Sporting clubs [ Associational culture / Clubs & Societies ]
… in social places of individuals brought together by their passion for a particular sport – and sometimes by the gambling which this sport made possible. Coffeehouses and inns were popular places in the eighteenth century, and some … examples of cricket and horse-racing. Practices > Associational culture Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords Colonies Gambling Gaming Horseracing Rules Sports Cricket While the game of cricket had become popular in the first half of the … in 1755 at the Star and Garter, in 1774, and in 1786. Some of these revisions were proposed with a view to controlling gambling. Although there are claims that the Star and Garter was the first cricket club, it is best seen as a meeting …
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