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Start Of Play explores the origins of modern cricket, and investigates the place of cricket in 18th century society. The game reached its apotheosis in Hambledon, and why that should have been so is a central theme.
Main title:
Start of play : cricket and culture in eighteenth-century England / David Underdown.
Author:
Underdown, David
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2000.
Collation:
xx, 257p., [8]p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780713993301 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.358094796.3580942796.358
Local class:
796.358094209033
Language:
English
Subject:
Cricket -- England -- History -- 18th centuryCricket -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 18th centuryEngland -- Social life and customs -- 18th centurySport
BRN:
1584739
Bookmark link:
https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1584739

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