The Making of New Zealand Cricket: 1832-1914It is generally forgotten that cricket rather than rugby union was the 'national game' in New Zealand until the early years of the twentieth century. This book shows why and how cricket developed in New Zealand and how its character changed across time. Greg Ryan examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the systematic colonization schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the gold discoveries of the 1860s. He then considers issues such as cricket and social class in the emerging cities; cricket and the elite school system; the function of the game in shaping relations between the New Zealand provinces; cricket encounters with the Australian colonies in the context of an 'Australasian' world. |
Contents
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2 Diverse Growth 18401870 | 25 |
Cricket and Class 18701914 | 48 |
4 A Physical and Moral Agent 18601914 | 74 |
Cricket and the Schools 18601914 | 97 |
Interprovincial Cricket 18601914 | 117 |
The New Zealand Cricket Council 18941914 | 144 |
The Imperial Connection in the Nineteenth Century | 165 |
New Zealand and Australia 18901914 | 188 |
The Imperial Connection in the Twentieth Century | 207 |
Conclusion | 219 |
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