TY - JOUR

T1 - The development of cricket in north-west Wales, c. 1840-c. 1870

AU - Jones, Craig

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This article examines the development of cricket in Caernarfonshire, Anglesey and Merioneth during the early Victorian period. It is established that cricket was present in the region from a far earlier period than has hitherto been claimed. Reasons for its relative failure to take hold compared to the northeast, in which the sport flourished from an early period, are suggested and analysed.

AB - This article examines the development of cricket in Caernarfonshire, Anglesey and Merioneth during the early Victorian period. It is established that cricket was present in the region from a far earlier period than has hitherto been claimed. Reasons for its relative failure to take hold compared to the northeast, in which the sport flourished from an early period, are suggested and analysed.

KW - cricket

KW - Wales

KW - diffusion theory

KW - sport

U2 - 10.16922/whr.28.3.4

DO - 10.16922/whr.28.3.4

M3 - Article

VL - 28

SP - 487

EP - 514

JO - Welsh History Review

JF - Welsh History Review

SN - 0043-2431

ER -