The game of cricket is exceptionally famous in numerous parts of the world, however it has just shown up at the Olympic Games, in Paris 1900. There is confirm that cricket may have additionally been played as a show sport in 1896.
The cricket coordinate in 1900 was just a solitary twelve-a-side amusement, with a group from England beating a French group (which unexpectedly was made up generally of Englishmen: British Embassy staff who anchored a couple of days off from the workplace!).
The absence of contending countries and the uneven undertaking did not look good for encourage incorporation in the Olympic Games, and it has not been seen on the Olympic program once more
Other Olympic cricket incidental data is that on June 29 1948, the day the London Olympic Games started at Wembley Stadium in London, the renowned worldwide Australian 'Invincibles' cricket side was completing off England in a test at adjacent Lord's, winning by 409 runs.
1900 Results
It was a very one-sided match. Great Britain (Devon & Somerset Wanderers CC) beat France (L'equipe francaise, British Embassy, Paris) by 117 & 145 for 5 declared against 78 & 26 in a twelve-a-side match.
Teams
- Great Britain: C B K Beachcroft, John Symes, Frederick Cuming, Montagu Toller, Alfred Bowerman, Alfred Powlesland, William Donne, Frederick Christian, George Buckley, Francis Burchell, Harry Corner, Arthur Birkett.
- France: T H Jordan, A J Schneidau, R Home, Henry Terry, F Rogues, W Anderson, D Robinson, W T Attrill, W Browning, A McEvoy, Philip Tomalin, J Braib.
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