Cricket and community in England : 1800 to the present day / Peter Davies with Robert Light.

By:

Davies, Peter, 1966- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Light, Rob [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781781705964
1781705968
9781784991685
1784991686

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cricket and community in England.DDC classification:

796.3580942 23

LOC classification:

GV928.G7 D3 2012
GV928.G7

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Contents:

1. Early sport and cricket -- 2. Origins of clubs -- 3. Organised competition -- 4. The two world wars -- 5. Decline and renewal -- 6. Grassroots cricket in the twenty-first century.

Summary: 'Cricket and Community in England' is an enquiry into the social history of the summer game, written by two specialist cricket historians and based on extensive primary research. It traces the history of the sport at grassroots level from its origins right up to the present day. The six chapters look at such issues as early cricket, the origins of clubs, competition, the two world wars, multiculturalism and cricket in the twenty-first century.

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'Cricket and Community in England' is an enquiry into the social history of the summer game, written by two specialist cricket historians and based on extensive primary research. It traces the history of the sport at grassroots level from its origins right up to the present day. The six chapters look at such issues as early cricket, the origins of clubs, competition, the two world wars, multiculturalism and cricket in the twenty-first century.

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1. Early sport and cricket -- 2. Origins of clubs -- 3. Organised competition -- 4. The two world wars -- 5. Decline and renewal -- 6. Grassroots cricket in the twenty-first century.

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