The imperial game: Cricket, Culture and Society
- ISBN-10
- 1526123827
- ISBN-13
- 9781526123824
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-01
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Authors
- Brian Stoddart, Keith A P Sandiford
Description
The suggestion in 1909 of an imperial cricket conference was initiated by Abe Bailey. Two meetings of the British Colonial Cricket Conference were held in London on 15 and 20 July at which the term 'Imperial' was adopted.
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