280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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It is generally forgotten that cricket rather than rugby union was the 'national game' in New Zealand until the early years of the twentieth century. This book shows why and how cricket developed in New Zealand and how its character changed across time. Greg Ryan examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the... Read more
1. Colonisation and the export of sport 2. Diverse growth, 1840-1870 3. Fashioning a middle-class game: cricket and class, 1870-1914 5. Perpetuating the straight bat: cricket and the schools, 1860-1914 6. Uniting distant communities: interprovincial cricket, 1860-1914 7. A fragile edifice: the New Zealand Cricket Council, 1894-1914 8. Humble imitators at these distant antipodes: the imperial connection in the nineteenth century 9. A near distant neighbour: New Zealand and Australia, 1890-1914 10. More English than the English: the imperial connection in the twentieth century. Conclusion
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GREG RYAN
