Full Description
As a sport, Cricket has a reputation for sometimes being slow to embrace change and this seems to be true of the early years of local Bristol cricket.
With evidence of matches being played in 1752, the movement towards some form of organisation progressed somewhat sedately. It took another 140 years before the Bristol & District Cricket Association was formed by a group of local clubs, many of whom are still in existence today.
This book attempts to chart the BDCA through from its formation to the inception of league cricket in 1973. Along the way we acknowledge the support of many clubs and the efforts of so many outstanding individuals, without whose efforts the Association as we know it would be so much poorer.
Contents
Introduction
Preface
Chapter 1 - Cricket in Bristol before 1892
Chapter 2 - The Foundation of the Bristol & District Cricket Association -1892
Chapter 3 - First Steps, Failure and Recover: 1892-1900
Chapter 4 - Consolidation - 1900 to World War 1
Chapter 5 - World War 1 1914-18
Chapter 6 - The Inter War Years 1919 to 1939
Chapter 7 - World War Two
Chapter 8 - Post-War Recovery 1945-1950
Chapter 9 - The Road to League Cricket 1951-69
Chapter 10 - League Cricket Established 1970 - 1973
Conclusion
Appendix
Table of Figures
Index
