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19th CenturyPublic School athleticism
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Public schools• Not privately owned, but run by trustees
• “An endowed place of education of old standing to which the sons of gentlemen resort in considerable numbers and where they reside from eight or nine to eighteen years of age.” - Sydney Smith (1810)
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Public schools
• Activities in these schools changed massively over 100 years. – From ‘boy culture’ in the early part of the 19th Century to
rationalised written down activities by the end• In turn this had a massive impact on sport in society
in general.
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Tom brown’s schooldays• Novel – Thomas Hughes 1857 • Important• Reflects society at Rugby School
under Thomas Arnold (Headmaster)• Influences behaviour at other schools,
who copy the activities. • From a sport point of view, the
important extracts are:― The fight― The football match― Country pursuits― The cricket match
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The big 9 public schools
• Sometimes referred to as the Clarendon schools– Eton– Rugby– Harrow– St Paul’s– Shrewsbury– Merchant Taylors– Westminster– Charterhouse– Winchester
• The Earl of Clarendon investigated these schools in 1864, coming up with a number of criticisms of public school life, and leading to some general and specific reforms for each school
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Characteristics of Public Schools
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PhasesExpansion
Arnoldian1828 – 1842
Athleticism