cup Trophy is an international cricket series played between Canada and the United States, founded in 1963.[1] It is a revival of a series that took place between 1844 and 1912, which was cricket's earliest international series.[2][3]
The Auty Cup has been played intermittently since 1963.[3] It is hosted alternately by Cricket Canada and USA Cricket, previously the USACA.[4][5] No matches were held between 1995 and 2011,[3] and the series was last held in 2017.[6]
The Auty Cup trophy is named after the engineer, writer and cricketer Karl Andre Auty, who was born in Dewsbury, England in 1881 and died in Chicago, Illinois in 1959,[7][8] "who for many years had been a driving force in American cricket, mainly around the Chicago area".[1]
Traditionally held as a single two-day match,[9][10][11] the series between 2012 and 2017 included 50-over and Twenty20 matches.[12][13]
Background
A Canadian cricket team visited Manhattan to play a tour match in 1844; the Anglo American explicitly reports the match as being St George's Cricket Club against "eleven players of all Canada",[14] although it was billed as "United States of America versus the British Empire's Canadian Province".[15] The match was arranged after the St George's team had arrived unexpectedly at the Toronto Cricket Club in 1840 because of a hoax invitation.[16]
After the 1844 match, which the Canadians won by 23 runs,[14] an American team traveled to play a return match in 1845 at McGill University in Montreal.[2] The series was played regularly from 1853 but ended in 1912.[17]
Cricket Canada has incorrectly claimed that the 1844 match was the first international sporting fixture,[18] when many older international events existed in other sports.[19][20][21]
History
In 1961, "the President of the USACA, John I. Marder was entertained by the CCA President Lewis J.H. Gunn." This meeting "agreed to revive the International Series and as a result the famous contest reappeared in the summer of 1963."[1] The K.A. Auty trophy was presented by the USACA in 1963 to honour the memory of Karl Andre Auty.[1][8]
The series ceased after the 1995 match,[10] was revived in 2011,[11] but was not played in 2014 or 2015.[5]
Canada won the 2016 Auty Cup by a 2–1 margin (retaining the Cup),[22][23] in a series of three 50-over matches held on October 13, 14, and 16, in Los Angeles just before the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament. In 2017 the USA won, in a series of three 50-over matches played on September 12–14 in Toronto.[5] There was no competition in 2018, as the two organizations were not able to finalize terms for the series.[6] The series was scheduled to resume in July 2021, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]
References
- ^ a b c d e Boller, Kevin E. "K.A. Auty Trophy, symbol of cricket supremacy in North America". Canadian Cricket Association. Archived from the original on April 21, 2007.
- ^ a b "Philip Barker: An unlikely cricketing rivalry between Canada and United States". Inside the Games. August 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c Chandler, Martin (February 27, 2011). "Review: A History of Canadian Cricket: An immigrant's game?". CricketWeb.
- ^ Peter Della Penna (June 21, 2016). "USA, Canada set to revive Auty Cup rivalry". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ a b c Peter Della Penna (August 22, 2017). "Auty Cup scheduled for September in Toronto". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ a b "USA-Canada Auty Cup scrapped for 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. September 8, 2018.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1959". ESPN Cricinfo. John Wisden & Co. 1960.
- ^ a b "AUTY, Karl Andre O.B.E. - Personal Information". One-Name.net. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Canada v United States of America in 1963". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Canada v United States of America in 1995". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020.
- ^ a b "Hansra guides Canada to victory". ESPN Cricinfo. August 17, 2011.
- ^ "Auty Cup morale boost for Canada, but problems persist". ESPN Cricinfo. November 23, 2012.
- ^ Peter Della Penna (September 29, 2016). "Auty Cup to be contested as three-match 50-over series". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ a b "Cricketers' Chronicle". The Anglo American. Vol. 3, no. 23. New York: E. L. Garvin & Co. September 28, 1844. pp. 548–549 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Kimber, Jarrod (2015). Test Cricket: The Unauthorised Biography. Richmond: Hardic Grant Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-1743790199.
- ^ Boller, Kevin E. "Canada vs. USA: International cricket was launched by a hoax". Canadian Cricket Association. Archived from the original on April 23, 2007.
- ^ "Canada's Colourful Cricket History: Part 2". Canadian Cricket Association. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007.
- ^ "Canada's Colourful Cricket History: Part 1". Canadian Cricket Association. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007.
- ^ "History of Polo". Polo Museum.
Polo has been an international sport since at least 821 A.D., when Chinese ambassadors in Japan played a team fielded by the Emperor.
- ^ "Real tennis: Coaching the quirky sport of kings". RFI. May 5, 2022.
Real tennis, which boasts a list of world champions stretching back to 1740
- ^ "Combat de cinq Anglais contre cinq Français". Breton Cultural Institute.
Joust between two teams of five knights, one English and the other Breton
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Pervez, Dhindsa help Canada beat USA, retain Auty Cup Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
- ^ "Timbawala's 73* gives USA consolation win". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ "USA and Canada to resume Auty Cup rivalry after four-year hiatus". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved March 10, 2021.