Cricket's forgotten past : a social and cultural history of the game in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1820-1870

Whilst eighteenth and late nineteenth century cricket has attracted a limited amount of academic research, the sport's transitional development between 1820 and 1870 remains largely neglected. During these five decades the growth of a modern urban and industrial society had a major impact upon...

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Main Author: Light, Robert F.
Published: De Montfort University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530865