Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard', Wellcome Collection, 32405i, 1789. Abstract Sporting clubs appeared in the eighteenth century as sports … started their lives in such establishments as The Star and Garter Inn. Although sporting clubs are usually associated with the organisation of sports, they were primarily social clubs. Because they were some of the most popular sports in the eighteenth century, this entry is concerned chiefly with the examples of cricket and horse-racing. Practices > Associational culture Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords …
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