The British are proud that many sports originated in their country. These sports are football, golf, cricket, table tennis, lawn tennis and darts. The most popular sport in Britain is football. Football was invented in Great Britain in the 19th century. At present, the official name of the game is Association football, after the name […]
No one seems quite sure how football in Britain began. Certainly it was well established in the late Middle Ages, although the game in those days might almost have been classified as a blood sport. There were no holds barred, and the ball — usually a pig’s bladder — was kicked through the streets by […]
Cricket is unquestionably the English summer game.” It has been played since the dawn of the eighteenth century. By 1744 a written code governing the game was in existence. Since 1788 the acknowledged, though unofficial, fountain of all cricket legislation has been Marylebone Cricket Club, better known by the famous initials M.C.C. Lord’s, its ground […]
More and more people in Britain are finding out that golf, after all, is not a good walk wasted, since it is a “walking’’ game. They are taking to the links* in numbers that may soon require a crash programme of new courses to meet growing demand. A total of 60 new courses — two-thirds […]
In England, many traditional sporting contests take place at approximately the same time every year. The most important among them are: 1.The Oxford — Cambridge Boat Race (end of March or beginning of April) 2. Bumping Races (usually the fourth week in May) 3. The Cup Final (usually the first Saturday in May) 4. The Grand National […]
The annual contest between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge is one of the greatest sporting events in the world. It is held on the River Thames at the end of March or in early April, the course being the 41/4 mile stretch of river between Putney and Mortlake. The time of the race varies […]
Eights Week at Oxford Eights Week at Oxford, usually the fourth week, in May, is a fine spectacle and should not be missed by anyone interested in old customs. It is the time when the main bumping races of the year are held and the college eights compete on the River Isis (The river is the […]
CUP FINAL Cup, Football Association. Silver trophy competed for annually by football clubs in England playing the Association game. Competition for the cup is on the knock-out principle, and is played in two sections: a qualifying competition and the competition proper, the latter consisting of six rounds, semifinals, and finals. The 46 clubs forming the […]
Horse-racing began in the Arab countries many centuries ago. It spread to most European nations by the eighteenth: century, and to the United States soon afterwards. In England, ‘the flat racing (As opposed to steeplechase racing which takes place in winter and ; spring. Flat racing is racing over a flat course) season from March […]
The history of football goes back almost as far as that of cricket. Here is a quotation from a set of rules: do you recognize the game? “The players form two sides, and the game is started by throwing the ball into the air from a half-way line separating the teams. As soon as the […]
