Timeline
SICC History Timeline 1872 -2017
- 1872, March 28: Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club founded.
- 1872, July 7: First cricket game for Staten Island against St. George Cricket XI
- 1874, March 20: Lawn tennis is introduced in the United States after Staten Islander Mary Ewing Outerbridge brings the sport back from a winter trip to Bermuda. The first court in America is set up on the grounds of the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club in St. George. By 1880, tennis is so popular that the first National Lawn Tennis Tournament is held at the same club.
- 1884 Spring: First tennis game played at Camp Washington, St. George. Mary Outerbridge and her sister first to play tennis in her community.
- 1880, September 1: First national Tennis tournament played at St. George. The tournament was the stimulus for the formation United States National Lawn Tennis Association (now USTA)
- 1886, January 18: Purchased part of Delafield property for $40,000 bounded by Bard and Davis Avenues and First Avenue (now Delafield Place)
- 1886, May 31: First Tennis game at Walker Park.
- 1886, July 4: Grand opening of the club house at Walker Park. The membership was 664.
- 1886, July 5: Formal opening of Cricket field (now Walker Park)
- 1886, July 6: First Cricket game played in Walker Park (Merion Cricket Club of Philadelphia)
- 1890: Staten Island CC becomes a founding member of the NY Metropolitan Cricket League
- 1906: The name of the club was changed to the Staten Island Cricket and Tennis Club
- 1917: The Staten Island Cricket Club was featured in a famous silent movie Raffles the Amateur Cracksman with famous star John Barrymore.
- 1925: Building and grounds were purchased by Staten Island Academy.
- 1930: New York City purchased the property for 110,000 dollars.
- 1931: The name changed again to Staten Island Cricket Club (the present name)
- 1932, July 18: Don Bradman and the Australian Team play New York at Walker Park
- 1932: The clubhouse burned in 1932, and was replaced in 1934 by the Tudor-style structure still standing today.
- 1934 May 27: The name officially changed TO Walker Park in honor of Pvt. Randolph St. George Walker Jr. who died in the last attack in the Hindenberg line in 1918.
- 1988: The Club celebrates its 100th year at Walker Park hosting an International XI led by legendary Sir Garfield Sobers
- 2001: A $196,000 renovation, completed in 2001, revitalized the basketball courts and reconstructed the paths and fencing. New swings and play equipment were added. Walker Park additionally features flagstone walkways, benches, a drinking fountain, and attractive plantings. These include evergreen trees and shrubs, London plane trees (Platanus x acerifolia) and sweetgums (Liquidambar styraciflua). You'll also find hexagonal paving, a red brick and granite wall capped with bluestone, a chain link fence, and a flagpole with yardarm.
- 2010, June 26: The club celebrates its 125th Anniversary at Walker Park hosting Merion Cricket Club of Philadelphia
- 2010: Launch of Staten Island CC Youth Cricket Coaching Program