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Cricket Flashcards

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Where was cricket played

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Kent, Sussex, Hampshire

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What position did the gentry play and what position did the peasants play
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Gentry=batters

Peasants=fielders

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What did the gentry do to the peasants

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Patronised them to play for their team if they were good enough

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What did interest and patronage by the gentry lead to

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Early standardisation of rules

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When: formalised size of wickets, stumps, bat, added 3rd stump, made 6 ball over, became illegal to charge fielders attempting to catch the ball
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1774

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What happened in 1809

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Marylebone cricket club (MCC) set out the ‘laws of the noble game’

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When was overran bowling legalised

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1864

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Why was cricket popular

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Attracted widespread wagering
Played by male and female-later restricted to men only in Victorian era
Predominantly rural
Associated with feast and festivals
Rules could easily be adapted
HOWEVER IT IS NON-VIOLENT AND HAD RULES
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Explain about the Bat and Ball Inn, Hambledon, Hampshire

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‘Cradle of cricket’
Game was nurtured and developed from 1750
On Broadhalfpenny Down, landlord Richard Nyren captained the side that dominated cricket for half a century
Large crowds
Wagering

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What happened in 1788
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Marylebone Cricket Club-rise of this club forced the decline of the Hambledon Bat and Ball Inn Cricket as the gentry supported the Marylebone club and also MCC employed players from Hambledon as players and coaches

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MCC became the main club in England and took on the role of what
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Governing body

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MCC toured the country and had annual games against who

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Public schools

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Where is MCC’s present site

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St John’s Wood, Lord’s

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When was cricket played from

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Early 18th century

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Who was William Clarke XI

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Enterprising cricketer who took advantage of changing economic and social conditions in 1840’s and made cricket a national success

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What happened in the 1840’s

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Decline in patronage for cricketers and professionals went elsewhere for employment
Some went to coach in public schools and uni’s whilst other joined touring sides like William Clarke XI
They toured for many seasons and attracted large crowds

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What happened in 1870

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Country cricket took over from the touring 11’s as a spectator attraction

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What was the strict class divide that took place as a result of the rationalised form of cricket (1870 when cricket became a spectator attraction)
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Whilst middle class amateurs were a part of cricket, the upper class kept them firmly in their social place
Professionals (the lads=middle class)
Amateurs (gentlemen=captains, leadership skills)
19
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What was put at the end of gentlemen names in programmes compared to the middle class who has normal surnames
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ESQ

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What did the class division mean 
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Different catering arrangements
Did not travel together or share changing rooms
Entered the filed from different entrances

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When did the distinction between gentlemen and players finally get abolished
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1963

22
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Why were headmasters happy to accept the game

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Had rules, non-violent, occupied boys so kept them out of mischief, and involvement with the gentry made it acceptable

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What happened in 1850/60

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William Clarke’s All England XI toured the country to entertain and inspire

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Who was Lord’s festival established for

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Etonian, Harrow and Winchester nobility

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Where did the firm England team visit in 1861

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Australia

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Characteristics of cricket in public schools

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Regular inter-house and inter-school games
Compulsory participation
Investment in equipment and groundwork
Employment of professional coaches
More time spent training
Social occasions for matches
Character building qualities such as leadership and teamwork

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What was stage one like

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Non-violent, rule strutted, upper class involvement

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What was stage two like

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Cricket encouraged with massive fan inter-house participation

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What was stage three like

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Continued technical development, such as coaching, ‘colours’, caps, international school fixtures

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