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History of Modern Sports
A cricket match c.1830
A cricket match c.1830
National competitions started in the
Victorian years
Queen Victoria was born in 1819
Victorian era: 1837-1901
Competitive sport was compatible with
an industrialised society
1. Competitions were confined to specific locations
2. Commerce and property were protected from disruption
3. There were time-limits on competitions reducing the risk of injury to participants
4. There were competitions susceptible to commercial exploitation.
BOXING
TENNIS
“MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY” was encouraged, the
pursuit of the ideal of: Mens sana in corpore sano.A healthy mind in a healthy
body
The Ideal of Mens Sana in Corpore Sano” was often subverted:• People played competitively to
win• ignoring the religious agenda
and• betting on the outcome
The industrial working class responded positively to the opportunity to
participate.
SadlyFootball hooliganism
was a Victorian invention
TEAM GAMES
FOOTBALL
Football was the most popular team
sport
Football emerged from the public schools in the
South during the 1860s
IT SOON MOVED TO THE NORTH
WERE IT BECAME VERY POPULAR
The first team to win the FA Cup was BLACKBURN OLYMPIC in 1883
Blackburn is a city in the North
of England
Blackburn
When the football league was established in 1888, five of the 12 founders
clubs came from Lancashire cotton towns
in the North
LANCASHIRE
Lancashire
Another famous football team from
the North of England was the MOSSLEY FCA
Mossley AFC
MOSSLEY, MANCHESTER
rugby
Rugby team
Rugby was a middle-class
sport
It developed across the south and
west of England
CRICKET
Cricket had southern origins and moved
north to the industrial towns
Golf and tennis had different geographies
based on leafy, lawned suburbs and
leisure towns.
GOLF
The middle-class liked individual or family-oriented sports like
GOLF.It was imported from
SCOTLAND
Golf was identified with sand dunes and middle-class seaside holidays
TENNIS
Henry VIII was the first fan of
the game
It originated in France. According to a theory,
the word “tennis” comes from the word “tenez”, “to take” , while they
serve the ball.
Famous British sportsmen
CRICKET: FAROOK ENGINEER
Tennis: Jamie Murray
Football: David Beckham
RUGBY: SAM BURGESS
Tennis: Nick Faldo
The end