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The First West Indies Cricket Tour. Canada and the United States in 1886.
Professor Hilary McD. Beckles
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Paperback. The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game. Num Pages: 140 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JH; HBTB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour two years later to Canada and the United States. The tourists played thirteen matches during August and September; they won six, lost five and two were drawn. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. It ended in a draw after which the West Indians moved on to Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton.They arrived in the United States to play several matches in Philadelphia where the cricket culture was well established. Local clubs proved too strong an opposition for the tourists. The press ... Read more
The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour two years later to Canada and the United States. The tourists played thirteen matches during August and September; they won six, lost five and two were drawn. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. It ended in a draw after which the West Indians moved on to Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton.They arrived in the United States to play several matches in Philadelphia where the cricket culture was well established. Local clubs proved too strong an opposition for the tourists. The press ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Canoe Press Jamaica
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789768125866
SKU
V9789768125866
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About Professor Hilary McD. Beckles
Hilary McD. Beckles is Professor of Social and Economic History, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies, Barbados. He has published extensively on Caribbean slavery, gender, history, and sports, including Natural Rebels: A Social History of Enslaved Black Women in Barbados and Centering Woman: Gender Discourses in Caribbean Slave History. He has served as a consulting editor ... Read more
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