The organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society in the following ways: (i) The rich played it for pleasure and were called amateurs. To play for the pleasure and not for money was considered as an aristocratic value. (ii) The poor played it for a living and were calledRead more
The organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society in the following ways:
(i) The rich played it for pleasure and were called amateurs. To play for the pleasure and not for money was considered as an aristocratic value.
(ii) The poor played it for a living and were called professionals.
(iii) The wages of professionals were paid by the patronage or subscription or gate money.
(iv) The game was seasonal and did not offer employment the year around. Most
professionals worked as minors or in other forms of working class employment in winter, that was oft season.
(v) Amateurs were called Gentleman while professionals were described as players.
(vi) They even entered the ground from different entrances.
(vii) Amateurs tended to be batsman, leaving the energetic, hardworking aspects of the game, like fast bowling, to the professionals. It is due to this fact that the laws of the game always give benefit of doubt to the batsman.
(viii) The social superiority of the amateur was also the reason, the captain of a cricket team was traditionally a batsman; because they were generally Gentlemen. Captains of teams, whether club teams or national sides – were always amateurs. lt was only in 1930s that the English test team was led by a professional Yorkshire batsman, Len Hutton.
(ix) The cricket is a batsman’s game because its rules were made to favour ‘Gentlemen,.
The above statement is true as is justified by the following examples: (i) Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools. Eton was the mo-ct famous of these schools. Team sport like cricket and rugby were seen as organised way of teaching English boysRead more
The above statement is true as is justified by the following examples:
(i) Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools. Eton was the mo-ct famous of these schools. Team sport like cricket and rugby were seen as organised way of teaching English boys the discipline, the importance of hierarchy. the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British empire.
(ii) The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys for careers in the military, the civil services and the church.
(iii) Victorian empire builders justified the conquest of other countries as an act of unselfish social service, by which backward people were introduced to the civilising influence of British law and Western knowledge. Cricket helped to confirm this self-image of the English elite by glorfying the amateur ideal, where cricket was played not for victory or profit, but for its own sake, in the spirit of fair play.
(iv) Men like Thomas Arnold, founder of the modern public school system, saw team
support like cricket as an organised way of teaching English boys the discipline and the skills.
(v) it taught the English boys, the importance of codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire.
Although the fact is that the Napoleonic wars won due to the British trade and
industry that made Britain the world’s greatest power; yet it was the superior character of its young men, built in boarding schools, playing gentlemanly games like cricket, that tipped the balance.
(i) Racial equality and political progress: Despite the fact that till 1930s, the cricket was dominated by white elites, it became popular in the West Indies because success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress. At the time of independence, political leaders like ForRead more
(i) Racial equality and political progress: Despite the fact that till 1930s, the
cricket was dominated by white elites, it became popular in the West Indies because success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress. At the time of independence, political leaders like Forbes Burnham and Eric Williams considered the game as a mark of self- respect and international standing.
(ii) Pan-West Indian team and victory celebration as a national achievement: West Indies won its first Test series against England in 1950. It was celebrated as a national achievement, as a way of demonstrating that West Indies were the equals of white Englishmen. This victory was important for two reasons. One it was captained by a white player. Secondly, the team represented not one nation but several dominions that later became independent countries. Even now the pan-West Indian team represents the Caribbean region in international Test cricket. This confirms the popularity of the cricket in the region because otherwise all efforts to bring about West Indian unification have failed.
The British government in India regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. They did not consider colonial India as a nation. They treated it as a collection of castes and races and religious communities. The government, therefore, encouraged establishment of communal institutions. ForRead more
The British government in India regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. They did not consider colonial India as a nation. They treated it as a collection of castes and races and religious communities. The government, therefore, encouraged establishment of communal institutions. For example, the Governor of Bombay Presidency while dealing with an application from the Islam Gymkhana for land on Bombay’s seafront wrote, “… we can be certain that in a short time we shall get a similar application from some Hindu Gymkhana … I
don’t see how we are to refuse these applications; but I will… refuse any more grants once a Gymkhana has been established … by each nationality (emphasis added).” It is obvious from this letter that colonial officials regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. Applications for setting up gymkhana on communal lines were favoured by the colonial state.
(a) Decolonisation is the process through which different parts of European empires became independent nations. It started with the independence of India in 1917 and continued for the next half a century. (b) Effects of decolonisation : (i) It led to the decline of British influence in trade, commerRead more
(a) Decolonisation is the process through which different parts of European empires
became independent nations. It started with the independence of India in 1917 and continued
for the next half a century.
(b) Effects of decolonisation :
(i) It led to the decline of British influence in trade, commerce, military affairs, international politics and sports. It was, however, a slow process.
(ii) The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed International Cricket Conference in 1965.
(iii) The right of veto over the proceedings of ICC by England and Australia was scrapped In 1989 in favour of equal membership.
How the organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society?
The organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society in the following ways: (i) The rich played it for pleasure and were called amateurs. To play for the pleasure and not for money was considered as an aristocratic value. (ii) The poor played it for a living and were calledRead more
The organisation of cricket in England reflected the nature of English society in the following ways:
See less(i) The rich played it for pleasure and were called amateurs. To play for the pleasure and not for money was considered as an aristocratic value.
(ii) The poor played it for a living and were called professionals.
(iii) The wages of professionals were paid by the patronage or subscription or gate money.
(iv) The game was seasonal and did not offer employment the year around. Most
professionals worked as minors or in other forms of working class employment in winter, that was oft season.
(v) Amateurs were called Gentleman while professionals were described as players.
(vi) They even entered the ground from different entrances.
(vii) Amateurs tended to be batsman, leaving the energetic, hardworking aspects of the game, like fast bowling, to the professionals. It is due to this fact that the laws of the game always give benefit of doubt to the batsman.
(viii) The social superiority of the amateur was also the reason, the captain of a cricket team was traditionally a batsman; because they were generally Gentlemen. Captains of teams, whether club teams or national sides – were always amateurs. lt was only in 1930s that the English test team was led by a professional Yorkshire batsman, Len Hutton.
(ix) The cricket is a batsman’s game because its rules were made to favour ‘Gentlemen,.
“The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing field of Eton.” Justify the statement with any five suitable examples.
The above statement is true as is justified by the following examples: (i) Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools. Eton was the mo-ct famous of these schools. Team sport like cricket and rugby were seen as organised way of teaching English boysRead more
The above statement is true as is justified by the following examples:
See less(i) Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools. Eton was the mo-ct famous of these schools. Team sport like cricket and rugby were seen as organised way of teaching English boys the discipline, the importance of hierarchy. the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British empire.
(ii) The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys for careers in the military, the civil services and the church.
(iii) Victorian empire builders justified the conquest of other countries as an act of unselfish social service, by which backward people were introduced to the civilising influence of British law and Western knowledge. Cricket helped to confirm this self-image of the English elite by glorfying the amateur ideal, where cricket was played not for victory or profit, but for its own sake, in the spirit of fair play.
(iv) Men like Thomas Arnold, founder of the modern public school system, saw team
support like cricket as an organised way of teaching English boys the discipline and the skills.
(v) it taught the English boys, the importance of codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire.
Although the fact is that the Napoleonic wars won due to the British trade and
industry that made Britain the world’s greatest power; yet it was the superior character of its young men, built in boarding schools, playing gentlemanly games like cricket, that tipped the balance.
How did the cricket become popular in the west Indies?
(i) Racial equality and political progress: Despite the fact that till 1930s, the cricket was dominated by white elites, it became popular in the West Indies because success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress. At the time of independence, political leaders like ForRead more
(i) Racial equality and political progress: Despite the fact that till 1930s, the
See lesscricket was dominated by white elites, it became popular in the West Indies because success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress. At the time of independence, political leaders like Forbes Burnham and Eric Williams considered the game as a mark of self- respect and international standing.
(ii) Pan-West Indian team and victory celebration as a national achievement: West Indies won its first Test series against England in 1950. It was celebrated as a national achievement, as a way of demonstrating that West Indies were the equals of white Englishmen. This victory was important for two reasons. One it was captained by a white player. Secondly, the team represented not one nation but several dominions that later became independent countries. Even now the pan-West Indian team represents the Caribbean region in international Test cricket. This confirms the popularity of the cricket in the region because otherwise all efforts to bring about West Indian unification have failed.
Describe the policy of the British government towards the formation of the gymkhanas on the communal lines.
The British government in India regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. They did not consider colonial India as a nation. They treated it as a collection of castes and races and religious communities. The government, therefore, encouraged establishment of communal institutions. ForRead more
The British government in India regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. They did not consider colonial India as a nation. They treated it as a collection of castes and races and religious communities. The government, therefore, encouraged establishment of communal institutions. For example, the Governor of Bombay Presidency while dealing with an application from the Islam Gymkhana for land on Bombay’s seafront wrote, “… we can be certain that in a short time we shall get a similar application from some Hindu Gymkhana … I
See lessdon’t see how we are to refuse these applications; but I will… refuse any more grants once a Gymkhana has been established … by each nationality (emphasis added).” It is obvious from this letter that colonial officials regarded religious communities as separate nationalities. Applications for setting up gymkhana on communal lines were favoured by the colonial state.
What is decolonisation? Describe the effects of decolonisation on cricket.
(a) Decolonisation is the process through which different parts of European empires became independent nations. It started with the independence of India in 1917 and continued for the next half a century. (b) Effects of decolonisation : (i) It led to the decline of British influence in trade, commerRead more
(a) Decolonisation is the process through which different parts of European empires
See lessbecame independent nations. It started with the independence of India in 1917 and continued
for the next half a century.
(b) Effects of decolonisation :
(i) It led to the decline of British influence in trade, commerce, military affairs, international politics and sports. It was, however, a slow process.
(ii) The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed International Cricket Conference in 1965.
(iii) The right of veto over the proceedings of ICC by England and Australia was scrapped In 1989 in favour of equal membership.