1. (i) Eton was one of the English boarding schools which trained English boys for a career in military the civil services and the church. (ii) Thomas Arnold, headmaster of a Rugby School and founder of the modern public school system saw sports like cricket and rugby as an organised way of teaching diRead more

    (i) Eton was one of the English boarding schools which trained English boys for a career in military the civil services and the church.
    (ii) Thomas Arnold, headmaster of a Rugby School and founder of the modern public school system saw sports like cricket and rugby as an organised way of teaching discipline to English boys’
    (iii) These games taught them the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire’

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  2. (i) The invention of vulcanised rubber led to the introduction of pads and Protective gloves. (ii) The modern-day game would be unimaginable without helmets made of metal and synthetic lightweight materials. (iii) Rest of the cricket equipment are all made of natural, pre-industrial material and areRead more

    (i) The invention of vulcanised rubber led to the introduction of pads and Protective gloves.
    (ii) The modern-day game would be unimaginable without helmets made of metal and synthetic lightweight materials.
    (iii) Rest of the cricket equipment are all made of natural, pre-industrial material and are hand made.

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  3. (i) Cricket was originally played on country commons, unfenced land that was public Property. (ii) The size of the commons varied from one village to another, so there were no designated boundaries or boundary hits. (iii) When the ball went into the crowd, the crowd, cleared the way for the fieldsmaRead more

    (i) Cricket was originally played on country commons, unfenced land that was public Property.
    (ii) The size of the commons varied from one village to another, so there were no designated boundaries or boundary hits.
    (iii) When the ball went into the crowd, the crowd, cleared the way for the fieldsman to collect it.
    Even after boundaries were written into the ‘laws of cricket’, their distance from the wicket was not specified.

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  4. (i) Originally, cricket matches had no time limit The game went on for as long as it took to bowl out a side twice. (ii) The rhythm of village life was slower and cricket rules 'were made before the Industrial Revolution. (iii) Modern factory work meant that people were paid by the hour or the day oRead more

    (i) Originally, cricket matches had no time limit The game went on for as long as it took to bowl out a side twice.
    (ii) The rhythm of village life was slower and cricket rules ‘were made before the Industrial Revolution.
    (iii) Modern factory work meant that people were paid by the hour or the day or the week; games that were codified after the Industrial Revolution like football and hockey were strictly time limited to fit the routines of industrial city life.

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  5. (i) The rule about wide balls was applied. (ii) The exact circumference of the ball was specified. (iii) Protective equipment like pads and gloves became available. (iv) Boundaries were introduced and over-arm blowing became legal.

    (i) The rule about wide balls was applied.
    (ii) The exact circumference of the ball was specified.
    (iii) Protective equipment like pads and gloves became available.
    (iv) Boundaries were introduced and over-arm blowing became legal.

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