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

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