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Rain stops play : cricketing climates / Andrew Hignell ; foreword by John Kettly ; introduction by Christopher Martin-Jenkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sport in the global societyPublication details: London ; Portland, Or. : F. Cass, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781136338960
  • 1136338969
  • 9780203045619
  • 0203045610
  • 9781136339035
  • 1136339035
  • 9781136339103
  • 1136339108
  • 1283969483
  • 9781283969482
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rain stops play : cricketing climates.DDC classification:
  • 796.358 22
LOC classification:
  • GV917 .H54 2002eb
Other classification:
  • 76.12
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / John Kettley -- Introduction / Christopher Martin-Jenkins -- Introduction: The Need for a Geography of Cricket -- 1. The Geographical Boundaries of Cricket -- 2. The Growth of English Cricket: A Development Stage Model -- 3. The Diffusion of Cricket: A Geographical Explanation -- 4. A Locational Analysis of the County Grounds of England and Wales -- 5. Locational Changes to County Cricket, 1901-1951 -- 6. The Location of County Cricket in the Commercial Age, 1951-1991 -- 7. Rain Stops Play: A Meteorological Analysis -- 8. The Raining County Champions -- 9. Sunspot Activity and Golden Summers -- 10. Cricket in the Cities: A Microclimatic View -- 11. Global Warnings and Global Warming.
Summary: A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / John Kettley -- Introduction / Christopher Martin-Jenkins -- Introduction: The Need for a Geography of Cricket -- 1. The Geographical Boundaries of Cricket -- 2. The Growth of English Cricket: A Development Stage Model -- 3. The Diffusion of Cricket: A Geographical Explanation -- 4. A Locational Analysis of the County Grounds of England and Wales -- 5. Locational Changes to County Cricket, 1901-1951 -- 6. The Location of County Cricket in the Commercial Age, 1951-1991 -- 7. Rain Stops Play: A Meteorological Analysis -- 8. The Raining County Champions -- 9. Sunspot Activity and Golden Summers -- 10. Cricket in the Cities: A Microclimatic View -- 11. Global Warnings and Global Warming.

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A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.

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