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Cricket and History of English amateur cricket

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Difference between Cricket and History of English amateur cricket

Cricket vs. History of English amateur cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit). Cricket, and hence English amateur cricket, probably began in England during the medieval period but the earliest known reference concerns the game being played c.1550 by children on a plot of land at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Surrey.

Similarities between Cricket and History of English amateur cricket

Cricket and History of English amateur cricket have 16 things in common (in Unionpedia): Amateur status in first-class cricket, Beyond a Boundary, C. L. R. James, Commonwealth of England, Derek Birley, Hambledon Club, Harry Altham, Lord Byron, Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone Cricket Club, Restoration (England), Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Samuel Johnson, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Village cricket.

Amateur status in first-class cricket

Amateur status had a special meaning in English cricket.

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Beyond a Boundary

Beyond a Boundary (1963) is a memoir on cricket written by the Trinidadian Marxist intellectual C. L. R. James, which he described as "neither cricket reminiscences nor autobiography".

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C. L. R. James

Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989), who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist.

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Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth was the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, was ruled as a republic following the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649.

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Derek Birley

Sir Derek Birley (31 May 1926 – 14 May 2002) was a distinguished English educationalist and a prize-winning writer on the social history of sport, particularly cricket.

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Hambledon Club

The Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century cricket matches.

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Harry Altham

Harry Surtees Altham (30 November 1888 – 11 March 1965) was an English cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach.

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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement.

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Lord's Old Ground

Lord's Old Ground was a cricket venue in London that was established by Thomas Lord in 1787.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club, generally known as the MCC, is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England.

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Restoration (England)

The Restoration of the English monarchy took place in the Stuart period.

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Royal Grammar School, Guildford

The Royal Grammar School, Guildford (originally "The Free School"), commonly known as the RGS, is a selective independent day school for boys in Guildford, Surrey in England.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Village cricket

Village cricket is a term, sometimes pejorative, given to the playing of cricket in rural villages in England and Wales.

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Cricket and History of English amateur cricket Comparison

Cricket has 270 relations, while History of English amateur cricket has 131. As they have in common 16, the Jaccard index is 3.99% = 16 / (270 + 131).

References

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