The History of Cricket Early 19 Century

The History of Cricket
Early 19 Century
Presentation Topic: The History of Cricket Early 19 Century
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1- Md. Provat Ali
5- Tomarul Islam
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2- AM Tanvir Ahamed
6- Fahim Foisal Labib
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3- Redwan Ahmed
7- Nrependranat Roy
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4- Shafiul Kabir Jony
8-Md Masum Billah
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Origin of Cricket
• Cricket was probably created during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the

Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across
Kent and Sussex.[1] The first definite written reference is from the end of the 16th-century.
• There have been several speculations about the game's origins, including some that it
was created in France or Flanders. The earliest of these speculative references is from
1300 and concerns the future King Edward II playing at "creag and other games" in both
Westminster and Newenden. It has been suggested that "creag" was an Old English
word for cricket, but expert opinion is that it was an early spelling of "craic", meaning
"fun and games in general".[2]
First definite reference
• In 1597 (Old Style – 1598 New Style) a court case in England concerning an ownership dispute over a
plot of common land in Guildford, Surrey, mentions the game of creckett. A 59-year-old coroner,
John Derrick, testified that he and his school friends had played creckett on the site fifty years earlier
when they attended the Free School. Derrick's account proves beyond reasonable doubt that the game
was being played in Surrey circa 1550, and is the earliest universally accepted reference to the game. [4][5]
• The first reference to cricket being played as an adult sport was in 1611, when two men in Sussex were
prosecuted for playing cricket on Sunday instead of going to church. [6] In the same year, a dictionary
defined cricket as a boys' game, and this suggests that adult participation was a recent development. [4]
• There is a consensus of expert opinion that cricket may have been invented during Saxon or Norman
times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England.
The first reference to cricket being played as an adult sport was in 1611, and in the same year, a
dictionary defined cricket as a boys' game. There is also the thought that cricket may have derived from
bowls, by the intervention of a batsman trying to stop the ball from reaching its target by hitting it away.
• Village cricket had developed by the middle of the 17th century and the first English “county teams”
were formed in the second half of the century, as “local experts” from village cricket were employed as
the earliest professionals. The first known game in which the teams use county names is in 1709.
Early village cricket
• In the first half of the 18th Century cricket established itself as a leading sport
in London and the south-eastern counties of England. Its spread was limited
by the constraints of travel, but it was slowly gaining popularity in other parts
of England and Women’s Cricket dates back to the 1745, when the first
known match was played in Surrey.
• In 1744, the first Laws of Cricket were written and subsequently amended in
1774, when innovations such as lbw, a 3rd stump, - the middle stump and a
maximum bat width were added. The codes were drawn up by the “Star and
Garter Club” whose members ultimately founded the famous Marylebone
Cricket Club at Lord's in 1787. MCC immediately became the custodian of
the Laws and has made revisions ever since then to the current day.
• CricRolling the ball along the ground was superseded sometime after 1760 when bowlers began
to pitch the ball and in response to that innovation the straight bat replaced the old “hockey-stick”
style of bat. The Hambledon Club in Hampshire was the focal point of the game for about thirty
years until the formation of MCC and the opening of Lord's Cricket Ground in 1787.
• ket was introduced to North America via the English colonies as early as the 17th century, and in
the 18th century it arrived in other parts of the globe. It was introduced to the West Indies by
colonists and to India by British East India Company mariners. It arrived in Australia almost as
soon as colonisation began in 1788 and the sport reached New Zealand and South Africa in the
early years of the 19th century.
• The game also underwent a fundamental change of organisation
with the formation for the first time of county clubs. All the
modern county clubs, starting with Sussex in 1839, were founded
during the 19th century.
A cricket match at Darnall, Sheffield in the 1820s.

No sooner had the first county clubs established themselves than
they faced what amounted to "player action" as William Clarke
created the travellingAll-England Eleven in 1846. Though a
commercial venture, this team did much to popularise the game in
districts which had never previously been visited by high-class
cricketers. Other similar teams were created and this vogue
lasted for about thirty years. But the counties and MCC prevailed.
• In 1864, another bowling revolution resulted in the legalisation of overarm
and in the same year Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published.
The "Great Cricketer", W G Grace, made his first-class debut in 1865. His

feats did much to increase the game's popularity and he introduced
technical innovations which revolutionised the game, particularly in
batting.
• International cricket begins
• The first ever international cricket game was between the USA

and Canada in 1844. The match was played at the grounds of the
St George's Cricket Club in New York.
The English team 1859 on their way to the USA

In 1859, a team of leading English professionals set off to North
America on the first-ever overseas tour and, in 1862, the first
English team toured Australia.
Between May and October 1868, a team of Australian Aborigines

toured England in what was the first Australian cricket team to
travel overseas.
National championships
• A major watershed occurred in 1890 when the official
County Championship was constituted in England. This organisational
initiative has been repeated in other countries. Australia established
the Sheffield Shield in 1892–93. Other national competitions to be
established were the Currie Cup in South Africa, the Plunkett Shield
in New Zealand and the Ranji Trophy in India.
The period from 1890 to the outbreak of the First World War has
become an object of nostalgia, ostensibly because the teams played
cricket according to "the spirit of the game", but more realistically
because it was a peacetime period that was shattered by the First
World War. The era has been called The Golden Age of cricket and it
featured numerous great names such as Grace, Wilfred Rhodes,
C B Fry, K S Ranjitsinhji and Victor Trumper.
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The History of Cricket

• Cricket was probably created during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the

A cricket match at Darnall, Sheffield in the 1820s.

The "Great Cricketer", W G Grace, made his first-class debut in 1865. His

• The first ever international cricket game was between the USA

The English team 1859 on their way to the USA

Between May and October 1868, a team of Australian Aborigines

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