Bart King
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"John Barton" ""Bart"" "King" was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was part of the Philadelphian cricket team/Philadelphia team that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. This period of cricket in the United States was dominated by "History of English amateur cricket/gentlemen cricketers"—men of independent wealth who did not need to work. King, an amateur from a middle-class family, was able to devote time to cricket thanks to a job set up by his teammates.

A skilled batsman who proved his worth as a bowler (cricket)/bowler, King set numerous records in the continent of North America during his career and led the first-class cricket/first-class bowling averages in England in 1908. He successfully competed against the best cricketers from England and Australia. King was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He dismissed batsmen with his unique delivery, which he called the "angler", and helped develop the art of swing bowling in the sport. Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as "one of the finest bowlers of all time", and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son."

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It was ugly. The ball was slippery and we turned it over a bunch, but my kids overcame adversity. I think that's something some teams can never figure out how to do, but they have that quality about them.

They're going to get whatever they want. He's one of those kids that got overlooked.

I know we had made a field goal and an extra point, but I don't have 100 percent confidence in our kicking game yet. I just felt like with that momentum, we could get in and seal it off. I didn't want to go to overtime with them.