The Manheim Prize

The Manheim Prize is the oldest team trophy in the United States of America

The Manheim Prize is the oldest amateur soccer trophy in the United States. Its inscription reads, "The Manheim Prize for Association Football offered 1902 by the Germantown Cricket Club for annual competition among the Association of Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia and such other clubs as they may invite."

Allegro Soccer Club won its seventh consecutive Cricket League title on 23 November 2014 over Merion , 4-0.

Prize winners

For early 20th Century information, teams’ results and rosters, see “The American Cricketer”, published by The Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia, circa 1915. Hard copies can be found at the C.C. Morris Cricket Library at Haverford College, Haverford, PA and on Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=KgBQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=american+cricketer&source=bl&ots=qM3GUvi6gK&sig=qEX5iLL97lcJP9wHedcyWO6CFAw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwATgKahUKEwjPrNKlv_nGAhXDeD4KHfjzBso#v=onepage&q=american%20cricketer&f=false)

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